GENERAL BOTHA.
SOUTH AFRICAN AUTONOMY.
CAPETOWN, November 25
Speaking at the Congress, General | Botha repudiated General Hertzog's allegations that he favoured' an Imperial system, to which all other Parliaments should be subordinated. This ill-conceived proposal emanated from New Zealand at the Imperial Conference, where he, in company with the British, Canadian and Australian Premiers opposed. He would -be ■ a traitor'if he 1 ever tolerated - anything affecting South African autonomy. Ho pointed out that the safeguarding of South African rights was not incompatible with attachments to the Empire.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8725, 26 November 1913, Page 5
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