 Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
A cache by geocacher_coza Hidden: 8/13/2006
Size:  (Small) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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NOTE: The original cache went missing. Replaced it with a camo
micro. It is magnitized and not in the same location as the old
cache. Look at the noticeboard to find the cache! This cache is
placed on the grounds of the Vereeniging Refectories recreation
club. (Placed with the permission of the caretaker) The cache is a
small camoflaged container that includes a logbook, compass
whistle, Signal the frog, Jeep key holder and a FTF token.
The Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
Although attempts at peace was made as early as March 1900, nothing
significant was achieved in that direction before 1902.
Early in April 1902 the two Boer Governments met to consult each
other on their war position. In spite of initial disagreement
amongst the Boer leaders, it was accepted that discussions between
the Boer Governments and Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the
British forces in South Africa, should take place. These
discussions were held at Melrose House in Pretoria from 12 April
1902. Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Transvaal, also participated.
During the negotiations the Boer delegates stayed in Parkzicht, a
house that once stood next to Melrose House.
The British government in London flatly rejected the
Boers’conditions for peace and presented their own conditions
to the Boer delegates. It was eventually decided that the
British’ conditions for peace was to be brought to the Boer
commandos in the veld. The commandos then had to choose
representatives (thirty for each Republic) to meet at Vereeniging
on 15 May 1902 to discuss the conditions for peace. At Vereeniging
a commission of five members was chosen to negotiate in Pretoria.
On 27 May 1902 the commission returned to Vereeniging with the
negotiated conditions for peace as well as a request by the British
that they reply before midnight on 31 May 1902. A debate lasting
three days followed. On 31 May 1902 the Boer delegates voted 54 in
favour of and six against accepting the peace conditions with loss
of independence.
A delegation of ten Boer leaders was sent to Pretoria for the
signing of the peace treaty. There the treaty was signed in the
diningroom of Melrose House at five past eleven on the evening of
Saturday 31 May 1902.
With the signing of this Treaty, the bloodiest war ever fought on
South African soil had ended. The Boers were defeated and the two
former Republics were incorporated into the British empire as crown
colonies. The cherished British ideal of a united South Africa thus
started - it was realised on 31 May 1910 with the establishment of
the Union of South Africa.
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The house
The Notice board
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 7:25:07 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (3:25 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 12/29/2009 10:55:13 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:55 PM GMT)
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