GENERAL SMUTS’ FAITH IN LEAGUE
PROVIDING GREATEST SAFETY IN WORLD TODAY (Received 10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, February 3. A record attendance in the public galleries heard General Smuts’ speech in the neutrality debate. He declared that South Africa's policy must be, firstly, to strengthen collaboration with her friends in the British Commonwealth; secondly, similarly to collaborate with South Africa’s own friends; and, thirdly, to stand by the League, which would provide the greatest possible measure of safety in the present dangerous world. General Smuts admitted that there was a bare possibility that South Africa’s fidelity to her League obligations might result in war, but Britain’s sanctions policy could never be a causus belli. The League today was stronger and more effective' than ever and the sanctions machine would ultimately prove the most potent reason for standing by the League. “War talk is an immense game of bluff,” he said, “the answer to which is to be strong and stand fast while the League is calmly performing the duties for which it exists.”
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Northern Advocate, 5 February 1936, Page 5
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