SOUTH AFRICA.
GENERAL SMUTS’S RECEPTION
CAPE TOWN, February 16. General Smuts luui a great official reception, at the Town Hall. Ho said that ...it? action of tiro Union during the war had given it a permanent voice nsi the disposal of South Africa. While nobodv could ?ay what would bo the ultimate late ol German East Africa, the Union ■ia.d <i right to be consulted in matters ah acting the interests of South Africa, .even more intimate and undeniable was its connection with German South-west Africa.
. '"he general paid a tribute to the British and Indian co-operation in the East Afnea campaign and to the courage and endurance of tho Indian troops. "
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Evening Star, Issue 16351, 17 February 1917, Page 9
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