SOUTH AFRICA.
DANGERS AHEAD. By Cable.—Presp Association!—Copvrigitot Received August; 11, 9.20 p.m. Pretoria, August 11. Mr. Smuts, Attorney-General, at a public meeting, said that South Africa needs to train her citizens similarly to Switzerland, and so have a small nucleus of a striking force that would be mobolisable at a moment's notice, together, with a permanent corps of instructors and permanent artillery. Not another national in the world would have given tiie Transvaal freedom as Britain had (dont South Africans would never for]|et HBs, but there were dangers ahead l>f the constitution. The natives were |the biggest South African problem, and "might one day rend South Africa. The ■whites, who were the Guilders of civi- • lisation, must consider the problem carefully before granting the natives the franchise,' which was mightier than the sword. General Botha's programme, he said, was but a provisional one, and when the partv was fully formed, a congress of members would settle the policy. Jl*l
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 5
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159SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 5
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