SOUTH AFRICAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 222, 7 February 1913, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICAN.

1 * «> TUE POLITICAL CRISIS. GENERAL HERTZOG'S ATTITUDE. Bjy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 0, 1>.3-5 p.m. t i. * Capetown, February 6. Reuter reports that in an interview General Rotha stated that General Hertzog's speeches and conduct were sometimes inexplicable. Instead of supporting a policy of conciliation, he treated it with contempt and ridicule. It was especially General Hertzog"* duty to ■void giving an impression that the interest* of South Africans were in conflict with those of the Empire, and that her polVy v.n« directed against the Empire. It might, in General Hertzog's view, be desirable in certain cireumstances. Some suspicion attached to General Hertzog's attitude on the subject of conciliation. It was particularly necessary for him to be careful in his public utterance-. It was impossible for General Hertzog to serve with colleagues of whom he had spoken so bitterly and offensively. General Hertzog is demanding General Botha's resignation and the formation of a new Government, of which neither General Botha nor General Hertzog shall be members. General Botha found the demand acceptable.