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and that this disapproval was shared by the great majority of the Dutch-speaking people of the Union. General Smuts replied in a stern letter stating that the war was a test of the loyalty to their pledged word of the Dutch-speaking people, and accepted Beyers' resignation. Beyers was a friend of the
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in 1907, Beyers became speaker of the Lower House. He showed in the speaker's chair remarkable gifts. He made a deep impression upon
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A man of fine physique, of passionate nature, and of profound religious convictions, Beyers, as commandant general of South Africa, was entertained with marked attentions during his visit to
Germany by
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Onze Krijgs-officieren. Album van portretten met levens-schetsen der
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745:Rebellion. Sketches from my diary, 1914-1915
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526:Rebellie - Sketse uit mij dagboek, 1914-1915
412:House of Assembly, had they been pressed by
261:(1914 – 1915) against the government of the
246:(23 September 1869 – 8 December 1914) was a
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795:Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922).
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593:6 October
518:Afrikaans
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436:in 1912.
358:Jan Smuts
350:Waterberg
307:procureur
289:in 1889.
269:Biography
204:Commandos
198:Waterberg
115:Signature
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785:Page 39.
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466:Het Volk
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299:Pretoria
287:attorney
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93:Drowning
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