It is honestly now the time to yield a little, however one may later again tighten the rope." This shows how this former Minister at the Cape meant to abide by Conventions.

How Mr.Krueger did abide by the Conventions of 1881 and 1884 is a well-known fact.

No wonder if England was suspicious of the "ridiculous proposals," to use Mr.de Villiers' phrase, offered by President Krueger.

The letters written by Mr.Te Water and Mr.Melius de Villiers show that there was good reason for suspicion.

These letters show also what responsibility has been assumed by the members of the Liberal party who sided so eagerly with Mr.Krueger and by those who, like Mr.Stead, backed at first Mr.Rhodes' policy with all their might (so Mr.Clark wrote to General Joubert, Mr.Krueger, and President Steyn) and were blind enough to imagine that their party was strong enough to elbow out the Government and revert to Mr.Gladstone's policy after Majuba.