THE GERMAN TREATY
FEELING IN SOUTH AFRICA
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
Australian Press Association.
CAPETOWN, 2nd March,
The Government's decision not to submit the German treaty to the Senate has aroused people in the towns throughout tho country.
A mass .meeting at Durban,* presided over by the Mayor, cabled to the legal authority, Lord Danesf ord, for an opinion.l ■ \ The "Cape Times" refers to the grave constitutional crisis. . ... The Government claims that it is invested with the'authority of the King to conclude treaties. It admits, however, that a Customs agreement must be approved by both Houses. General Smuts is expected on Monday to move an adjournment in order to call attention to the matter, and to point out that the Governor-General, in his opening speech, undertook that the treaty would be submitted to Parlia-
ment,
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 9
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THE GERMAN TREATY
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 9
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