Word: boer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this date being chosen because it is the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday. Among the speakers will be Professor W. J. Ashley, who will respond to the toast of "The Empire," and Professor C. W. Colby who will speak on "Canada." Mr. Alleyne Ireland, author of "The Anglo-Boer Conflict; its History and Causes," has been asked to speak on "The United States...
...Afrikander Bund, proves that war with England was then contemplated and being prepared for. The recent statement, publicly made, by Dr. Levds, the Hollander agent of the Transvaal, that large quantities of ammunition had been accumulated for years, is another proof of the bellicose intentions of the Boer government. The idea that it was the Jameson raid which impelled the Transvaal to arm is frivolous. The arming had been going on for years. A final proof of Boer premeditation is found in the fact that the Orange Free State, which had absolutely no quarrel with Britain, threw...