SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS
AMNESTY MOTION CARRIED' Cape iTown, December 10. In the Union Assembly, Mr. Merriman's amendment regarding an. amnesty was carried by.Bl votes to 26. Tho minority consisted of Nationalists. [A message published on December 3 stated: "Discussing,;a motion by GenEral Hertzog, that an amnesty should bo granted to the rebels, General Botha said that tlio Government would bo glad to release tho rebels, but the .Nationalist Party's attitude made an amnesty an unsafe proposition. The Government accepted Mr. J. X. Merriman's amendment recommending clemency in individual cases.]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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89SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2642, 13 December 1915, Page 6
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