MAKING OF PEACE
EX-ENEMIES UNITED EAST AFRICAN DINNER LONDON, Dec. 2. General Smuts and General von Lottow Vorbeck, opposing war-time commlamlcrs in German East Africa, were Ihe guests of honor at a dinner attended by nearly 1000 officers, noncommissioned officers, men and nurses, who served in the British forces. General Vorbeck and his wife journeyed specially to London for the function. General Smuts paid a warm tribute to General Vorbeck for his fine leadership against superior forces. He added: “This gathering is assisting in the making of peace. Wars are the •sport of youth, but we have reached maturity, and have sown our wild oats. It is time we settled down.” General Vorbeck said he believed that when General Smuts referred to peace lie meant peace in which a great proud nation can live without surrendering herself.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17125, 4 December 1929, Page 7
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