IF THE LEAGUE FAILS
BLOW TO CIVILISATION
BLACK V. -WHITE FEELING
(Received August 13, 11 a.m.)
CAPE TOWN, Xugust 12. in an interview, General Smuts said he considered that the whole system of civilisation would be shaken to Its foundations if the League of Nations failed to avert war. The world would revert to the old system of alliances and Europe would be divided one" more into hostile camps. A great conmet in Africa on the borders of the British territory must lead to serums repercussions and raise anxious feelings between -white and black, with serious results. •
'There is no doubt that there are some points of contact between Abyssinia and Japan as yet undisclosed," he said. "In some curious way the African question may get linked, up with the Asiatic. It is quite possible that Italy will overwhelm Abyssinia at first with aeroplanes and gas, but it will be another thinr to occupy it." '■
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 38, 13 August 1935, Page 9
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155IF THE LEAGUE FAILS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 38, 13 August 1935, Page 9
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