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HEIiTZOG’S FRANK DISCLAIMER. • ■ i (Reuter.) (Received to-dav at 2 p.m.) CAPETOWN, April 28. During the budget debate in the'Assembly, Premier Hertzog made an nn. portant declaration on the secession question. • ' He said that personally he-thought so far as the Union of South Africa was concerned, (secession would be a flagrant mistake, and be a national disaster, if caused by one section, either British or Dutch,, imposing its will on the other. He did not fear that secession would arise- so long 'as each section refrained from asserting superiority ovqr the other. Mr Hertzog urged that nd attempt should be made by either section to use the British connection to establish such superiority. Referring ■ lo’ the budget proposal-', the Premier favoured a policy of Government protection ■of local industries. and owning of mar. kefc for Sou p Ahidan products.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1925, Page 5
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