SOUTH AFRICA.
A MONUMENT TO REBELS. MESSAGE FROM STEYN. United Press Association, Copyright (Received Dec. 3, 5.51 p.m.) PRETORIA, Dec. 3. A memorial to Commandant Scheepers and his companions who were shot as rebels during the Boer war has been unveiled at Graaf Reinet. Steyn sent a message declaring that if Scheepers had done anything conflicting with the laws he had 1 only obeyed the instructions of his superiors. But Air. Steyn added, “I am unaware that anything, conflicting with the laws was done.” [Graaf Reinet is in Cape Colony, and Scheepers and his companions were British subjects. They took up arms to aid the Boers, and Scheepers was captured and shot for having been in arms against his lawful sovereign. Air. Steyn was President of the Orange Free State until its conquest by the British.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2365, 4 December 1908, Page 5
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