SOUTH AFRICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16992, 20 October 1915, Page 7

SOUTH AFRICA.

BITTER ELECTION FIGHT. ANTAGONISM TO BOTHA. " Times ” and Sydney “ Sun ” Service, • (Received October 19, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October IS. The correspondent of “The Times” at Capo Town states that there is unparalleled bitterness ewer the elections. Out of 130 o>fs oH- M>rbt -ar' uncontosted. Tho complete split iu the 'id South At.loan* party is - thdlyrcbd' in an analysis of the contests' There arc eightv-sis Ministerialists, eigaeyihreo Nationalists, thirty-nine Unioni t>, and forty-nine Labour candidates. There are only three three-coruerod 1 route its. Two o f the parties, linve. put aside their differences until the war is finished, for tin purpose of combating the common enemy. Nationalist speakers’ malignity hag aroused furioui, antagonism against General Botha, particularly among tho poor r and more iscuorant Dutch. ■ It is impossible to predict Wednesday’s results, but a severe Labour set back is expected. It is thought that the Ministerial! t will muster fifty, which numb r, if nearly thirty Unioursts are returned, will command the House.