EMPLOYING COLOURED SOLDIERS.
LOUIS BOTHA’S OPINION. NOT ADVISABLE. Received 5.45. LONDON. March 22. The Daily Telegraph 's Capetown correspondent states that Mr Louis Botha, in the Assembly, replying to extreme nationalist criticism, agi ecu it n a.-, inadvisable to employ natives as comj batants in Europe. They would bo employed exclusively m transport. He: did not fear they would become a danger to the whites when they returned. He added: "I will continue to do my duty to the Empire regardless of cost, | even if alone. My forefathers always I used natives for transport work." ' Mr Smartt attacked the Nationalists’ attempt to exploit the native question with the purpose of injuring the 'Government.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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113EMPLOYING COLOURED SOLDIERS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 23 March 1917, Page 5
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