WHEN SIDES ARE TAKEN.
SOUTH AFRICA FlßSf.^|
EMPIRE IN SECOND PLACE.
By Telegrapb-Pi««« A.wciatipn.rOopyrl*nt Capetown, Monday. J > a speech at Durban on Saturday night Sir Thomas Watt, the newlyappointed Minister in the South African Union Cabinet, said that if the necessity arose for taking sides, the English and Dutch in South Africa alike would say "South Africa first and the Empire second," "The Government," he said, "disagreed with General Herzog, the late Minister for Justice, because ha gratuitously said that if the Imperial Government assaulted our freedom and liberty we would cut the painter, and as soon as the last ounce of benefit was squeezed, out of the Motherland we would proclaim our independence." Sir Thomas Watt warned General De Wet that his policy would lead the country to ruin.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 531, 8 January 1913, Page 5
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