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SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEMS. QUESTION OF REPUBLIC. NATIONALISTS’ VIEWPOINT. (Australian Press Association.) Received September 6, 11.5 a.m. CAPETOAVN, Sept. 5. ■ Dr. O. F. Malan, Minister of the Interior, who unflinchingly fathered the flag controversy last year, pressed the Nationalist Congress to-day to accept the alteration in the party’s constitution to supersede what is known as the Republican Article. Dr. Malan stated: “A\ T e can work with England as long as wo want to, not as long as England demands. No door is closed. Therefore, as a right, we can have secession and a Republic any day. But whether that is practical politics is another question. “Whether we become a Republic depends on whether it is in the interests of South Africa. If it were not in the interests of South Africa it would be criminal to become a Republic.
“Our principle is not Republicanism, but fidelity to the interests of South Africa.
“The present mistrust is due to fear, but wo need not fear friendship with England, or the other members of the Commonwealth.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 239, 6 September 1928, Page 7
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176EMPIRE BRANCH Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 239, 6 September 1928, Page 7
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