GENERAL BOTHA.
The announcement of tins resignation of General Botha, Prime Minister of the South African Union f will be received with profound regret in all parts of the Empire. The circumstances of his resignation are such as will occasion tho utmost anxiety on the part of the British Government. General Botha has been striving for yeans to break down tho prejudices that have existed between Briton and Boor;, and to unite the peoples of the preat South African Union under the grand old flag. His efforts hnve, apparently, been thwarted by the extreme Dutch element in his Cabinet, and. rather than suffer humiliation, he bast preferred to resign. What Hie outcom" of the crisis will be, nobody at this distance can foretell. Pertain it is that it would be extremely dangerous, under existino- conditions, to encourage the establishment of a South African Navy. The campaign conducted by General Hertzog some months ago. in favour of the maintenance of tho Dirteh language in the schools of the Union, has evidently modnced result* which' mav nrove disastrous to tho harmonious development of the • country.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 December 1912, Page 4
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183GENERAL BOTHA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 December 1912, Page 4
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