CAPE PARLIAMENT.
RECRIMINATIONS AND DISLOYAL UTTERANCES. SYMPATHY WITH REBELS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Capetown, Aug. 29. Debating tho General Indemnity Bill, one member in a scathing tirade, declared that the Dutch Loyalists deserved all they suffered for doserting their countrymen. Ho taunted Dr. Jameson with being a bettor judge of the rebellion than most people. Dr. Jameson admitted that tho raid was an abominable blunder. As a participator he had done penance, and fair-minded men might forget. Juba declared that tho Colonial Commission in regard to martial law was intended to discover informers against the rebels.
Mr Smartt accused DoWater, a member, of securing one out of three secret Ministerial code books, and sending it to Steyn at the outbreak of tho war. It was recovered later at Bloemfontein. Mr Graham admitted that Government possessed documents making charges against DeWater, but declined to lay them on the table.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 515, 30 August 1902, Page 2
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