SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLT

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 96, 24 April 1922, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLT

NEED FOR AN INQUIRY.

SAFEGUARD AGAINST TYRANNY

NATIONALIST SOVIETISM

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.)

(Received 12.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, April 24. In the House of Assembly, General J- C. Smuts, replying to the Indemnity Bill debate, in a vigorous fighting speech, said that a commission of inquiry was more necessary than ever, because owing to the mine owners' victory there were dangers of the employers refusing to take account of the voice of organised lnbour. The Government could not countenance tyranny on either side. While welcoming the fullest inquiry by the commission he acknowledged that some Irregularities were inevitable, such as those the Opposition exploited to the extreme, thougn the findings at the preliminary inquiries gainsaid their allegations. The Government did not attribute the lAimc for the upheaval to Jews, and did not intend to administer the immigration laws with hostility towards Jewish immigrants. He expressed the greatest contempt for Labour legislators who led the strikers deeper into the mire, while Messrs. Tielman and Boos were making the Nationalists a party of workers and peasants; the country should realise this danger. (Reuter.l

COMPENSATION TO INJURED.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. (Received 10.30 a.ra.i CAPETOWN, April 23. The Minister of the Interior announced in the House of Assembly that the Government intended to compensate persons engaged in military opsrations injured in the recent disturbances on the Rand, also to appoint a committee to deal with claims for injuries caused through militating operations to property belonging to persons not concerned in disturbances. After an all-night session the second reading of the indemnity Bill was carried by 65 to 47.— (A. and K.Z. Cable.)