WOULD ASSISI BRITAIN.
IN EVENT OF WAR. GENERAL SMUTS’S OPINION. CAPETOWN, Aug. 25. The Minister of Justice (General Smuts), speaking in the said his personal opinion was that South Africa would assist Britain if she were attacked. The Union would be cutting its own throat if it allowed Britain to go under, added General Smuts. The Government policy was that the Constitution permitted a decision as to whether or not it was a question of the Union going to war automatically if Britain went to war. “PARLIAMENT MUST DECIDE.” GENERAL HERTZOG’S VIEW. CAPETOWN, Aug. 25. General Hertzog, in tlie Assembly, said the Government refused to be bound beforehand on the question of participation in Britain’s wars. He did not feel it incumbent on himself to say whether he agreed with General Smuts’s personal views. He agreed that Parliament must decide.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 10
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140WOULD ASSISI BRITAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 230, 27 August 1938, Page 10
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