...people care a fig about it." On the 1st of July of the same year, he wrote to Mr. Wernher: "Sir H. Loch (with whom I had two long private interviews...hold the place for six days until help could arrive, etc., etc., and stated plainly that if there had been 3,000 rifles and ammunition here he would certainly...

...Beit, under date July 1st, 1894 (Cape Blue Book, A 2913.5.96, Appendix), the prime agitator says, " Sir Henry Loch (with whom I had two long private interviews...arms we had in Johannesburg, whether the population would hold the place for six days until help could arrive, &c., &c., and stated plainly that if there...

...Johannesburg, whether the population could hold the place for six days until help could arrive, etc., etc., and stated plainly that if there had been 3,000 rifles and ammunition here he would certainly have come over. He further informed me, in a significant way, that he had prolonged...

...commandeering, and no doubt gave them good advice upon general matters. How far they will act upon it remains to be seen. I do not suppose they will attempt any...me some very pointed questions, such as what arms already in Johannesburg, whether the population could hold the place for six days until help could...

...letter, dated July ist, 1894, to Wernher, another member of the gigantic firm of Wernher, Beit & Co.: " ' Sir Henry Loch (with whom I had two long private interviews alone) asked me some very pointed questions—such as: What arms we had in Johannesburg, whether the population could hold the place...