"A REBEL AT HEART"
BOTHA'S OPINION OF HERTZOG
-SOUTH AFRICA'S WAR BURDEN By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Cape Town, December 7. General Smuts (Union Defence Minister), speaking in the.Union Assembly, said the recruiting had been successful beyond the highest expectations, and would enable "the Union to dispatch the necessary forces to East Africa, and also reinforcements. He hoped the campaign would soon result similarly to that of South-West Africa. It was estimated that six million per annum would cover the entire cost of tile contingents. General Hertzog deprecated expenditure on an East African campaign, and declared that South Africa wanted not war, but peace. General Botha (the Prime Minister) reiterated that they .were bound to fight, in order to maintain their liberty. It was absolutely impossible for them to remain neutral. ' He added: "Had real civil war brokon out the man responsible would have been General Hertzog, who is a rebel at heart. Of course, there is no question of annexing German East Africa, though the Usion wilj doubtless bo consulted .anent > its ultimate disposal." (Cheers.) The House '• endorsed the Government's policy without division.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2639, 9 December 1915, Page 6
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182"A REBEL AT HEART" Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2639, 9 December 1915, Page 6
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