SOUTH AFRICA
CONGRESS 0E THE NATIONAL PARTY RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED. By Telegraph—Press , : (Rec. January 18, 1.20 a.m.). ... Capa Town,. January 17. < A congress-of the National- Party was held at Bloemfontein, at which.all tho provinces were represented. General Hertzog,', who presided, snid that he regarded the assertion that South Africa had a free Government as pure mockery. . The .'Uiiion .'Government consisted of, men who consulted solely Imperial interests.' South Africa w.js nothing but the'football of the Empire. He th'tjn voiced tho claims of the Free State 1 to independence. ' ' . i <"'■'•'■'"'
■ Leaders of other provinces presented tho cases of their respective provinces, tho keynote being a demand for a reversal of the alleged injustice' done •in taking away the Boer.Republics. : : Separate provincial congresses were then-constituted. The Free.State Congress adopted a resolution demanding the restoration of, former dence and the sending of two delegates to request the King to grant.'lloll restoration. General Hertzog and Dp.Wet were elected the Free' State delegates. The 'Transvaal Congress similarly demanded independence and appointed two delegates! The Cape Congress adjourned.—'Renter. •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 97, 18 January 1919, Page 7
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173SOUTH AFRICA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 97, 18 January 1919, Page 7
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