BOTHA DECLINES CONSCRIPTION
ENOUGH TROUBLE IN SOUTH AFRICA ALREADY. Caps Town, February 4. General Botha, Premier of Cape Colony, in opening a recruiting conference, stated that 29 ])er cent, of tlio eligibles in South Africa between tho ages of 18 and 42 had taken part in tho war. Ho declined a suggestion to adopt conscription, declaring that ho had enough trouble in tbfl country without creating more. What had happened in Australia had been a shock to men lileo himself who wanted to assist the war. Conscription would simply moan the, recall of men from Flanders to put down trouble in South Africa. Ho also declined a proposal to conscript Brit'sh-born colonists, as involving class legislation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 119, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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118BOTHA DECLINES CONSCRIPTION Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 119, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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