SOUTH AFRICA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17982, 26 December 1918, Page 4

SOUTH AFRICA.

A NATIVE CONGRESS.

By Telogrftph—Proas Aaaocifttion—Coprriljht JOHANNESBURG, December 19. The Native National Congress adopted an address to the King expressing gratitude for the Allied victory, em-i, ' phasising the loyalty of the natives < during the war under difficult cireum- ' stances, requesting- that native protee-jr torates should remain under control V of the Imperial Government and not r H| be handed over to the Union without » the consent of the peoples, requesting the extension of the franchise to natives, urging that the territories of South-West and East Africa should not bo. disposed of without consulting the inhabitants and not. be handed over to the Union until the franchise is extended to natives and dealing with republican propaganda. The address requests that in the event of the white races agreeing to such form of govern- / ment it is desirable that the Imperial Government should not allow it without consulting the native inhabitants ; of tho Union and protectorates, andnot sanction it unless a majority of the native population consents.