xpense of another. All allegations to the contrary are made
either in ignorance or with the deliberate intention of shaking
the loyalty of a section of the community, including many
connected by close ties of kinship with a people with which we
are now at war.

"An attempt is being made to inflame their minds, and to
convert feelings of sympathy with kinsmen into a spirit of
rebellion, by representing the Imperial Government as hostile
to the Dutch, and by otherwise distorting its acts and objects.

"I gladly recognise that the majority, nevertheless, maintain a
law-abiding attitude, and I am proud of their worthiness of the
confidence reposed in them. But the statements which continue
to be spread abroad are producing a deplorable effect in some
quarters, and I therefore most earnestly warn all against being
misled into defection from their allegiance, and thereby
exposing themselves to grave consequences.

"I call upon all the Queen's subjects, of whatever race, to
stand together in support of the Crown and its authority."

But, for the treachery of some of Her Majesty's subjects, the devotion
and fealty of others made glorious atonement. There are loyal people in
the Cape, who, if they live to be as old as Methuselah, will never
forget the opening of December. The streets of Cape Town were literally
panting with enthusiasm, every hole and corner being alive with animated
crowds to welcome the New Zealanders, Australians, and Canadians,
gallant fellows, who, from sheer pride in being associated with the
defence of the mother country, came trooping to do battle in her cause.
Each successive arrival of the Colonists was the cue for fresh
demonstrations and for the display of flags and banners bearing mottoes,
"For Queen and Empire," "Welcome, Brother Colonists," and the like; and
by the time the Canadians had landed patriotic feeling had reached its
climax. Then public enthusiasm literally seemed to burst all bounds.
The streets, windows, verandahs, roofs, were packed with an excited,
surging, shouting, cheering throng, and the air was thick with hats, and
flags, and handkerchiefs, waving a hearty welcome to our British
brethren from across the seas. The Canadians, about 1000 strong, were "a
sicht for sair e'en," as the Scots would say, a hale, well-grown,
muscular set of men, who evidently appreciated the magnificent reception
that