CUTTING THE PAINTER.
SECESSIONISTS IN AFRICA. BITTERENDERS' CAMPAIGN.. CAPETOWN, May l{i. The secession issue is becoming more prominent in the election campaign. The oft-repeated , assertion that the Nationalist-Labour pact had killed secession is discounted by a statement made at the Rustenburg meeting by the Prime Minister (General Smuts). Mr. Piet'Grobler, one of the most prominent Nationalist mcir.'bers of Parliament; in replying to Gerterai" Smuts, maintained that "under the pact 'the Nationalists were free to continue propaganda inside or outside of Parliament. The only reservation was that they inuet not take a vote. General Smuts several times repeated the question, but Mr. Grobler 'stoutly maintained that there was the fullest liberty for propaganda. / " This statement , made considerable impression, especially among the • new British settlers in the district. The latter had been assured by the Nationalists that secession was dead.—(A. and Sf.Z. Cable.) -— ~*« ' I
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 7
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