420.
"Programme of Principles," The Afrikander Bond, 59.
Progressive Cabinet, A, formation of, 280 (note), 390.
Progressive Party, The, 97, 98, 116, 118;
the funds of; 118;
their strength in the Cape Parliament, 121, 122, 393;
led by Sir Gordon Sprigg, 125;
their support of Lord Milner, 271;
resolution presented to the Home Government by, 295.
_Punch_, 225.

Queen's Hall, Pro-Boer meeting in, 498.
Queensland, offers a military contingent, 251.

Raad, The, meeting of, 193.
Racial fusion, The problem of, 516.
Railway lines, The cutting of, 459.
Railways, The, the reorganisation of, 530, 535.
Rand, The, 36, 518;
agitation on for reform, 131;
recommencement of the industrial life of, 489, 507, 536.
Rebels, The, treatment of, 384 to 391, 563, 567, 568;
their disfranchisement, 388, 389;
surrenders of, 573 (note).
"Reciprocity" between the civil services of the several colonies, 550.
Redistribution Bill, The, introduction of, 116;
second reading of, 117, 118;
its effect on the British population, 125.
Reform Committee, The, 39;
their message to Dr. Jameson, 40;
alteration of their plans, 41, 42.
Refugees, The return of, 489, 507, 508, 512, 533.
Registration of electors, The, postponed, 476.
_Reichstag, The S.S._, 236.
Reinforcements, The, character of, 330.
Reitz, F. W., 50, 144, 159, 294, 564;
his policy of "closer union," 49;
takes Dr. Leyds's place as State Secretary, 126;
asserts the Sovereignty of the Transvaal, 127 (note);
his reply to Mr. Chamberlain's communication on the dynamite contract,
130;
instructed to decline Mr. Chamberlain's request for delay in passing
the Franchise Bill, 211;
his despatch refusing the preferred joint inquiry, 237;
communicates to the British Government Mr. Smut's new proposals for
a five years' franchise, 238;
his despatch repudiating the Smuts-Greene arrangement, 239;
his appeal to "Free Staters and Brother Afrikanders," 297;
Mr. Amery's meeting with him, 300;
his book, _A Century of Wrong_, 356;
a letter of his published by the Concessions Commission, 377 (note).
Repatriation scheme, Lord Milner's, 543.
Republican nationalists, The, 259, 275, 282;
their hatred of England, 429.
Republican United States of South Africa, The, 258, 259.
Republics, The, military preparations of, 166, 167, 178, 234;
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