DOCUMENTS_

LONDON
RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LTD., BRUNSWICK STREET, S.E.
1912

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED
BRUNSWICK ST., STAMFORD ST., S.E., AND
BUNGAY SUFFOLK

CONTENTS

Page

PREFACE ix

Introduction by S. W. Burger, M.L.A., Acting State President
of the Late South African Republic xiii

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE xix

CHAPTER I
Preliminary Correspondence 1

CHAPTER II
Proceedings at Klerksdorp 18

CHAPTER III
First Negotiations at Pretoria 33

CHAPTER IV
Vereeniging 46

CHAPTER V
Further Negotiations at Pretoria 98

CHAPTER VI
Vereeniging and Peace 138

APPENDIX--The Middelburg Proposals 210

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Signatories to the Peace Treaty on behalf of the South
African Republic. _Frontispiece_

The Signatories to the Peace Treaty on behalf of the Orange Free
State. _Frontispiece_

Facsimile of the letter from Lord Kitchener upon which
the Peace Negotiations were entered into _Facing Title page_

_Facing page_

Facsimile of the copy of the reply from the Government
of the South African Republic to Lord Kitchener's letter
dated 4th March, 1902 6

Facsimile of Safe Conduct granted by Lord Kitchener 44

Facsimile of the Oath subscribed to at Vereeniging by
the Delegates of the South African Republic 46

Facsimile of the Oath subscribed to at Vereeniging by
the Delegates of the Orange Free State 46

Facsimile of a page of the Peace Proposals as submitted by the
British Representatives and amended by the Boer Representatives.
The alterations are in the handwriting of Generals Smuts and
Hertzog 112