McCallum, Sir Henry E., 470.
Mafeking, 259;
the rôle played by, 179 (note);
capture of an armoured train outside, 304;
relief of, 329.
Mafeking Volunteers, The, 282 (note).
Magaliesberg, The, 455.
Magersfontein, 321;
a result of the defeat at, 8.
Majuba Hill, the British defeat at, 43, 186, 255;
evacuated by the Boers, 329.
Malan, Commandant, 432.
Malan, Mr., 349, 410, 477.
Manchester, meeting at, 251, 257.
Maritzburg, 271, 321;
public meeting at, 249, 250.
Martial law, declaration of in additional districts, 411, 478, 482;
its administration, 484, 485.
Martial Law Board, The, 484, 485.
Massingham, Mr., 154 (note).
Merits of the Transvaal Dispute, The, Captain Mahan's, 579 (note).
Merriman, J. X. 61, 69, 93, 97;
report of his Grahamstown speech in the Cape Times, 62;
his letter of March 11th, 1898, to President Steyn, 114;
joins the Schreiner Cabinet, 124, 142;
his motives in associating himself with the objects of the Bond, 143, 144, 148;
his association with the Diamond Mines at Kimberley, 149;
his partisanship, 149;
his desire to induce President Krüger to grant a "colourable measure of reform," 151, 152;
sounds Lord Milner as to the possibility of an inter-state Conference, 152;
his appeal to Mr. Fischer, 161;
his breach with Mr. Schreiner, 361;
his offer to range himself on the side of the Republics, 376 to 378;
repudiation of Pres. Krüger's statement as to his intimacy with Mr. Hargrove, 380;
his views as to the treatment of the rebels, 391;
his denunciation of the policy of the Home Government, 391, 474;
purpose of his visit to England, 495;
banquet in his honour, 496;
his frankness as to his mission, 497;
his attack on Lord Milner, 497;
attends the meeting at the Queen's Hall, 498.
Methuen, Lord, his engagements, 305;
forces at his disposal, 321.
Meyer, J. L., his views on the war, 574.
Middelburg, 458.
Middelburg Terms, The, 471, 554, 557 (note), 558, 559, 561, 562, 568 (note).
Military criticisms on the war, 330 et seq.
"Military Notes," estimate in of Boer forces, 181 (note).
Military preparations, delay in making, 242, 243, 246, 250, 279, 288, 290, 309 to 311, 316.
Military railways, The, 502, 532.
Milner, Viscount, pre-eminence of his administration in South Africa, 32;
the state of affairs he was called on to deal with, 33;
the political situation on his arrival in South Africa, 69;
the choice of him as High Commissioner, 75;
his official career, 75;
his assistance to Sir William Harcourt, 75, 76;
banquet to him, 77;
extract from his speech at the banquet, 78;
affection of those associated with him, 78, 79;
his resolution, 79, 219;
bitterness of Afrikanders and Boers against, 80;
his profound knowledge of the needs of South Africa, 80;
efforts of the Liberal party to revoke the final arrangements of his administration, 81;
his arrival in South Africa, 81;
the policy of, 82;
travels through Cape Colony, etc., 83;
his speech at Graaf Reinet, 84, 91, 92, 98, 99, 107, 115;
his official duties, 84;
his position in regard to the Transvaal Government, 84, 85;
his anxiety to arrange matters by a friendly discussion with President Krüger, 85, 86, 88;
confidence shown him by the British population, 86 (note);
his policy with regard to the Conventions, 87;
his anxiety to see the best side of the Dutch in the Cape, 90 to 92;
travels round Cape Colony, 104;
conciliatory utterances of, 105;
his reply to the address from the Graaf Reinet branch of the Afrikander Bond, 109 to 113;
the position taken up by him towards the Cape Dutch, 114;
his impartiality, 122;
visits England, 127;
his grasp of the situation, 127;
urges the British Government to put an end to an impossible position, 128;
his farewell speech at Johannesburg, 128, 145;
endorses the petition of the Uitlanders, 131;
his intention to make public in England his despatch on the position of the Uitlanders, 139;
asked to meet Pres. Krüger in conference, 140;
warns Mr. Schreiner of the gravity of the situation, 140;
postponement of the publication of his despatch, 140;
difficulty of his position, 142;
sounded by Mr. Schreiner and Mr. Merriman as to the possibility of an inter-state Conference, 152;
his despatch of May 4th, 1899, telegraphed, 153;
approached by Mr. Hofmeyr as to meeting Pres. Krüger at Bloemfontein, 154;
issue of his despatch of May 4th, 1899, 156, 169, 194;
consults Mr. Chamberlain as to the "line" he should take at the Conference, 156, 157;
his view of Pres. Krüger's acceptance of a conference, 159;
meets Pres. Krüger at Bloemfontein, 167;
his staff, 167;
his reception at Bloemfontein, 168 (note);
his embarrassing position, 169, 192;
the compromise offered by him, 170;
his "inflexibility," 170;
his motive in attending the Conference, 171;
address presented to him on his return from it to Capetown, 172, 173;
essence of his reply to the address, 173;
origin of his disagreement with General Butler, 175, 176;
his desire for preparations for war, 178, 183, 186, 269, 309, 331;
his only point of agreement with General Butler, 185;
his reiterated warnings, 189;
inadequate reinforcements sent in response to his appeal, 191, 192;
acquiesces in the negotiations after Bloemfontein, 195;
his relations with the Schreiner Cabinet, 198 to 201;
support given him by Mr. Chamberlain, 200, 201;
his interviews with Mr. Schreiner, 200, 201;
assists the Fischer-Hofmeyr Mission, 207, 208;
urges delay in passing the Franchise Bill through the Volksraad, 210;
demonstrations of confidence in his statesmanship, 215;
his influence with the Afrikander leaders, 216;
his opinion of the new franchise law, 219, 220;
points out to Mr. Chamberlain defects in the law, 221;
prevents surrender of Home Government, 222 et seq.;
his resolute advocacy of the Uitlanders' cause, 224;
bitter attack on him in Punch, 225;
his despatch protesting against the readiness of the Government to accept the new franchise law, 225 to 229;
further deflection of his policy, 231;
conveys to the Pretoria Executive the offer of a joint inquiry, 231;
withdraws the limit placed by Sir Wm. Greene upon the time of the reply from the Boer Government to the British Government's despatch of September 8th, 1899, 241;
the compromise proposed by him at Bloemfontein, 244;
his anxiety, 247;
asks for another military adviser, 247;
his despatch explaining his position at the Bloemfontein Conference, 247;
appeals for prompt action, 248;
Mr. (now Lord) Courtney's attack on Lord Milner, 252, 257, 258;
warns the English people of the advocacy of a Dutch Republic in South Africa, 255;
makes known to the Government the state of affairs, 267;
his colonial ministers, 270;
support given him by the British population in South Africa, 270;
atmosphere of intrigue by which he was surrounded, 271;
abuse of him by the South African News, 272, 380, 381;
passage of war material to the Orange Free State brought to his notice accidentally, 273;
his personal charm, 277;
his efforts to persuade Mr. Schreiner of the necessity of providing for the defence of Kimberley, 278, 279;
his advice to the Cape and Home Governments, 282, 283;
his limited powers, 283;
a passage in his speech in the House of Lords on February 26th, 1906, 283;
defensive measures devised by him, 288;
his use of the time elapsing between the recall of General Butler and the ultimatum 289;
instructed to repudiate the claim of the South African Republic to be a sovereign international state, 290;
his anxiety to attain a peaceful settlement, 293;
receives the ultimatum, 295;
warns the British authorities in Natal, Rhodesia, and Basutoland, 298;
the call upon his constructive statesmanship, 303;
consults Mr. Schreiner upon the feasibility of carrying out Sir Redvers Buller's suggestion to form local defences out of Dutch farmers, 320;
his relationship with the military authorities, 341;
alliance against him, 343, 344;
scant help afforded him by Mr. Schreiner, 345;
his despatch telling the story of the rebellion in the Cape, 346;
addresses a memorandum to Lord Roberts on the rebellion in Cape Colony, 351, 352;
his view as to the defence of the Cape, 353;
visits the north-midland districts of the Cape, 362;
arrives at Bloemfontein, 363;
receives an appreciative address at Capetown, 363;
his reply to the address, 364;
his record of the origin of the "conciliation" movement, 373;
his representation to Mr. Schreiner as to the proposed Bond congress at Somerset East, 374;
his despatch covering the newspaper report of the People's Congress at Graaf Reinet, 381;
his view of racial relations in Cape Colony, 383;
receives a despatch from Mr. Chamberlain on the questions of the compensation of loyalists and the punishment of rebels, 384;
inquires as to the Home Government's views upon the disfranchisement of the rebels, 389;
bitter invectives against him of members of the Schreiner Cabinet, 391;
wins over Mr. Schreiner to the side of the Empire-State, 393;
indicates to Mr. Chamberlain the nature of the Treason Bill, 394;
pays a brief visit to the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, 396;
makes arrangements for the civil administration of Pretoria and Johannesburg, 397;
his journey to Bloemfontein, 397;
inaugurates the South African Constabulary, 397;
receives the commissions under which he is appointed to administer the new colonies, 398, 419, 470, 501;
receives a deputation from the Worcester Congress, 404;
his reply, 406;
his final departure from the Cape to the Transvaal, 419;
his objection to issuing a proclamation to the fighting burghers at the close of 1900, 420;
approves of Lord Kitchener's proposals, 421;
his account to Mr. Chamberlain of the situation on February 6th, 1901, 436;
leaves Capetown to assume administration of the new colonies, 470;
incidents of his journey, 471;
discusses with Lord Kitchener the nature of the reply to Botha's overtures for peace, 471;
the position taken up by him, 472;
at Pretoria, 472;
the sphere of his administrative activity, 473;
his second visit to England, 473, 487, 490;
endorses the appeal for the suspension of the Cape constitution, 479;
issues a notice as to acts of treason, 480, 481;
obtains the views of the Cape and Natal Governments on the question of the settlement of the new colonies, 489;
his reception on his second return to England, 490;
his audience with the King, 490;
marks of royal favour shown to him, 490, 491;
his speech at a luncheon given in his honour, 492;
agitation for his recall, 499;
returns to Johannesburg, 501;
his despatch describing affairs in November, 1901, 503;
invites Mr. E. B. Sargant to organise the work of educational reconstruction, 520;
appoints commissions on the gold industry, 529;
his attention to the reorganisation of the railways, 532;
urges the settlement of British colonists on the land, 538;
proposes a loan for land settlement, 540;
his tireless energy, 541, 545;
his proposed tax on the mining industry, 541;
his telegram on the immediate financial position, 542;
his repatriation scheme, 543;
presses for a decision on the land settlement question, 543;
differs from Lord Kitchener's views upon the terms of the surrender, 551, 560;
drafts the terms of the surrender, 551, 558;
refuses the terms of the Boer Peace Commissioners, 557;
his care as to the English text of the Vereeniging surrender, 560, 561;
England's debt to him, 562;
summoned to Pretoria for the signing of the treaty of peace, 572.
Mines Department, The, reorganisation of, 528.
Mines, The, the project of wrecking, 214;
permitted to re-open, 489, 507;
native labour for, 509;
their prosperity, 518.
Mining plant, injury to by Boer raiders, 438.
Mining industry, Lord Milner's proposed 10 per cent, tax on, 541.
Missionaries, The, work of, 18.
Mitchell, Sir Lewis, 485.
Mobile columns, The creation of, 456.
Modder River, Station, 322, 328.
Monypenny, Mr., attempt to arrest, 245.
Mooi River, The, 455.
Morgendael, J., 428.
Morley, John, misstatement by, 261;
his attitude and public utterances on the war, 252, 259, 263, 314, 360, 370, 371 (note), 415.
Müller, E. B. Iwan, letter in the possession of, 166;
his Lord Milner and South Africa, 166 (note).
Müller, G., 428.
Municipal police, Organisation of, 529.

Naauwpoort, 455.
Namaqualand, The election for, 121.
Napier, Sir George, his evidence before the House of Commons on Lord Glenelg's reversal of Sir B. D'Urban's frontier policy, 14.
Natal, 51;
a menace to, 26;
public meetings in, 131, 215;
petition from to the Queen, 216;
the invasion of, 235;
the British forces in, 243, 246, 269;
Boer aspiration to annex, 258, 259;
mobilisation of the local forces in, 280 (note);
Transvaal commando sent to the border, 290;
the British authorities in, warned by Lord Milner, 298;
treatment of the rebels in, 563, 567, 568.
Natal Ministry, The, views of on the settlement of the new colonies, 547 to 550;
views of on disarmament and the treatment of the natives, 549;
advocates "reciprocity" in the learned professions and civil services of the several colonies, 550;
puts forward a claim for the incorporation of certain districts of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony into Natal, 550;
its view as to the treatment of the rebels, 568.
Nationalist movement, in South Africa, The, 48 et seq.
National Union, The, 41.
Native Affairs, The Department of, in the Transvaal, 528.
Natives, The, the question of arming, 281;
the question of the franchise for, 566;
the treatment of, 549.
Navy Contribution Bill, The, 96;
second reading of, 125 (note).
Netherlands Government, The, 232;
offer mediation, 551.
Netherlands Railway, The, 376 to 381, 532 (note).
New South Wales, offers a military contingent, 251.
Nicholls incident, The, 212, 213.
Nicholson, Colonel, 179.
Nineteenth Century, The, 261 (note);
article by Sir Bartle Frere in, 29 (note).
Non-interference, the principle of, 10, 12.
Norman, The S.S., 247.
Norval's Pont, 521.

Olivier, Commandant, 287 (note), 564.
Ons Land, its pæan of triumph over the surrender of Jameson's troopers, 68 (note);
its reproof of Sir Pieter Faure, 105;
its anti-British policy, 106;
its indictment of the Sprigg Ministry, 117;
its presentation of the objects of the Afrikander party, 119;
its article on the Mission of Messrs. Hofmeyr and Herholdt, 205 to 207;
meeting of the Cape Distriks-bestuur at the offices of, 348, 349;
its New Year exhortation, 349;
its comment on the postponement of the Bond Congress at Somerset East, 374;
its approval of the slanders on British troops, 403;
its comment on Lord Milner's reply to the Worcester Congress, 409;
libels General French, 477.
Orange Free State, The, mineral wealth of, 54;
relations of the Imperial Government to, 87 (note);
its treaty of alliance with the Transvaal, 104, 125;
irritation in against British intervention, 215;
ammunition sent to, 216, 247, 273, 286;
alleged movement of British troops to the border of, 236;
the danger of a premature grant of responsible government to, 284;
decides to declare war, 291;
Lord Roberts enters, 328;
annexation of, 329;
invades south of Orange River, 344;
the Landdrosts of, 347;
the "Acting Chief-Commandant" of, 432;
area enclosed by blockhouse lines, 458;
the number of scholars on the school rolls, 523 (note).
Orange River, The, 455.
Orange River Colony, Lord Milner arranges for the civil administration of, 397;
reappearance of the Boer commandos in the S.E. of, 441;
numbers of Boers in the field in, 454;
progress of civil administration in, 489, 524;
issue of letters patent for the Crown Colony Government of, 490, 501, 544;
grant in aid of the revenue of, 501;
number of scholars on the school rolls, 523, 524;
revenue of, 528;
farm settlers in, 536;
the settlement of, 546;
military administration in, 566;
taxation of landed property in, 566.
Oranjie Unie, The, 55 (note).
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed, The, 49, 54 (note), 234 to 236 (notes).

Paardeberg, conduct of the attack on, 332;
surrender of Cronje at, 328, 354.
Paardekraal, great assemblage of Boers at, 197;
speeches delivered at, 213.
Pakeman, Mr., arrest of, 245.
"Pass" system, The, 528.
Paul, H., 368.
Peace, Preparing for, 470 to 535.
Peace commissioners, The Boer, 556.
Peace Committee, The, 412, 422, 423;
treatment of agents of, 427 to 429;
its efforts, 427, 429.
Permits, The establishment of, 482.
Poplar Grove, 354.
Port Elizabeth, Ammunition landed at, 216, 236.
Portland, The (3rd) Duke of, his despatch referring to the treatment of the Boers, 9.
Pretoria, The British flag hoisted over the Raadzaal of, 167 (note), 329;
war preparations at, 234, 235, 244;
ammunition sent to, 236;
railway communication with Delagoa Bay re-opened, 329;
Lord Roberts's decision to advance on, 352;
his occupation of, 369;
Lord Milner makes arrangements for the civil administration, 397;
Burgher Peace Committee formed at, 412, 422;
effective occupation of the district round, 453;
Lord Milner at, 472;
the public buildings at, 526;
meeting between the Boer leaders and Lords Milner and Kitchener at, 552, 556.
Pretoria Convention, The, 31, 87 (note).
Pretoria Executive, The, attitude of, 82, 88, 89;
Mr. Chamberlain's communication to on the dynamite contract, 130;
its attempt to buy off the capitalists, 131, 152;
its committal to a policy of defiance, 158;
its negotiations with the Home Government after the Bloemfontein Conference, 196, 199;
its lack of good faith, 231;
repudiates the arrangement made by Mr. Smuts with Sir Wm. Greene, 238, 239, 242;
charges Sir Wm. Greene with bad faith, 242;
its declaration of September 15th, 1899, to Mr. Hofmeyr, 276;
brings negotiations to a conclusion, 289;
its replies to the British despatches of July 27th and May 10th, 294.
Pretorius, Mr., 406, 421.
Pretyman, General, 470.
Price, Mr., 306.
Prieska, 354.
Prinsloo, Commandant, surrender of, 329.
Pro-Boers, The manufacture of, 434, 443.
Proclamation to the fighting burghers, The proposed, 420.
"Programme of Principles," The Afrikander Bond, 59.
Progressive Cabinet, A, formation of, 280 (note), 390.
Progressive Party, The, 97, 98, 116, 118;
the funds of; 118;
their strength in the Cape Parliament, 121, 122, 393;
led by Sir Gordon Sprigg, 125;
their support of Lord Milner, 271;
resolution presented to the Home Government by, 295.
Punch, 225.