SOUTH AFRICA’S EFFORT
STRENGTH OF THE ARMY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CAPETOWN, Sept. 10. (Received Sept. 10, at 10 p.m.) General Hertzog’s motion, that the Speaker be given the power to convene Parliament if he thought it expedient after consulting the Prime Minister, was defeated by 82 votes to 75. The Prime Minister (General Smuts), in a speech, said the clearest proof that his policy was a success was the reliance on volunteers for the army. “ To-day we have 100,000 men under arms, and I could get any number,” Genera] Smuts declared.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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91SOUTH AFRICA’S EFFORT Otago Daily Times, Issue 24400, 11 September 1940, Page 7
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