THE EIGHTH WAR: KAFFIR WAR. 1 5 



had been no mistake, that the affair was one which alone concerned 

 Greece and England. 



Over this trumpery dispute there was a general alarm of War ; the 

 French Government withdrew their Ambassador, but after a compli- 

 cated negotiation, England gave way and agreed to an arrange- 

 ment; but when the arbitration came to settle the claims of Don 

 Pacifico, it was found he was only entitled to about i-3oth of the 

 sum he originally claimed. He had assessed all his claims thirty 

 times too high. He charged ;^"'i5o for a bedstead worth ^^5; and 

 ^30 for a counterpane worth ;£i ; ^2^ for a pillow-case worth 15s. ; 

 and £10 for a night-shirt worth only los. The jewellery of his wife 

 and daughters he estimated at ;^20oo, whereas he had always lived in 

 an humble way, and was believed never to have been possessed of any 

 jewellery whatever. 



Thus for this paltry claim. Her Majesty's Navy (the most powerful 

 in Europe) blockaded the Piraeus, Greece was estranged and thrown 

 into the arms of Russia, our friendly relations with France endangered, 

 and, worse than all, the might of Britain used to enforce terms from 

 a weak Power, which England would not have dared to demand 

 from a strong Power, nor tolerated, if asked, by any Nation. 



THE EIGHTH WAR: KAFFIR WAR. 



1846. 



The absence of a pacific and conciliatory policy towards the 

 aborigines of South Africa, led to a long series of sanguinary wars ; 

 aiiS this system of ceaseless aggression and annexation was, in fact, 

 an exterminating war of races, until the Kafifir race, by the mighty 

 power of England, were swept out of existence on the South African 

 Continent. 



As a justification for these iniquitous wars against the Kaffirs, it 

 was alleged that they were the aggressors, and the colonists the 

 oppressed sufferers. 



A more daring and impudent illustration of the wolf and lamb 

 cannot be imagined. 



In 1806, England had not an acre of land in South Africa; but 



