SOUTH AFRICA

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 23 December 1912, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA

CABLE NEWS

(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

BOTHA AND HERTZOG. DISCLOSING CABINET SECRETS. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) CAPETOWN, December 21. General Botha, the Prime Minister, resents General Hortzog disclosing Cainot proceedings. He states that General Hertzog unnecessarily asked whether South African interests would have preference over Imperial. The true interests of South Africa need not conflict with those of the Empire. It was unpardonable for General Hertzog to suggpfit that the Empire was only good 90 long as it was useful to South Africa. WHEN AFRICAN INTERESTS PREDOMINATE. NO REG RIOT FOR U'ITER AN CES. (Received December 21, 8.25 a.m.) CAPETOWN, December 20. General Her twig, in an interview, states that he challenged the Cabinet to disagree with the principle of his declaration, that where South African and Imperial interest? conflicted the South' African should come first. None disagreed, though some, of his colleagues desired him to write General Dothp- regretting his utterances and undertaking not to repeat them. But hj" had not. the slightest regret, and would nev»r ivrite a letter which would cause him to lose his self respect. MR FTP CHER REMAINS TN THE CABINET. (Received December 21, 9.25 a.m.) CAPETOWN, December 20. Mr Fischer. Minister for the Interior and Lands, has announced that he remains in General Botha's Cabinet. CABINET CHANGES. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) CAPETOWN, December 21. The only Cabinet changes are that f.lte Hon P. W. Sarer, Minister of Railways. ha<> succeeded General TTcrtzog as Minister of Justice; Sir Thomas Watt has succeeded Sir David P. Graaf as Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs, and the latter has succeeded Sir C. O'G. Guhbins as Minister without- portfolio.