AFRICAN AFFAIRS
CLEMENCY TO REBELS.
UNION LEGISLATURE'S RESOLU-
TION
■ By Telegraph—Preii Association—Copyright. CAPE TOWN, December 10. | Mr Merriman's amendment, recom- | .mending clemency for rebels, was carB ried by 81 votes to 26. The minority I consisted of Nationalists. I (A cable message from Cape Town on Bg December 3 stated: —During the disj enssion on General Hertzog s Amnesty E. motion, General Botha said the GOVS'' "lermnent would be glad to release the : rebels, but the attitude of'the Nationalist party made an amnesty unsafe. The Government accepted Mr J. X. Merriman's amendment recommending 1 clemency in individual cases.)
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17038, 13 December 1915, Page 8
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98AFRICAN AFFAIRS Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17038, 13 December 1915, Page 8
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