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Reitz believed I might be more actively employed. 'One did not need to be already a burgher of the Free State, for President Brand had not been; at all events, that was not an obstacle. I did not see my way to regard the offer, but the making of it manifested a beautiful trait in Mr. Reitz's character.
He refers to Ben Viljoen's manifesto of September 29th, and to President Steyn's manifesto, and State Secretary Reitz's proclamation of October 11th, and says, "When I read these in conjunction with the history of South Africa for the last 18 years, I see that the cause of peace was hopeless in such hands." Almost contemporaneously with the expression of opinion of Dr. "Lessouto, June 28th, 1876.
Reitz's conversation, or there may have been a complete hallucination as to the comparative strength of the two combatants and the probable future of South Africa; but however that may be, the treaty was made, and the time had come to test how far it would hold.
The determination of the negotiators to have the position clearly stated in writing, and their fear that the use of intermediaries would end in the usual unhappy and unpleasant result namely, repudiation of the intermediary in part or entirely were not long wanting justification. The following is a translation of Mr. F.W. Reitz's reply: PRETORIA, 8th April, 1899. Messrs.
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