usory concession which was all that the Afrikander mediation was
intended to secure.

[Footnote 70: 2nd. Lieut. Royal Horse Guards. Exactly one
year after the last day of the Conference (June 5th), he
(then A.D.C. to Lord Roberts and Duke of Westminster) ran up
the British flag over the Raadzaal at Pretoria.]

[Footnote 71: Letter of May 27th (in Cd. 369).]

[Footnote 72: Lord Milner left Capetown by special train at
8.30 a.m. on Monday, May 29th, and reached Bloemfontein
punctually at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Here he was met by President
Steyn and various officials of the Free State; and an address
of welcome was presented to him by the Mayor of Bloemfontein
upon his arrival at the private house which had been provided
for his accommodation during the Conference. At eleven
o'clock on the following morning, Wednesday, the 31st, the
High Commissioner went to the Presidency, where he was
introduced by Mr. Steyn to President Krueger, Mr. Schalk
Burger and Mr. Wolmarans. The first meeting of the Conference
took place in the afternoon at 2.30, in the new offices of
the Railway Department. In the evening a largely attended
reception was given by President Steyn, at which Mr. Krueger
was present for a short time and Lord Milner for about an
hour. The Conference closed on the afternoon of Monday, June
5th, and Lord Milner then paid a farewell visit to President
Steyn. The High Commissioner's special train left
Bloemfontein on the following morning at 10.30, and reached
Capetown at 6.45 on the evening of Wednesday, the 7th, where
he was received by a large crowd, including three of the Cape
Ministers and a number of Progressive Members of Parliament.
President Steyn, who was present at the station on Tuesday
morning to see the High Commissioner off, did everything
possible for the comfort and convenience of his state guest
during the week that he was in Bloemfontein. The proceedings
of the Conference, with the High Commissioner's report upon
them, are published in C. 9,404.]

[Sidenote: Lord Milner's attitude.]

As it was, Lord Milner was placed in a position of great
embarrassment. If he "used plain language" he exposed himself to the
c