Alan Cassell credited as playing...
Lord Kitchener
- Lord Kitchener: Needless to say, the Germans couldn't give a damn about the Boers. The diamonds and gold of South Africa they're interested in.
- Major Bolton: They lack our altruism, sir.
- Lord Kitchener: Quite.
- Lord Kitchener: Good God, Johnny, l'm not trying to prove some academic point. I'm trying to put an end to this useless war. The Boer leaders must see in this court-martial the demonstration of our impartial justice. If these three Australians have to be - sacrificed - to help bring about a peace conference - it's a small price to pay.
- Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton: I quite agree, sir. Though I doubt the Australians share our enthusiasm.
- Lord Kitchener: You go to Pietersburg, Johnny. You deal with the order to shoot the prisoners.
- Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton: What do I say?
- Lord Kitchener: I think you know what to say.
- Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton: Colonials, most of them. Australians.
- Major Bolton: I understand they've been quite effective, sir.
- Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton: Very effective. We've just arrested three of them for shooting Boer prisoners and a German missionary.
- Lord Kitchener: I've received, Bolton, a telegraph message from Whitehall. The German government has lodged a serious protest - about the missionary, in particular.
- Major Bolton: Yes, sir.
- Lord Kitchener: The Kaiser, as you know, is our late Queen's grandson.
- Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton: The fact is that Whitehall feels the Germans are looking for an excuse to enter the war. On the Boers' side, of course. We don't want to give them one.
