THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS.
GENERAL SMUTS’S RETURN. (Reuter’* Telegrams.) GVVPETOAVN, Feb. 12. General Smuts was accorded a emc reception on his return from L< . t Africa. Business was suspended. He received a magnificent welcome. Five thousand persons were assembled at the City Hall, including Su Thomas Buxton, General Botha, members of the Cabinet, and hundreds of wounded soldiers. Addresses were presented on behalf of the .C ty, from British Indians. , • General Smuts, replying, emphasis ed that South Africa had secimed a voice in the disposal of the Ail lean continent. . South Africa had pe out a claim, thereby establishing rights regarding the future ment of the continent. . . , there was still a possibility of Geneiai Botha attending the war conlei enc .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4474, 15 February 1917, Page 5
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119THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS. Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4474, 15 February 1917, Page 5
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