NATIVES' LIVES

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 83, 5 October 1922, Page 7

NATIVES' LIVES

PROTEST AGAINST DEATH

SENTENCE

AGITATION IN SOUTH AFRICA,

(UNITBD fSMJ ASBOCUMOJJ.—COPISIOHT.)

(ADtMAUAN ■ NSW ZBAUHD CABLI ABSOCIATIOH.)

(Received sth October, 12.30 pan.)

CAPETOWN, 4th October. •

The confirmation of the death, sentence on Stassen, a miner convicted of shooting two natives during the Rand troubles, has caused great feeling in Labour and Nationalist circles. Protests aud appeals for a reprieve are being showered upon the Government from all quarters. A mass meeting of workers in the Capetown City Hall was addressed by Tom Mann, and passed a resolution demanding an immediate reprieve. The execution is fixed for to-morrow.

(MSOMR'S TILEOOAtt.)

(Received sth October, 12.30 p.m.)

'CAPETOWN, 4th October.

Referring to the resolutions of labour organisatioris in various parts oft the world, condemning the death sentence as "judicial murder," the "Cape Times" maintains that the facts in the Stassen case reveal a wanton disregard for native life. In so grave a matter, it says, no Government can allow itself to be swayed by sentiment. The Government's decision ought to be accepted, as it was reached dispassionately and in accordance with law and the highest interests of the country.