MILNER, Alfred, Viscount (1854-1925). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Reay, 4 pages 8vo, Government House, Cape Town, 10 May 1898. Declining to employ her nephew ('I am, if anything, rather over-staffed'), and telling of his misgivings about the current apparent calm.

'... We are going on pretty quietly here just now, but it is very treacherous ground. There are so many quarters, in wh. grave trouble may arise at any moment that one never feels safe. ...'

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