SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 194, 6 May 1918, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WAR

AN APPEAL BY BOTHA SNUB.FOR NATIONALIST PARTY (ftee. Mny 5, 5.5 p.m.) Capo Town, May i. General Botha's appeal to men of means who are unablo to go to the front to provide substitutes resulted in overy Cabinet Minister agiwing, and also thirty-three- other members of Parliament, including Sir VJiomas Smartt, Leader of the. Opposition. Replying to a manifesto .''rom the Transvaal Nationalist Party regarding the application of Mr. Lloyd George's speech regarding the self-doterniination of small nations, to South Africa, which was to ba communicated to tho Imperial Government, the Governor-General (Viscount Buxton) states that His Majesty's Government considers that tho Parliament of the Union is alono authorised to speak on behalf of South Africa, and that the former cannot enter into a discussion with a body of private persons — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHTING THE TURKS IN PALESTINE AND MESOPOTAMIA. (Rec. May 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, May i. A "High Military Authority" writes: "Genoral Allenby's advance in Palestine has rendered tho Turkish position precarious. Genoral Marshall also began an advance- on April ii. Our object in Mesopotamia is to givo tho Turks as much trouble as possible. We eurprise« him on the Diala line, whero his troops had orders to retire if wo advanced, but we managed to intercept him and captured 1950 men, three mountain guns, •mil twelve field guns."—Aus.-N.Z. Cabls Assn, ENERGETIC OPERATIONS BY" TEG BRITISH. (Ree. May 5, 11 p.m.) London, May 4. An official report from Palestine states: "Fighting was continued throughout May 2 east of tho Jordan and south of Es Salt. The enemy who crossed the rivar nt Jisrcddaza were driven back. Our air service attacked and bombed the enemy s troops and rolling stock on the Horn railway in the vicinity of Amman and Wadissir, south cf Es Salt. Two at our machines have not returned. During tho night of Mny 2 and the morning of May 3 tho enemy renewed his attacks on. Es Salt from tho north-east and north with considerable reinforcements. Uotn attacks were repulsed with heavy losses We took 314 prisoucrs."-Aus.-N.A Cabla Assn.-Eeuter.