AFRICAN TROUBLE
PARTIES HOPELESSLY SPLIT
■" DIEHARD " DELEGATE'S
ADVICE.
(KEUTIR'S TELESRAM.) (Received February 8, 1 p;m.)
CAPETOWN, 7th February. The deadlock in Johannesburg is still complete. A great mass meeting in the : Town Hall showed that the Nationalists and Laboui ranks are themselves hopelessly split. It is a significant fact that none of the men's representatives were militant Labourites.
Mr. Fisher, a delegate from Pretoria, at a meeting of legislators, affirmed that the chance of a republic was gone for ever, owing to the attitude of the leaders. Messrs. Tielman and Roos (Nationalists) had declared themselves against revolution, and a provisional Republican Government was now unattainable. He urged the strikers to induce the natives to demand more wages, and thus to make this the greatest and moat costly strike in the world. : If necessary they should ftght till all the mines were closed, but they must win. The authorities have issued a warning that concentrated movements by striker commandos practically amount to incitement of public violence. Both leaders and men are cautioned that in the event of any disorder arising from the action of the commandos, drastic action, will be taken. ; ' ... ■
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1922, Page 8
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190AFRICAN TROUBLE Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1922, Page 8
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