BOTHA'S ESCAPE
Johannc&bury. S on. M A s" isation has been -m-. -i by Mr )* t stating that .ate. tin; i *• c in Johannesburg on thi-li • ' 'ly pjac. 1 wa3 condm' f )int of the revolVtT G "I- Smuts emphatically denir I Mr Poutsma's statement. Mrlliin (secretary of the Libor l'Vd'iMtinii) iiow states tiiat whvo the s :ttl 'niciu was signed 1 lie Mioi ;f«'i * and delegates went mi i i the idcoav of the Carlton Hotel. Tii" soldiers then had their rifles levelled on the crowd, and it'a shut had been !i ,, "d (tenor I llotha. General S .ri- i *. and < '!.»!«» nel Trou-i' (Union chief o| Folic') wo.ild have not liv.il minute. Mr Matthews (:t *:<' av of th Mi icrs' .-antes thai t.vo m "u'i'mso'' ft- .i ,r y <ov 1 1 U i ■ i'i : ■> a' ■■ h ■•he r rovoiwrs, i .t • ■. 1m 1them if the tru n.; ijciuv/ fired a siiK(lj shot. A giv.H Lib n' party demonstration in Market Slmare to-day resolved at all costs tore-establish the right of freedom of speech in public assembly.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 September 1913, Page 3
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178BOTHA'S ESCAPE Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 16 September 1913, Page 3
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