SCHREINER'S NEW PART.
Invasion " Utterly Unexpected."
Pleading for the Bond.
United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (Received Aug. 4, 9.15 a.m.) London, Aug. 3-. Mr Schreiner, ex Premier of Cape Colony, in supporting the. Treason Bill introduced by the Government, made a strong Loyalist speech in its favor. He upheld the declaration of martial law in Cape Colony as a necessary measure, and maintained that it had saved the country from dreadful consequences which would have otherwise resulted. He further stated that history did not provide an instance in which martial law had been less harshly administered than in connection with the war in South Africa.
On the other hand,, referring to the allegations made as to the existence of an Afrikander Bond conspiring against the British, Mr Schreiner denied that any such treasonable organisation had ever existed. Speaking of the events which followed the Boer declaration of war he described the attack upon Cape Colony as "an astounding invasion which was quite unexpected."
In conclusion, and as proof that there has been no general conspiracy, he pointed out that although numbers of rebels had joined the enemy there had been no spontaneous rising of Afrikanders anywhere.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9833, 4 August 1900, Page 5
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