FLAG OF SOUTH AFRICA.
ATTITUDE OF NATIONALISTS. BITTERNESS IN CONTROVERSY. (Received October 6, 5.10 p.m.) Bun. • CAPETOWN. Oct. 5. The Pritae Minister, General Hertzog, epeaking in Bioemfontein on the flag question, said if the bill was defeated at the referendum the Nationalists would regard it as evidence that their independence was , being ridiculed by British jingoes. The result would be that the Union Jack would become an object of detestation to the Dutch in South Africa. The struggle for the flag would be •waged more than ever with vigour and bitterness. The verdict would banish the Union Jack for ever from South African national affairsThe press describes the speech as closing the last door to a rapprochement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19761, 7 October 1927, Page 11
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