SOUTH AFRICA.
UPHOLDING THE UNION. A LOYAL AMENDMENT. Capetown, Feb. 12. In the Assembly, Colonel Cresswell, Labor leader, moved an amendment to General Smutt's motion, recognising that the status of the union within the British Commonwealth secures the people's protection, and gives power to deal with national security from external dangers, and that such status has been accepted by the two white races as a settlement of racial quarrels; also that the permanent welfare of tho people demands the unremitting attention ot Parliament to domestic, social and economic problems, the House therefore records its conviction that the present movement for tho abrogation of the Union will infallibly endanger the peace of the country, and result in the continued neglect of domestic concerns, with disastrous consequences to the future well-being. In the Senate, the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs moved an identical resolution. The Acting-Premier, in the Assembly, yesterday declared that the republican movement was an act of dishonor, and would inevitably lead to civil strife. If any objection was felt to the Union it should have been expressed when the Union was formed. It was now their duty to abide by the Act. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1919, Page 5
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