Transvaal place

“In early 1892 Carl Meyer was sent to the Transvaal to investigate the various gold mines.…”

“In May 1892 Rhodes was curtly informed that the London house was contemplating floating a £2.5 million loan for the Transvaal government to enable it to expand its own railway network...…”

“...a possibility which had been raised earlier that year by President Paul Kruger during a visit by Carl Meyer to Johannesburg.…”

“When New Court wrote its customary admonition that the money raised “be used with the very greatest prudence and economy”…”

“Within a year of arriving in South Africa as high commissioner in 1897, Alfred Milner became convinced that the only way to establish British control over the republics’ external policy was by war.…”

“You'll hear that a lot in your reading when you read about this. Those were the two territories that the Boers occupied. And so the British in 1877 just unilaterally say the Transvaal is ours. Now it's occupied with people, but they just sa…”