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Tenacious, Dutch-descended South Africans remember that scarce a quarter century has passed since the Boer Republic of their fathers was extinguished by Queen Victoria's armies. Moreover, the Dominion of South Africa is but 16 years old. To many a South African Boer* the possibility of disunion from the British Empire and a return to Republicanism seems an ideal not hopelessly remote from attainment. Therefore when General James B. M. Hertzog, Dutch-descended Premier of South Africa, returned last week from the Imperial Conference at London (TIME, Nov. 1 et seq.) all Cape Town awaited eagerly his first...
...Home Secretary, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks, announced sepulchrally last week that the British Coal Strike (TIME, May 10 et seq.) has cost more than the Boer...
...command I kept her in constant touch with H. R. H. Edward (VII) of Wales on the royal yacht, Osborne. I spanned the English Channel by wireless that year; extended the range up to 74 miles for messages between battleships; was ready with equipment for use in the Boer War. In 1899 the first wireless S.O.S. message was sent to shore, with direct effect, from the East Goodwin lightship, which was rammed...
South Africa puzzles U. S. business men. I met a fellow who was genuinely surprised to find that I was not colored. Others were dumbfounded to hear that the Boers were quite civilized, that I was a typical Boer. Most people seem to think that lions and tigers are shot as easily in Capetown as cashiers and jewelers in New York.-Eric H. Louw, Commissioner for the Government of the Union of South Africa...
...only party to split. I remember the split over the Boer War . . . They were differences worthy of a great party...