Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPTEM. 24, 1918. SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1881, 24 September 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPTEM. 24, 1918. SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

LORD BUXTON, the GovernorGeneral of South Africa, in a Stirling’ speech which he delivered at Pietermartizburg recently, laid emphasis on the following - points in connection with the present situation in the 4 Union: “It is our duty,” he said, “to keep our heads and to support law and order. It is not by flag-flapping aijd shouting that we ca.n best show the advantages of belonging to the British Empire, but by proving to the two white races under British rule, sincerely and in a 'practical way, that the British Constitution is founded on friendship, trust, and toleration, and the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.” Lord Buxton said there was no doubt that there was from time to time much provocation and much natural impatience, but he did not think, as some men, from their speeches and writings, evidently did, that the best way of instilling peace and goodwill was to hit the other fellow over the head. Lord Buxton then proceeded to a denunciation of German outrages, and in particular of the incident which occurred on Corpus Ghristi Day, when the Germans, after having obtained an undertaking from the British Government that the British would not bomb Cologne, bombarded Paris on that day, killing women and children. Lord Buxton made a striking comparison of

■the Kaiser to a'fly-catching insect, the praying mantis, a carnivorous hypocrite which, when holding out its arms as if in prayer, is really on the look-out for its victim, and is in that way in the best position to pounce on and devour its prey. So the Kaiser, while he pretends to pray and to be invoicing the aid of the Almighty, is all the time looking round to see what other hellish frightfulness he can commit. The Kaiser, like-the mantis, prays with an “e” and not with an “a”.