Word: raids
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...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 in its lot with the Transvaal...
Professor Schilling is of the opinion that, ever since the Jameson raid, it has been certain that England's intention was to absorb the South African republics. Britain's unwillingness for a peaceable settlement when a fair proposal was made shows this, as does the continual massing of troops on the Boers' borders. The true inwardness of the matter is not and can not be known for some time, but right seems to be on the side of the Boers. At least the sight of a nation leaving all and going in a body to the front to fight...