OLD ENEMIES MEET
WERE OPPOSING LEADERS IN AFRICA REUNION DINNER LONDON, Monday. General J. C. Smuts and General von Lettow-Vorbeck. the opposing war time commanders in German East Africa, were the guests of honour tho evening at the dinner of the East African Association. The dinner was attended by nearl* 1,000 officers, non-commissioned ofh cers, men and nurses who had servtd in the British forces. General von Lettow-Vorbeck and his wife journeyed specially to London for the function. General Smuts paid a warm tribute to von Vorbeck’s fine leadership against superior forces. He added “This gathering is assisting in making peace. Wars are the sport of youth but we have reached maturity, and sown our wild oats. It is time we settled down.” General von Lettow-Vorbeck said he believed that when General Smuts referred to peace he meant a peat * in which a great and proud nation could live without surrounding herself.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 9
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152OLD ENEMIES MEET Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 9
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