SOUTH AFRICA’S STATUS
——njgje* A! IN I STEP,S’ DEFINITIONS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). CAPETOWN, October 12. Dominion status continues to be the uppermost in the political issue, in the back Veldt districts. General Hertzog, the Prime Minister. speaking at Frankfort, said that the Governor-General of South Africarepresented, not England’s King, but South Africa’s king ,because their king could not be there and in England at the same time. “ We aye not British subjects,” said General Hertzog, ” but the King is the bond of Britain and South Africa.” General Hertzog paid a tribute to the advantage of British citizenship. Questioned as to the competency of South Africa to join an alliance against England, he replied that neither nation would be, competent to form an alliance conflicting with the League of Nations. 'l'he Minister df Justice was more definite, and lie declared at Johannesburg that independence was not the aim of the Nationalists, of South Africa, who were satisfied with tboii present status on which to build tlieit future.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1928, Page 1
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168SOUTH AFRICA’S STATUS Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1928, Page 1
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