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 | | The commandos refused to retire within the limits of the Transvaal as defined by the new convention, and Robinson, aware of the necessity of preserving this country — the main road to the north — for the British Empire, determined on vigorous action. |
 | | The Jameson Raid produced a permanent estrangement between him and Cecil Rhodes, and he was out of sympathy with the new colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, who had criticized his appointment, and now desired Robinson to take this opportunity of settling the whole question of the position of the Uitlanders in the Transvaal. |
 | | He returned to South Africa later in the year, but was compelled by ill-health, in April 1897, to quit his post. |
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