SOUTH AFRICA. GENERAL BOTHA'S SPEECH.
CONSCRIPTION "UNWISK ;. (Received Feb. 5, 12.30.p.m.) , CAPETOWN, Feb. 4. General Botha, in opening; a' recruiting conference to-day, said thai. 9!) per i cent, of the military eligible* w Sputl. Africa between the ages of 17 and 42 years, had participated in the war. He declined iv suggestion to adopt., conscription, declaring that they had | enough trouble in the country without crcaW more. What had happened m \uMtralia had be«n a shock to men like himself ,who wanted to assist the winning of the war. Conscription in South Africa would simply mean the recall, ol men from Flanders to put down (.rouble in South Africa. General .Botha also declined a proposal to conscript British-born residents, as involving class legislat'""-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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SOUTH AFRICA. GENERAL BOTHA'S SPEECH.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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