Queen's Hall, Pro-Boer meeting in, 498.
Queensland, offers a military contingent, 251.

Raad, The, meeting of, 193.
Racial fusion, The problem of, 516.
Railway lines, The cutting of, 459.
Railways, The, the reorganisation of, 530, 535.
Rand, The, 36, 518;
agitation on for reform, 131;
recommencement of the industrial life of, 489, 507, 536.
Rebels, The, treatment of, 384 to 391, 563, 567, 568;
their disfranchisement, 388, 389;
surrenders of, 573 (note).
"Reciprocity" between the civil services of the several colonies, 550.
Redistribution Bill, The, introduction of, 116;
second reading of, 117, 118;
its effect on the British population, 125.
Reform Committee, The, 39;
their message to Dr. Jameson, 40;
alteration of their plans, 41, 42.
Refugees, The return of, 489, 507, 508, 512, 533.
Registration of electors, The, postponed, 476.
Reichstag, The S.S., 236.
Reinforcements, The, character of, 330.
Reitz, F. W., 50, 144, 159, 294, 564;
his policy of "closer union," 49;
takes Dr. Leyds's place as State Secretary, 126;
asserts the Sovereignty of the Transvaal, 127 (note);
his reply to Mr. Chamberlain's communication on the dynamite contract, 130;
instructed to decline Mr. Chamberlain's request for delay in passing the Franchise Bill, 211;
his despatch refusing the preferred joint inquiry, 237;
communicates to the British Government Mr. Smut's new proposals for a five years' franchise, 238;
his despatch repudiating the Smuts-Greene arrangement, 239;
his appeal to "Free Staters and Brother Afrikanders," 297;
Mr. Amery's meeting with him, 300;
his book, A Century of Wrong, 356;
a letter of his published by the Concessions Commission, 377 (note).
Repatriation scheme, Lord Milner's, 543.
Republican nationalists, The, 259, 275, 282;
their hatred of England, 429.
Republican United States of South Africa, The, 258, 259.
Republics, The, military preparations of, 166, 167, 178, 234;
expulsion of British subjects from, 246;
manifestoes issued by upon the outbreak of war, 257;
their treatment of British residents on the declaration of war, 292;
fall of, 329;
the British case against, 357 to 359.
Reserves, Insufficient supply of, 323, 331.
Retrocession, The, 255.
Rhodes, Cecil, 34, 35, 83;
his scheme of commercial federation, 38, 39;
his comment on Dr. Jameson's Raid, 40;
actual cause of the failure of his plan, 45;
his methods, 46;
his alliance with the Afrikander Bond, 46;
his alliance with J. H. Hofmeyr, 65;
an incident in his political career, 66;
his speech of March 12th, 1898, 67;
recognised by the Bond as its enemy, 68;
his resignation, 93, 96;
his return to political life, 97;
the actual chief of the Progressives, 117;
opposed at Barkly West, 118 (note);
returned for both Barkly West and Namaqualand, 121;
his tactics after the election following upon Sir Gordon Sprigg's dissolution of Parliament, 122, 123;
his interview with Lord Milner, 124 (note); his anger at the impotence of England, 306;
endorses the appeal for the suspension of the Cape constitution, 479.
Rhodesia, 84, 192;
demonstration in of confidence in Lord Milner's statesmanship, 215;
petition from to the Queen, 216;
organisation of the defences of, 269;
warned by Lord Milner, 298.
Ripon, The Marquess of, 37, 498 (note).
Roberts, Lord, 329 (note);
a result of his occupation of Bloemfontein, 156;
appointed to the South African command, 321;
strength of his force, 322, 332 (note);
his despatches, 326 to 328, 339, 341, 352;
his tactics at Paardeberg, 332, 333;
his alleged instructions from the Government, 333;
a reply to criticism of German General Staff upon his strategy, 334;
his campaign, 343;
his decision to advance on Johannesburg and Pretoria, 352;
his qualities as a captain of war, 353;
why he did not carry out Lord Milner's suggestion as to the defence of the Cape, 353;
his occupation of Pretoria, 369;
his enforced halt at Bloemfontein, 384;
his approaching return to England, 398;
his recognition of the difficulty of the task of disarmament, 413;
relinquishes command of the forces in South Africa, 419;
agrees with Lord Milner's views on the proposed proclamation to the burghers, 420;
his proclamation, 424;
his victories, 435;
sends some of the civilian population to L. Botha, 452.
Robertson, Edmund, M.P., 417, 498 (note);
his speech at Dundee on Oct. 16th, 1901, 467, 468.
Robinson, J. B., 149.
Robinson, Sir John, his view of the reversal of Sir Benjamin D'Urban's frontier policy, 16.
Roos Senekal, capture of documents at, 425, 426, 431;
circular issued at, 463 (note).
Rosebery Lord, his appreciation of Lord Milner, 77, 278;
his support of the Government, 264, 416.
Rosmead, 455.
Rosmead, Lord, 36, 39;
his action, 45;
his response to Mr. Chamberlain's counsels, 46;
his policy, 70;
his attitude at Pretoria, 72;
intimates his wish to retire, 74;
his resistance to the attempt of the Transvaal Boers to seize Bechuanaland, 74;
retires, 75;
his promise to obtain reasonable reforms from. President Krüger, 88 (note).
Rosslyn Castle, The S.S., 305.
Russia, attitude of, 311.

St. Aldwyn, Lord, his charge against members of the Liberal Opposition and the Irish Nationalists, 465.
Salisbury, The (late) Marquess of, 75;
sympathetic speech of on the Transvaal question, 228, 229;
his answer to the charge of "military unpreparedness," 265;
receives "peace overtures," 355;
his reply, 357;
his indignant comment on the attitude of the Liberal leaders, 416;
his charge against Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, 466;
receives Lord Milner, 490.
Salisbury Cabinet, The, reluctance of to push matters to an extremity, 176, 188;
its disregard of Lord Wolseley's advice, 177, 188, 189, 190;
its decision as to reinforcements, 190, 191;
the course it decided to adopt, 196;
its weakness, 223, 224;
determines to make a definite announcement of its South African policy; 228;
position taken up by it, 230;
its last effort to come to a friendly understanding, 240;
its despatch of Sept, 8th, 1899, 241, 242;
decides to raise the strength of the Natal and Cape forces, 242, 243, 246, 250, 279, 288;
its reluctance to make war, 251;
patriotism of, 266;
Afrikander leaders' view of, 274;
decides to mobilise an army corps, 290;
its military action, 309, 310, 331;
its alleged instructions to Lord Roberts, 333, 334;
its decision as to the Conventions, 360.
Sand River Convention, The, 17;
Sir George Grey's exposure of, 19.
Sannah's Post, 363.
Sargant, E. B., his story of the educational efforts during the war, 520 to 523.
Sauer, Hans, 97.
Sauer, J. W., joins the Schreiner Cabinet, 124, 142;
his sympathy with the Boers, 149;
his mission to Dordrecht, 287 (note), 379 (note);
his breach with Mr. Schreiner, 361;
his offer to range himself on the side of the Republics, 376, 377;
his intimacy with Mr. Hargrove, 379;
his repudiation of Pres. Krüger's statement as to his connection with Mr. Hargrove, 380;
his declaration when opposing the second reading of the Treason Bill, 396, 474;
purpose of his visit to England, 495;
banquet in his honour, 496;
his frankness as to his mission, 497;
attends the meeting at the Queen's Hall, 498.
Scheepers, 432.
Schreiner Cabinet, The, 96, 124, 141, 150;
the Bond Members of, 142;
its desire to prevent British intervention, 150;
its "planks," 158;
the Te Water correspondence, 162 to 166;
its opinion of Pres. Krüger's franchise proposals, 198;
uses its influence to assist the Pretoria Executive in refusing the franchise reform put forward by Lord Milner, 199;
its refusal to call out the local forces, 280 to 283, 345;
refuses aid to Mafeking and Kimberley, 345;
its demise, 346, 390;
individual views of the members on the treatment of the rebels, 390.
Schreiner-Bond coalition, The, 98.
Schreiner, Olive, 144.
Schreiner, Philip, adopted as the parliamentary leader by the Bond, 97;
moves a vote of "no confidence" in the Sprigg Ministry, 118;
his electoral utterances, 118;
forms a ministry, 124;
warned by Lord Milner of the gravity of the situation, 140;
his blind partisanship for the Transvaal, 142, 147;
his relationship to Lord Milner, 143;
his history, 144;
his regard for the British Empire, 145;
his reply to a question of Mr. Chamberlain's, 146;
his instinctive sympathy with the Afrikander nationalists, 146;
sounds Lord Milner as to the possibility of an inter-state Conference, 152;
receives warning telegrams from England, 153, 154;
writes a confidential letter to President Steyn, 154;
the influence which he used with the Transvaal Government, 155;
his view of Krüger's acceptance of a conference, 158;
his solicitude to attend the Bloemfontein Conference, 167;
his partisanship on the question of the franchise, 198, 199;
informed of the Home Governments' intention to "complete" the Cape Garrison, 204;
his view of the grant of a limited franchise to the Uitlanders, 210;
urges the acceptance of the proposed joint inquiry, 232, 235;
his position, 235;
his declaration as to the attitude he would assume in the event of war, 248;
his knowledge of the Port Elizabeth ammunition for the Free State, 273;
his benediction of Pres. Krüger's Bloemfontein scheme and of the Volksraad's proposals, 276;
his complex political creed, 278;
his resistance to Lord Milner's plans of local military preparation, 278;
recedes from his standpoint of neutrality, 280, 344, 345, 373;
is prevailed on to call out the Kimberley volunteers, 280;
his final concession, 281;
fails to provide Kimberley with arms, 304;
consents to the proclamation of martial law, 345;
scant help afforded by him to Lord Milner, 345;
his breach with Dr. Te Water and Messrs. Merriman and Sauer, 361, 474;
uses his influence for the postponement of the Bond Congress at Somerset East, 374;
is brought into conflict with the Bond members of his Cabinet, 384;
his views upon the nature of the punishment to be inflicted on rebels, 385, 390;
his sense of loyalty to the person of the Sovereign, 392;
his support of the Treason Bill, 474.
Schreiner, Theophilus, 144.
Schutte, Mr., 212 (note).
Science of Rebellion, The, 431 (note).
Seale-Hayne, M.P., Mr., 498 (note).
Select Committee on British South Africa, The proceedings of, extract from, 146.
Settlement after the War, The, 214 (note).
Settlement of the new colonies, The, the question of, 489, 564 et seq.
Seventeen, The Chamber of, 3, 4, 5.
Shaw, M.P., Thomas, 498 (note);
his speech at Galashiels on October 14th, 1901, 467, 468.
Sherman, General, 451 (note).
Showers, Mr., 529.
Silberbauer, Mr., 167.
Simon's Bay, 57.
Slaghter's Nek, the "rebellion" of, 11.
Slaves, The emancipation of in Cape Colony, 15.
Smalldeel, 397.
Smartt, Dr., 116 (note).
Smuts, J. C., 152, 159, 204, 212 (note), 572;
appointed State Attorney, 126;
attends the Bloemfontein Conference, 168;
report in The Times of a conversation with, 214;
is entrusted with the projected destruction of the mines, 214;
furnishes an explanatory memorandum of the new franchise law, 218;
offers Sir William Greene a simplified seven years' franchise in lieu of a joint inquiry, 237, 238;
his attempt to disown the arrest of Mr. Pakeman, 245;
his words at Vereeniging on May 30th, 1902, 276;
failure of the negotiations initiated by Sir William Greene through him, 309, 310;
appointed a peace commissioner, 556, 558;
his suggestion as to a "formal clause" in the draft Vereeniging agreement, 561;
his responsibility for the origin of the war, 574.
Solomon, Saul, 147.
Solomon, Sir R., 118 (note);
accepts office under the Schreiner Ministry as Attorney-General, 124, 142;
his motives in associating himself with the objects of the Bond, 144, 147, 148;
his distrust of Rhodes, 148;
his breach with Dr. Te Water and Messrs. Merriman and Sauer, 361, 474;
visits the north-midland districts of the Cape with Lord Milner, 362;
his views as to the treatment of the rebels, 390, 393, 395;
his support of the Treason Bill, 474;
appointed Legal Adviser to the New Transvaal administration, 474 (note);
help afforded by him to Lord Milner, 515;
his energy and capacity, 527;
presides over a commission on the gold industry, 529;
assists Lord Milner in the draft of the terms of the Vereeniging surrender, 551, 558.
Somerset East, Annual Congress at, 374.
South Africa, failure of British administration in, 1;
population of European descent in, 5;
British treatment of the natives and Dutch in, 8 et seq.;
the first effort to introduce a large British population, 15;
public interest in, 23;
ultimate control of British policy in, 24;
the decision of cardinal questions dealing with its administration, 34;
the Dutch population of, 43, 46, 49, 98, 105;
Dutch view of the nationalist movement in, 49;
before and after the Jameson Raid, 68;
as Lord Milner found it, 69;
attempts to secure the reunion of under the British flag, 69;
the British cause in, 71;
reinforcement of the British garrison in, 94;
aspirations of the Dutch in, 105;
despondency of the British population, 107;
result of the failure of the Bloemfontein Conference on the British population, 172;
moral weakness of England's position in, 186;
approval of Lord Milner's policy by the British population, 216;
dismay of the British population as the Imperial Governments' reported acceptance of the franchise law, 222;
performance of the British Army in, 323;
numbers of the British Army in on April 1st, 1900, 323;
numbers of the British population in who served, 324;
the task of subduing the entire Dutch population of, 435;
loyalists in, 447, 448;
the manifestation of hostility against the loyalist population of, 464 (note).
South Africa: A Study, etc., 579 (note).
South African Constabulary, inauguration of, 397, 530;
expenses of, 502;
composition of, 531.
South African Garrison, The, 178, 190, 309, 310.
South African League, The, 96, 133, 212 (note), 374.
South African Nationality, The, the creation of, 58.
South African News, The, 225, 380;
its abuse of Lord Milner, 272, 391, 477;
its charge against British soldiers, 402.
South African Republics, The attempt to bring them into a federal system under the British Crown, 69;
their relations with the British Government, 81;
their military preparations, 166, 167, 178, 181.
South African Settlement, The, debate on in the House of Commons, 393.
South African Unity, The goal of, 65, 66, 69.
South African War, The Great, events which culminated in, 25, 188.
South Central Africa, 36.
Sprigg, Sir Gordon, 70, 280 (note);
his Ministry, 93, 94, 96, 97, 124, 217 (note);
his regard for British interests, 94;
his relations with Cecil Rhodes, 94;
the attempt to prevent him from attending the Colonial Conference of 1897, 94, 95;
resolves to bring forward a Redistribution Bill, 116;
appeals to the electorate, 118;
defeat of his Ministry, 124;
leads the Progressives in opposition, 125;
becomes Premier, 390;
is at one with Lord Milner and the Home Government, 473, 485;
his view as to the prorogation of Parliament, 482;
his loyal co-operations with the Imperial authorities, 485;
replies to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 500.
Springs, 456.
Standerton, 458.
Star, The (Johannesburg), 145 (note), 245, 491 (note).
Statham, Mr., 377 (note).
Stead, W. T., 75, 357 (note).
Steenekamp, Mrs. Anna E., 16 (note).
Steyn, Marthinus, 70, 564;
his agency in the matter of the Bloemfontein Conference, 140;
Mr. Merriman's letter to him with reference to "a colourable measure of reform" in the Transvaal, 152;
accepts the rôle of peace-maker, 153;
asks the Cape Premier to ascertain Lord Milner's willingness to meet Pres. Krüger, 154, 155;
formal acceptance of his invitation to the Bloemfontein Conference, 156;
his replies to Dr. Te Water's letters, 162;
his willingness to take part in the Conference, 168;
his evening reception on the opening day of the Conference, 171;
inquires as to movements of British troops, 236;
his pledge that Cape Colony should not be invaded, 279;
his commandos, 289;
the ultimatum submitted for his approval, 291;
his misgivings, 291;
receives an appeal for peace from Sir Henry de Villiers, 292;
declares war, 295;
his "peace overtures," 355;
his responsibility for the guerilla war, 414, 415, 427;
circulates utterances of the leaders of the Liberal Opposition, 468;
consults with Schalk Burger as to peace, 552;
meets Lords Milner and Kitchener at Pretoria, 552;
his negotiations, 553;
appointed a peace commissioner, 556, 564;
his inability to sign the agreement, 567 (note).
Stop-the-war Committee, The, 368.
Stormberg, 321, 348, 455;
a result of the defeat at, 8.
Story of an African Farm, The, 144.
Strydom, the Boer, 427 (note).
Studenten Blad, The, of the Theological Seminary of Burghersdorp, 120.
Sud Africaan, The, 351 (note).
Sunnyside, 472.
Swaziland border, The, the question of, 89 (note).
Swaziland Convention, The, 87 (note).
Sydney, Public meeting at, 250.
Symons, General, 319.