SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE
■ GENERAL BOTHA'S VIEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . London, September 9. Speaking at Durban, the South African Prime, Minister, General > Louis Botha, suggested a smallforce of gar-rison-artillery as the nucleus of South Africa's defenco force. \ .-,..'■,; ■ : Durban, he urged, should he fortified as strongly,as possible.,•:•'-.,
General Smuts, Minister for Defence of the Union of South .Africa,. in ' the course .of a speech at Pretoria last month, made reference to the need for a strong defenco force and to ; the native problem. .South Africa, he'said, needed to. train hen. citizens on a plan similar to Switzerland's.: They _ should -have a small nucleus-as a striking force which would be mobilised at a moment's notice, together wifh a permanent 'corps of in'structors and permanent artillery.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7
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122SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7
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