SOUTH AFRICAN ISSUES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 915, 7 September 1910, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICAN ISSUES.

MINISTERIAL SPEECHES.

FAIR PLAY WANTED ON EDUCATION / ' QUESTION. RAND MAGNATES DENOUNCED By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Kec. September 6, 8.45 p.m.) Caps Town, September 6. General Botha', Prime Minister of South-Africa; in a speech at Bloemfontein, referred to Dr. Jameson's recent statement that he was forming the Opposition to' support tho Prime Minister against the reactionaries liko General Hertzog in the Cabinet. General Botha said he would resign rather than depend on the Opposition's support. ■■• ■■ In the course of his speech, the Prime Minister advocated the payment of bounties as a means of fostering natural industries during their infancy, and- in order to attract population. Answering the' Unionists, who had expressed a desiro that the Transvaal education; system . should lie applied to Orangia, General Botha said the Transvaal Act was one-sided, as it compelled the Dutch to learn English, but did not compel the English to learn Dutch. He and his colleagues concurred' that there should be >no compulsion in iiho matter'.. If his colleagues did not sup. port his education proposals he would resign. " ' Mr. Fischer, Minister for Lands in the Union Cabinet, speaking in a country constituency, declared that the. capitalists were dirty aasvogels, who had found a bit of rich carrion on the Band. The issue of the elections was whether they were to have a capitalist Government, helping themselves only,'.or an Afrikander Government, who would be 'careful, "to bequeath the riches of the country to Afrikanders. The Afrikanders, Mr. Fischer, declared, must negotiate for the inclusion of Rhodesia in the Union, arid not Dr. Jameson.