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SOUTH AFRICA AND EMPIRE. MR YY'ATT’S SOUND ADVICE. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. CAPE 'J OYY N, January 6. Speaking at Durban, the Hon. Thomas Watt, ALL.A., said that if the necessity arose for f aking sides ho would say to both .English and Dutch alike that he would put South Africa first and the Empire second. I he Government disagreed with Mr Hertzog because he gratuitously said that if the Imperial Government assaulted the freedom and liberty of the South African people they would cut the painter as soon as the last ounce of benefit had been squeezed from the Mother Land, anti would proclaim their independence. Air Walt warned General De YVet that his policy would lead the country to ruin. [Air YY'att is a lawyer who went to Natal in 1885, and served with the Imperial Light Infantry in the Boer YVar, afterwards commanding the Newcastle (Natal) Town Guard. He held the 1 portfolios of Justice and Education in Natal from 1903-06, and he now represents Dundee (Natal) in the Union Parliament.]
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Evening Star, Issue 15076, 7 January 1913, Page 6
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