THE SCAPA FLOW OUTRAGE.
VD3W OF GENERAL SMUTS
iJSlec. Tel. Copyright-United Press Assn (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). (Received Aug. 11,8.55 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Aug. 8. 1 General Smuts, ■, speaking at a re ception at Pretoria, declared that.thi. German who scuttled the ships at Scapa Flow deserved a statue, because but foi this the German fleet, which had been a curse to Germany, would have become a world's curse.- . He contended ■ that tiv immense changes m industrial mattei - and otherwise m Europe would be sure to affect South Africa. The latter could- not erect a ring fence; but if she put' her house m order, for immigration and competition she should see colossal progress.'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 3
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113THE SCAPA FLOW OUTRAGE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 3
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