Alfred Milner
… Milner convinced Chamberlain that war was inevitable. In a letter written in September 1899, he listed the war aims as … until the peace of the country was fully assured. In a letter to De la Rey, Milner said: ‘You may have seen in the … is also the best South African.’ Smuts, wrote a flowery letter to Milner, saying: ‘Will you allow me to wish you bon …