Herbert Kitchener

“ All prisoners of war, now in St. Helena, Ceylon, or elsewhere, being burghers or colonists, will on the completion of the surrender, be brought back to their country as quickly as arrangements can be made for their transport. ”

“ As regards the extension of the franchise to Kaffirs in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, it is not the intention of His majesty’s Government to give such franchise before representative Government is granted to those Colonies, and if then given it will be so limited as to secure the just predominance of the white race. The legal position of coloured persons will, however, be similar to that which they hold in the Cape Colony. ”