He demonstrated the same inability to understand the uitlanders' grievances, the same futile belief in the eventual fairness of President Kruger as premier of Cape Colony as he had shown when giving evidence before the British South Africa Select Committee into the causes of the Jameson Raid.
Han viste den samme manglende evne til at forstå uitlandernes misnøje, den samme forfængelige tro på den endelige retfærdighed til præsident Kruger, som statsminister i Kap, som han havde vist da han vidned foran British South Africa Select Committee i sagen om Jamesonraidet.