A word in explanation of this English edition is perhaps notunnecessary.
It will be remembered that the arguments in the following pages appearedoriginally in the columns of Le Siècle, and from the correspondencebetween M. Yves Guyot and Dr. Kuyper and M. Brunetière (Appendix B), thereader will understand how the publication of Le Siècle articles inpamphlet form arose.
In the month of May when M. Yves Guyot's La Politique Boer made itsappearance, the supply of literature by more or less competent judges onSouth African affairs was already so formidable in this country, that anEnglish publication of his pamphlet was apparently not wanted. Moreover,as my master's arguments were written for readers on the continent andnot for those of Great Britain, such a publication was not thought of atthe time.
Of the first editions of La Politique Boer placed before the readingpublic in various countries, a few thousand copies were sent to London.The demand, however, exceeded the supply to such a large extent, and somany letters were received at this office from British readers(unfamiliar with the French language) asking for a translation, that anEnglish dress of La Politique Boer was decided upon.
As the translation was proceeding various incidents of importance inconnection with the South African crisis took place. These were[Pg iv]commented upon by M. Yves Guyot in Le Siècle and added to theexisting pamphlet; the English edition is consequently more up-to-datethan the original.
Our thanks for valuable assistance given in the translation are largelydue to Mrs. Ellen Waugh and Mr. Charles Baxter.
M. Yves Guyot has renounced his author's rights, and the profits to LeSiècle, resulting from this publication, will be handed in two equalshares to the societies here and in South Africa which represent theinterests of the widows and orphans of English and Boer combatants whohave given their lives for their countries.
JULES HEDEMAN.
The London Office of Le Siècle
32, Charing Cross, S.W.
25th October, 1900.
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| Preface. | |
| 1. State of the Question.—2. Pro-Boer Argument, and the Jameson Raid.—3. Profits of the Jameson Raid.—4. Logical Consequences of the Jameson Raid | ix. |
| Chapter I. | |
| Boer Apologists. | |
| 1. Disregard of Facts, and Subordination to the Vatican.—2. The Boers, the Natives and Slavery.—3. "Essentially a Man of War and Politics" | 1 |
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