GENERAL SMUTS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 3

GENERAL SMUTS

A REMARKABLE INTERVIEW. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. | fKocoived This D;iv :it 10.1“ siTm.> I CAPETOWN. Sept. 11. i The newspaper “Volkstein.” the Gov | erntni'Ul organ, publishes a remarxable ! interview bv its London correspondent with General Smuts, who declared lie j was onlv hall satisfied with the remit ; of the Imperial Confereiii e, but l'i pod , for the future, booenuse on such oceas- I inns one is lucky it one only gets five • pee cent, of his views adopted. i (ieneral Smuts strongly emphasised the necessity for settlement as the all- , Stonauee of British statesman from in- . terfereiice "in sucli international npairs as did not deeply eotieern them. An end would have to lie put to stirring . 11 .. i« /• n ... i .... 1

in tbe “witches cauldron ot t eittrai Eu rope. Tile Dominions enjoyed as much sovereignty as they eared to get. (leneral Smuts reterreil to tbe Foreign Office attending to our affairs as an anomaly which Mr Hughes. Ml Meighon and himself bail decided to lot alone f-or the time being, because if tbe idea of tbe sovereign independence of the Dominions sank into tbe minds of the people, the rest would follow automatically in the course ol time. General Smuts concluded hy saying that be was glad lie was returning to

South Africa, because as a Boer, bn was thoroughly tired of English customs. which mostly consisted of sports and dancing.