1/7 CHAPTER IV. Speaking of Article 4 of the Convention of 1884, which gives England the right of veto on all treaties contemplated between the South African Republic and foreign powers, he says:-- "This is not Mr.Krueger's point of view. He, like us, has always stigmatised the occupation of 1877 as a violation of the Sand River Treaty." Mr.Krueger did not stigmatise it thus when he accepted office from the English Government. But, in any case, he was party to the negotiations which resulted in the Conventions of 1881 and 1884. Dr.Kuyper tells us that neither he nor Mr.Krueger recognise them, considering them to have been vitiated by the Annexation of 1877. |