Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess Salisbury Quotes
Her Majesty should accept all his explanations without inquiring too narrowly into the truth of them.
In 1896 a group of South African settlers raided the Boer Republic in the Transvaal. The raiders were apprehended by the Boers and Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a congratulatory telegram to President Kruger. However, both the republic and South Africa were part of Queen Victoria’s Empire and the Kaiser was interfering in the internal affair of Britain. To make matters worse, Wilhelm was Victoria’s grandson. The British press was aghast and called for reprisals. The Kaiser wrote a letter to “Grandmama” claiming that he was only endorsing “peace” and “stability” for the German investors in the Transvaal and hadn’t intended any interference, an obviously lame explanation. The Queen sought the advice of the Prime Minister who wanted to avert an international cause celebre over the matter.
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 1830-1903, 3rd Marquess Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Liberal), British Prime Minister (Conservative), Letter to Queen Victoria, January 12, 1896
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