BOTHA HOPEFUL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 9

BOTHA HOPEFUL.

; \' NO FEABS; FOR SOUTH- AFRICA'S ; ■ :::'-:'; : i' : / ■ f '.0- l'UTtfjßE.' y -.. '■];: '"■ .:'. v. : ■ •?, e^' 8 'representative-.- had , : an interview jwitli General-Louis Do.tha,. who,. accompanied • uyjilrs.. Botha and his private eeerotary, Dr. ,!i>dk, ■ sailod .from -Southampton on' Saturday beptembw 2S, by, the Kehilworth Castle oii his roturn to bouth Africa. The .tienoral has greatly improved in.health'. -,-: ...' ~.'. - : first'for an expression bfhis views on tho passing of the tfmdn Bill and -to/discuss tho question of Iho-.iirst Union Ministry, tho Uoneral said:—' .: . : V: . . <:■: ' . ' '' .'.'Eolith Africa is. for. tho assistance rendCTed- by, all political parties in Gi-eat BriWn .towards .passing the Union Act of bouth Africa'through'jtli* Imperial Hrliauient;: I know,SouthVAfrica.aiid,its people tfoll, and .1 ara.'Cpnvincedtliat its future can' be to no better liands-tlmn to , the patriotic-heads pf (the ptople,, from lrhatever .party> they -maybeidrawn, ;A:peopleVwhp hayeso shortly 'tifter a, terriwo ;Kar shown.'BMch' ; .moderation, 'and igpod Sense,:and «h6;havo.so amply, justified the trust reposed in them; can lio hilly rofied upon an the future. .-:■' ■■;■:■■;■} '- ■ ■'■'■'' :■:■ .. ■;;'■ ■~•..• .;■'■ 'CI ehouW.pd ;fe' take; : opportunity offcfemng .also;-to ;,tueUaboub..quefitlori.'''l'Kayo nptloed that, at.ihtccvals.stateihohts'.anrniado to tho: effect that a : scar6ity:6Rabour:iH feared; I amelnfonned that"in sorao cases these statemontsJiave been made in : order to iiiiinoncd the share market. AThethcr this is eo or not; I.am unable to say, but. J liaVo not tlio least hesitation in fetating ; that I do not vie\v tho: labour question with the least apprehension. '. • "Let nie," said thevPrimo Minister,,"add one word:in conclusion, and I , 'say, - 'it;in thb ; best spirit. \ Leave SouthvAfrica. alone; lot thq,curtain bo drawn ;over the miseries of tho past j forgot us/for-a whilbi'hnilgivo.-us-a-chance of solving our difficulties' 'ourselves! I: leno* - that the ■ British peoploe.i'0 1 anxious that A strong healtby natiofi sliould prow. up! in South Africa, and we in ,Soi\th Africa have firmly re-solved,-after the blood'and' tears' of the past,' to buildup sneli anation—a. nation of -which the Mother. justly'proud...B6.th tho whito/VaCcs )!i South.' Africa .'. require .uc thing to-day but a'policy. of : mhtual. ,forbeardnce.i of' conciliation, anil• M-o'peratidn;. ' linbn6d, with this, spirit and policy, I ain returning, to. my native land. , ', ~ ...:•■ ■:'■ ■ '_