Pamphlet entitled 'John Morley on the Crisis', a reprint of a speech delivered by Morley, politician and writer, to his constituents in Arbroath on 5th September 1899. He warns that (even in victory) war against the Transvaal will divide the English and Dutch in Cape Colony, alienate the Orange Free State, stir up restlessness among the native populations, and repeat the mistakes made in Ireland in the Transvaal. Referring to the Jameson Raid, he cites quotations praising the magnanimity of [Paul] Kruger, president of the Transvaal, and, while agreeing with the need for reform in favour of the Outlanders [Uitlanders], believes it a poor, even disingenuous reason for declaring war.
Morley comments on the negotiations undertaken by the British Government to extend the franchise [to the Outlanders [Uitlanders]], furnishes three quotations on suzerainty, discusses the paramountcy of Great Britain over the South African Republic, the need for the English and Dutch to co-exist and the dishonour of war in South Africa [at the present time].