BOTHA WILL STAND BY THE EMPIRE
DISLOYAL STATEMENTS REPLIED TO (Rec. February 27, 5.5 p.m.) Cape Town, February 26. The Union Assembly adopted General Botha's motion granting leavo of absence to General Smuts by 78 to 22. The Nationalists strongly opposed the motion, declaring they v/ero not concerned as to what General Smuts'was doing for the British Empire. They wanted to know what he was doing as ii Minister of the Union. General Botha replied that peace might come at any time. General Smuts would then look after. South Africa's interests at the Peace Conference. Rebutting the Nationalists' complaint, General Botha said that as an integral part of tho Empire they had to do things which in ordinary circumstances they might not have dreamt of. Hβ intended to stand to the Empire, because South Africa's future depended upon the Empire.— Reuter..
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 138, 28 February 1918, Page 5
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141BOTHA WILL STAND BY THE EMPIRE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 138, 28 February 1918, Page 5
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