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power the Governments to accept the proposal, and to add that they did so with such and such
provisos.
Commandant A. J. Bester (Bloemfontein) thought that there had been enough said, and
recommended that the discussion be closed.
Commandant J. E. Mentz (Heilbron) also thought that it was not necessary to argue any more. He
believed that the war could not be continued. In Heilbron, Bloemfontein, and part of Bethlehem there
were not five head of cattle left. The helpless condition of the women and children also demanded
consideration. The state of the country was becoming so desperate that they were now obliged to
break away from the kraals. He himself had been compelled to do this not long ago, and had lost forty
men in one day. He would have to leave his district, but could not bring it to his heart to leave the
women behind. It was quite clear to him that the war must be stopped, for some parts of the Transvaal
were absolutely unable to go on fighting. Moreover, were the war to continue, commando after
commando would go over to the enemy.
General Kemp (Krugersdorp) took a more encouraging view of affairs. He would stand or fall
with the independence. His mandate was to that effect. His conscience also would not justify him in
taking any other course. He thought that the proposal of the English Government was vague, that there
was not sufficient provision for the Boer losses in it, and that it treated the Dutch language as a
foreign tongue. Circumstances had often been dark, and the darkness would pass away this time as it
had done before. Remembering the commission which had been given to him by the burghers, he
could not do otherwise than vote for a continuation of the war.
Vice-President Burger : “ I have already given my opinion. I am sorry that the meeting seems to
be divided. It is necessary for the welfare of our nation that we should be of one mind. Are we to
continue the war ? From what I have seen and heard, it is clear to me that we cannot do so. I repeat
that there is no possibility of it, neither does any real hope exist that by doing so we should benefit the
nation. It is idle to compare our condition in the struggle in 1877–1881 with that in which we now
find ourselves ; I speak from experience.
“ It is true that the victory was then ours ; that it was so is due to the help which we received
from outside. The Orange Free State remained neutral, but assistance came from President
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