SOUTH AFRICA.
)i% : - ;;;THE-«ATiyE;QTffiSTION. ■' •:{ 'i \ ; V(nr TEiIOnAPn.— PEE3S ASSo'ciATION— COPTRidiIT.)' ! ff : r-h ';:!Uohdpni'february,''l2i : ;'.' "i ■Thb-.''Times'fl:"'CapeTowii\oorrespondenl; ■ states":■ ; people' disapprdye" oi tho, 'exolusion, of .natives from and; also.urgo the -extension: of .the'.Cape native franchise■ throughout all:the, .-i■'.':■ ■■■'. Howeyorj. suoh' olijections do' not' mar-the general satisfaction /felt,' in'' connection with: the' outcome: ; of.- the^Closer. .TJniqnvConfer- , ence;',:-'':':-;-, ■VJ^;:\y:'S\- : i i :\\]lX : r;::;. :^ ■■>'■'.:K
j ; ::v : '-SP^GH:i^ci^.-*LYTraLTON:;";V ; V /-• i'.i '4.15-p.m.) : ' ; ' : ! ?Vv [ 'd. ■: y> *\ '■ %■ London^;February; l&v: .: '■&.' (Colonial , ■ Secretary \ 'iix :tha^Balfourj : :;Stdurbridge;v ; .deola^ the (bonyiotioii'.that'-'.the -Priionist polioy. was. right ar'forming.'anV essential etage : -in ' the evolution of a;united,Souih. : Africa, 'warmly reoiprqeated :MrV ; ;;Botha's. j'generpus ;;uttei> aiiies: , .-:. He eulogised.-the British/and 'Dutch! ,Btatesmeii:,who are.the; authors' of'the : con-.; 'stitiitjon, / ■;,Mr.'. Asquith -that nt contains; : j some '.blemishes^;;especially '.•■ as ':m^ : . .gards; ,the /position.' .Of. Indians: and .'retrenohed officials.'.:;'There;was ■'.also;a.-grave dispute, .amongst''-the' British;'', farmers of.: Orange, River; : Colony.v- 1 ;l;T v u -...'■' ■'■■■'■■-' /i: : ,■.■'.■;'■ (R<x. 14, ,4.30 p.m;)';.a.; -};■' ;'.''• .. ';'-'!.:>:' ■■" ■"■ Cap? ; TqwHy■Feb'ruary.'iS.! - : ■ ■/'■■ Mr,' Wi P. .Sch'reiner . states that. certain provisions; inVthe:"Constitution inadequately, safeguard;:the'., rights of.;the ; ''nbn-Europeah majority.^^'?: : Hejfears ihis.fwill; jeopardise.■the : Cap'e coloured;.franohise/ which future"; Par-; liaments.ctin abolish'.by a:two-thirds major-■o^'-y-vij:: !,.' / ;; ; ;--i'-' , :V>'^'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 7
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175SOUTH AFRICA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 7
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