7. The 1914 Rebellion
Book: Boerestaat, by Robert van Tonder
First English Edition [1977]
Contents
Chapter 7
The 1914 Rebellion
1/5
7. The 1914 Rebellion
General
reinstate
Johannesburg,
KOOS
the
independence
by
DE
order
LA
REY,
of
of
the
the
lion
Boere
of
West
Transvaal
in
1914.
and
He
fervent
was
patriot,
assassinated
who
wanted
inWilson
to
general
Smuts
,engaged
under
pretext
of
athen
raid
on
Foster
gang.
Just
British
was
resulted
tied
as
rule
the
in
up
the
so
Irish
in
our
the
epic
saw
Boere
Great
1914
an
opportunity
War
faulk
Rebellion.
against
realised
in
Germany
the
here
First
was
and
World
an
our
opportunity
War
Boere
to
rid
faulk
to
themselves
regain
seized
our
the
of
freedom.
opportunity
centuries
Britain
which
blood
But
two
and
Anglicised
used
British
ex-Boere
troops
leaders,
to
suppress
Louis
a
Botha
popular
and
revolt.
Jan
Smuts,
turned
against
their
own
During
our
his
expressed
Versailles
transformation
comprised
Wolmarans,
Republic
more
in
the
famous
old
than
British
the
republican
comprising
to
sixty
genl
peace
as
14
Mr
request
designed
an
point
of
A
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inalienable
the
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negotiations
T
freedom
M
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program
the
Union
to
Hertzog,
R.S.A.
rediscover
entire
reinstatement
and
reinstated.
right.
in
framework!
South
of
advocate
South
dr
which
Versailles
D
Our
this
F
Africa
Africa
the
Malan,
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of
truth
FRepublics
our
freedom
W
into
in
would
after
Beyers.
leaders
former
dr
1919
ain
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Wilson,
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having
not
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of
Boere
Jansen,
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of
Our
ensure
the
the
'enjoyed'
leaders
of
faulk,
Republics
time
South
Mr
Boere
leaders
sent
Nno
president
realised
so-called
C
Africa!
freedom.
matter
Havenga,
athe
and
tried
take
by
The
yet
how
of
republican
that
Itthe
again
note
deputation
senator
has
delegation
small,
U.S.A.
time
taken
NOT
to
that
was
freedom
have
Aof
issued
the
D
us
aW
The
George,
deputations
the
help
independent
and
20,000
pressure
itdeputation
them
would
British
president
regain
from
seem
Eire
that
troops
was
small
Irish
was
Wilson
as
unsuccessful
are
influential
though
independence.
established.
faulks
continuously
refused
the
were
Irish
British
because,
the
Since
readily
community
Ireland
deputation
kept
are
then
interviewed.
at
gradually
regained
the
they
an
instigation
the
have
interview.
in
succumbing
U.S.A.
partial
Northern
The
been
Irish
of
could
independence
fighting
However,
the
Ireland!
were
to
British
bring
the
more
tofreedom
all
Irish
free
to
prime
bear
the
fortunate
in
Northern
Republican
1922
other
minister
on
when
because
Ireland
Lloyd
Army.
the
to
2/5
7. The 1914 Rebellion
After
Up
resigned
Milner-designed
seriously
achieve,
been
multiracial
until
the
fighting
this
namely,
return
themselves
digressed
sea
a
in
futile
of
[15]
they
which
aof
the
Free
from
battle
political
to
freedom
had
the
and
the
aimed
as
terms
ideal
Independent
structure
is
unidentifiable
deputation
no
at
dictated
the
hope
the
emigrant
reinstatement
of
the
our
Boere
to
survival.
[16]
Union
them
Boere
Boere
'South
state.
by
of
leaders
Lloyd
South
of
(the
Since
Africans'
our
Voortrekkers)
George
free
Africa
made
1919
in
Boere
a
as
therefor,
and
multinational
grave
afinally
Republics.
fait
accepted
consistently
error
accompli.
our
Boere
of
the
and
But
judgement.
strove
Here
faulk
now
they
they
to
has
order
But
1919
Smuts
sentences
from
deep
our
the
our
into
to
persecuted
leaders
provide
destruction
Boere
their
should
our
the
on
people
of
was
Rebels
the
not
them
to
assist
still
British
be
with
and
impoverished
judged
venomously.
their
jobs
our
War
and
impoverished
compatriots.
too
of
1899
harshly
food.
They
to
virtual
to
were
1902
for
Our
faulk,
their
destitution.
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heavily
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error
had
had
fined
of
Anglo-Boer
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to
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shelved
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general
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in
dig
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to
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his
Milner's
of
governed
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p.
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Fizpatrick,
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and
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Empire.
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War.
supported
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Boer
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by
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by
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confided
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and
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the
nature
supposed
identity
of.
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To
consider
or
treat
as
the
IDENTITY
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1time
The
of
being
identical
or
absolutely
the
same;
selfsameness.
Chapter
6
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8
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by
Volkstaat.org
The
whole
history
of
the
Boers,
since
they
germinated
as
volk
on
the
Cape
Frontier
birth
a
bloody
along
that
identified
series
ended
of
with
(for
the
of
as
battles
rebellions
example:
main
with
adifferent
the
Boer
and
independence
the
against
Republics
brief
small
republican
their
Rebellion
(Zuid
oppressors,
of
the
Afrikaanse
experiences,
at
Boers
Slagters
sometimes
in
their
Republiek,
are
Nek
historical
to
in
peaceful
be
the
Orange
considered
1815-16).
Republics,
(with
Free
migration)
as
But
State,
and
parts
these
can
of
sometimes
episodes,
be
auntil
period
the
was
Boer's
Struggle
of
Independence
S
ome
supporters
the
cause
of
the
Boer
volk
think
that
the
term
rebellion,
the
with
reference
to
of
1914-15
Boer
Rebellion
improper,
order
against
classify
the
to
the
Boers,
regain
since
different
the in
of
aTo
historical
the
Boers,
foreigner,
as
period
volk,
for
that
were
inwhich
which
foreign
not
the
rebels
they
forces
term
no
but
rebellion
longer
had
a
nation
wrongfully
had
is
maybe
that
their
was
taken.
own
the
trying
state,
most
But
to
the
rebelled
appropriate, get
fact
rid
remains
of
,to
is
in
to
Boer's
post-1902
liberation
struggles
.T
he
Boer
Rebellion
of
1914-15
can
be
classified
as
First
Boer
Rebellion,
by
others,
in
times
and
different
ways.
since
itVryheid),
was
followed
The
Rebellion
of
1914-15
opposed
the
Boers
to
the
Union
South
Africa
,at
the
forged
by
international
capitalism
macrostate
in
After
facing
southern
to
a
different
have
different
Africa,
fought
people:
enemy.
after
two
to
in
wars
The
majority
against
emblems
conquered
the
were
British
the
always
Boer
Army
republics,
those
(the
of
Anglo-Boer
the
through
British
wars)
British
Empire,
the
military
but
Boers
under
force.
were
them
Cape
Dutch
,served
then
British
and
some
former
Boers
(who
took
up
arms
against
their
own
blood,
proving
to
be
not
longer
part
of
the
Boer
volk).
In
were
British
Republic,
where
of
Oppenheimers.
1914,
the
composed
Afrikaner
he
colony
when
qualified
had
of
been
the
Bond
That
Natal)
of
Boers
as
Cape
educated
Cape,
is:
and
a
was
mining
all
Dutch
rebelled
of
the
some
the
the
in
forces
engineer.
Prime
and
different
in
against
the
British.
that
Minister
British
Among
British
the
had
The
Union,
colony
strangled
of
vast
schools,
the
the
Corporation,
Gen.
ministers
majority
Union
of
Natal.
the
in
Louis
southern
of
of
South
with
there
The
ministers
Botha
republics
only
close
were
Africa.
Africa
(a
minister
relations
Boer,
were
prominent
and
His
born
but
governments
in
born
with
London
born
in
members
in
the
ain
Boer
[1],
the
their
children
in
the
concentration
camps
exterminated
.Gen.
Jan
Smuts
(a
Cape
Dutch
Anglo-Boer
the
South
general
Boer
Africa.
Koos
Rebellion
War,
Loyal
de
la
as
of
Rey
to
well
1914-15
its
[2].
as
new
many
state,
was
,Anglo-American
who
other
gen.
had
Minister
foreigners
Jan
fought
Smuts
of
for
Defence,
from
ordered
the
all
Boer
over
Interior
the
cause
the
assassination
world),
and
during
Finance
the
the
of
Second
for
outbreak
the
the
Boer
Union
of
The
Boer
so-called
deputation,
‘Freedom
because
Deputation’
ithave
was
composed
was
formed
almost
in
1919
entirely
by
of
Nasionale
non-Boers.
Party
The
(NP).
same
was
not
aas
Hertzog
J.B.M.
head
(then
Among
participated
[2]
convicted,
or
of
as
he
the
the
“Jopie”
will
fined,
delegates
deputation,
in
become,
Fourie,
imprisoned,
Boer
indeed,
there
although
Rebellion,
executed
were
and
one
he
not
excluded
by
of
inthe
had
a
fact,
the
veterans
firing
served
greatest
from
squad
been
of
the
political
supporters
of
cause
assassinated
Boer
the
life.
Union
Rebellion
of
of
the
the
of
Boer
(as
South
Union
of
General
in
1914-15.
war,
Africa)
of
South
was
Koos
or
Those
aItrepublics,
had
Africa).
de
Cape
been
la
who
Rey
Dutch
had
, of
international
them
and
the
deputation
were
Cape
before
capitalism.
[3].
was
Not
the
activated
Second
single
It
claimed
Anglo-Boer
state,
1919
the
but
to
restoration
several
free
War
southern
(1899-1902)
states,
of
the
Africa
independent
independence
,Boer
from
and
self-determination
British
of
of
each
rule,
the
other.
Boer
subservient
for
Natal
to
3/5
7. The 1914 Rebellion
The
launched
call
to
at
free
the
all
time
southern
of
the
Boer
Africa,
Rebellion
so
also
(1914-15).
Cape
and
In
the
Natal,
from
British
rule,
had
been
Proclamation
of
Maritz
to
S.
First
State),
during
Second
free
G.
S.
and
G.
Maritz;
the
Christian
Anglo-Boer
Maritz
Second
Second
whole
Christiaan
on
Frederick
southern
Anglo-Boer
December
Anglo-Boer
War).
Rudolph
Africa.
Beyers
War,
16,
War)
de
1914,
But
(Boer
and
Wet
and
only
had
all
general
(Boer
Jan
the
whites
been
Christoffel
Boers
general
who
Acting
in
southern
rebelled,
had
who
Greyling
State
fought
had
Africa
for
President
fought
Kemp
for
to
were
follow
the
the
(Boer
Boer
of
called
in
British
the
war
Republic
general
Orange
to
their
during
take
,an
released
of
leaders:
ZAR
Free
up
the
the
arms
Boer
independence.
S.
G.
“Manie”
Maritz,
In
1940
head
-leadership
about
of
the
38
First
years
Boer
after
Rebellion,
the
was
a
of
staunch
the
Boer
supporter
republics,
of
in
the
a
e/empire
stat
had
done
everything
to(the
erase
the
Boer
identity,
classifying
indiscriminately
as
'Afrikaner'
both
the
Dutch
Cape
and
the
Boers
-that
Boerenasie,
[4]
by
his
Gen.
Afrikaner
(Boer
political
Manie
state).
activities
Freemasonry
whose
Maritz
Gen.
main
took
he
“Manie”
was
the
goal
opposed
Maritz
was
Broederbond)
to
denounced
get
by
of
British
back
[5],
National
to
the
have
aimed
Jewish
occupation
aconquest
Socialist
at
Boer
altering
press,
republic,
of
political
the
and
its
objectives
Ossewa
by
namely:
organization
Freemasons.
Brandwag
and
Boerestaat
nature.
Die
(OB)
For
Gen.
Some
of
assassination
South
Manie
believe,
Africa
Maritz
of
however,
would
General
died
have
December
that
De
been
La
would
Rey
the
20,
have
[2],
instigator.
1940,
at
been
the
in
murdered,
time
There
aand
car
of
accident
are
the
and
many
First
in
that
Boer
similarities
front
Rebellion.
of
government
the
with
prison
of
Pretoria.
the
Union
The
just
classify
during
death
as
of
the
a
series
General
of
Manie
South
Africans
Maritz,
who
historical
had
led
events
the
Boers
(contemporary
during
their
World
First
War
Rebellion,
II)
that
arrived
we
can
Second
Boer
Rebellion.
Boer
Rebellion
although
all
had
done
to
confuse
and
to
erase
the
Boer
identity,
and
not
for
'Afrikaner'
to
replace
rebellion,
itthe
with
because
artificial
'Afrikaner'
identity
(including
also
the
Cape
Dutch)
the
the
Voortrekkers,
1939-1945
Rebels
and
of
were
the
Boers
Boers
of
(ie
the
biological
Republics),
and
spiritual
as
well
descendants
as
their
flags
of
(the
Trekboers,
of
those
of
the
Boer
Republics
their
commemorations
(particularly:
the
Great
Trek
Bloukrans,
the
Blood
River
,),
Majuba,
Paardekraal,
Jopie
Fourie
[6])
and
their
Cause
(that
of
the
Trekboers
and
the
Voortrekkers
[7]:
the
Boerestaat,
the
Boer
Republics
[8]).
4/5
7. The 1914 Rebellion
1. Die
Evening
Post,
October
6,1919.
1913,
p.number
3.
2.
Boerestaat,
by
van
Tonder,
1977. Moodie,
3.
Examiner,
June
19,
4.
5. op
5.
Nasionaal-Sosialistiese
Dappere
Boodskapper,
Grondslag,
official
mouthpiece
4, January
of the
27,
Die
Boerenasie
p. 1.
6.
224.
7.
The
Rise
of the
Afrikanerdom,
T.
Dunbar
1975
, 1941,
p.
216.
8.
Vaderland
,Robert
December
23,
1942.
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