No attempt was made to try accused persons before a jury; a special tribunal of judges was set up by the South African Parliament.

But their power of inflicting punishment was limited by the Parliament to a sentence of three years.
General de Wet, the chief figure in the rebellion, was dismissed without punishment to his farm.

That was the manner in which a strong native Government, realizing the possibilities of future trouble, dealt with an insurrection infinitely more serious in a military sense than that which broke out in Dublin.

But in Ireland there was no native government; and the announcement of Mr.Birrell's resignation meant in reality that Mr.
Asquith's Ministry had abdicated so far as Ireland was concerned.

Quite properly, they had called in a competent soldier to deal with the military exigency.