SOUIH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARTY
ELECTION PROGRAMME OUT* LINED. AN ORGY OF RACIALISM AND .VINDICTIVENESS. BLOEMFC-liTEIN, 18th July. General Hertzog, at the National Congress, outlined the election programme. It demands an amnesty for all those imprisoned on account of making an armed protest j a- guarantee in the Constitution of trial before sentence, to prevent the occurrence of such deportation as that of the strike leaders; an amendment of the Defence Act so that the Government snail not be entitled to invade a country in an offensive war, using unwilling men for the purpose. The Congress adopted the programme, and passed a resolution of deep grief at the tragic happenings whereby Delarey, Beyers, and Folirie were sacrificed. A clerical delegate, in moving the resolution, urged that the ground where Fourie had been shot for treason should bo purchased, because it was holy ground. He hoped a huge monument would be raised to the memory of these men. The newspapers regard the Congress as a veritable orgy of racialism and vindictiveness. It undoubtedly represents a formidable movement. Nevertheless, it enables the public vividly to contrast General Hert* zog's barren ' racialisms with General Botha's practical achievements.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 16, 19 July 1915, Page 7
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