26, 90, 112
Matoppo Hills, an historic meeting, 43
Rhodes' burial-place, 72
Maxwell, Lady, an appeal by, 164
Merriman, Mr., 134, 150
severs relations with Rhodes, 73
Methuen, Lord, mandate to Rhodes, 95
Milner, Sir (Viscount) Alfred, 4, 58
a hint to Rhodes, 147
and the Boers, 12, 85, 132
and Rhodes, 74, 140, 148
and the De Beers Company, 115
appointed Governor of Cape Colony, 8, 85
dignified speech, 134
efforts for peace, 156
his great object, 86
influence of, 104
misunderstood and misjudged 7, 12, 85, 104, 107, 108, 180, 228
overruled from Whitehall, 135
policy of conciliation, 130
reports from Rhodes on defence of Kimberley, 94
Rhodes' distrust of, 13, 75
the refugees and, 210
the South African League, 90
transferred to Johannesburg, 99

N

Napoleon, Pius VII. on, 35
Neethling, Mr., and martial law in Cape Colony, 215

O

Orange Free State, flight of the populace, 158
illusions of the Dutch in, 176
resources of, 8

P

Pius VII., Pope, on Napoleon, 35
Polish Jews, plight of, 193
Pretoria, British flag hoisted at, 226
Rhodes tabooed at, 211
Rhodes visits Kruger at, 91
soldiers' institutes at, 186

R

Radziwill, Princess Catherine, and Rhodes, 110, 146
and Rhodes' suspicions of Sir A. Milner, 107
conversations with Sir A. Milner, 106, 232
Rhodes' characteristic note to, 59
talks with Rhodes on Reade's "Martyrdom of Man," 127
visits concentration camps, 163
Rand, the, Downing Street and, 179
Dutch illusions as to Britain's intentions, 177
flight from, 191 _et seq._
gold fields of, 90
magnates of, 137 _el seq._, 197
Reade, Winwood, influence of his
"Martyrdom of Man" on Rhodes, 126
Rhodes, Cecil, agitates for suspension of constitution, 118, 155, 213, 224
beginning of his fortune, 21
created a Privy Councillor, 43
death, 129, 153, 224
end of his political career, 47, 50, 57, 73
enters political life, 28
patriotism of, 10,17, 31, 76, 82, 152, 230
Rhodes, Herbert (brother of Cecil Rhodes), 20
Rhodesia, annexation of, 24, 25, 28, 35, 36, 78
exploitation of, 198
question of its mineral wealth, 177
Rhodes as "King" of, 122
Roberts, Lord, complimentary lunch to, 134
Rhodes' abuse of, 147
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