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WITH SOUTH AFRICA & TRANSVAAL BOER WAR & THE JAMESON RAID INTEREST Dated 1st April This is a rare original proclamation Broadside from the German Emperor Wilhelm, that seems to be the Emperors response to the recent Jameson Raid The Jameson Raid (29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson and his company troops ("police" in the employ of Alfred Beit's and Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96. Paul Kruger was president of the republic at the time. The raid was intended to trigger an uprising by the primarily British expatriate workers (known as Uitlanders) in the Transvaal but failed to do so. The workers were called the Johannesburg conspirators. They were expected to recruit an army and prepare for an insurrection. The raid was ineffective and no uprising took place. The results included embarrassment of the British government; the replacement of Cecil Rhodes as premier of the Cape Colony; and the strengthening of Boer dominance of the Transvaal and its gold mines. The raid was a contributory cause of the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) the full content of the broadside is listed below measuring 44cm by 29cm approx., has been stored folded and will be posted that way, some marks and creases else in good general condition THE CONTENT OF THE BROADSIDE TRANSLATION PROCLAMATION WILHEM by The Grace of God, German Emperor, King of Prussia, King of Transvaal, Count of Brandenburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Elector of Hanover, Admiral of the British Fleet, Commander-in-Chief of the German Imperial Land and Sea Forces &c &c &c &c By virtue of a Treaty made and entered into between the then Transvaal or South African Republic, and bearing date the Fourteenth day of December Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Five, by which Treaty the Allegiance of this State was transferred to us NOW THEREFORE, we hereby appoint our well beloved and trusty Subject STEPHANUS PAULUS KRUGER (formerly President Viceroy, and Representative in this State, and to have the command of all our imperial and Colonial Forces at present in, or hereafter to be brought into this State AND' MOREOVER, as the aforesaid JOHANNES STEPHANUS PAULUS KRUGER has in times past rendered valuable service to US, and to OUR Empire, We Therefore Make public our IMPERIAL Satisfaction with this our loyal and trusty subject and hereby do invest him with our IMPERIAL ORDER of the BLACK EAGLE (made in Germany ) and do confer on him and his heirs male for ever, the honour and title of "Graf von Doornkop," together with all the rights, titles, privileges, honours, and inestimable benefits attaching thereto, to be his and his Heirs male for ever. WE do also desire to make known our Imperial satisfaction at the heroic and valiant manner in which our Lion Hearted Subjects, both German and Boer, with the aid of the ALMIGHTY, and Against countless odds, preserved the integrity of this OUR EMPIRE against the insidious and cowardly machinations and unprovoked attack made on them by the subjects of our IMPERIAL GRANDMOTHER. AND WE also commend the patriotism and valour (to say nothing of discretion) displayed by our Police, both Volunteer and Regular, in the presence of overwhelming numbers of Uitlanders armed to the teeth, and especially on the occasion of. OUR IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY. MOREOVER, as a reward for the valour already displayed, and an incentive to further doughty deeds, BE IT KNOWN, THEREFORE, that any one of our said Police who shall bring to any of our duly appointed and authorised POLICE MAGISTRATES in the Town of Johannesburg, the head of an UITLANDER (dead), (but not too stale), and shall prove to the satisfaction of the aforesaid official -: (1) That he did it on his own ; (2) That not more than 20 others gave him a hand ; (3) That the head is that of a bona fide Uitlander (N.B.--Coolies, half coloureds, and Peruvians don't count). (4) That the said Uitlanders are really dead, and not DEAD DRUNK ; SHALL, by virtue of this, our IMPERIAL ORDER, rank as Lieutenant in our regular force of Police, vice Lt. DE KORTE, promoted to Field Marshal ; and shall, in addition, receive the decoration of our Imperial and Royal Order of the Iron Cross (made in Germany), which said Cross shall be made specially from that " large, long (thousand ton) cannon " seen by our Sapient Imperial Mining Commissioner, M. VAN DER MERWE, in the streets of Johannesburg, and since purchased by US from the Water-works Company. GOD, HELP THE BALLY COUNTRY ! (As for the people, Rhodes, the Devil, or the British must help them.) Given under our IMPERIAL Trilby: foot (carefully disinfected) and Seal at OUR IMPERIAL Palace (3 Rooms and Kitchen) the " Kaiseries." This First day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six, and (what is more important) the Fifth of OUR Reign. • WILHELM R. & I. CAPRIVI, his mark—Vice- Chancellor Printed for His Majesty by (not quite ! !) SHIPPING INFORMATION EU Customers Please note since the UK has now left the EU, it is the customers responsibility to be aware of any import taxes and VAT that may be incurred when buying and importing from a Non EU Country and they should expect pay any taxes that are now due this is also the case with certain U.S States, Canada, and Australia Sorry but these changes are out of my hands Member of the P.B.F.A.
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