“WE CAN HAVE A REPUBLIC WHEN WE LIKE”
DR. MALfllf TALKS OF SECESSION.
SOUTH AFRICA AM) ENGLAND.
NEED NOT FEAR FOR FRIENDSHIP.
(Received 9.50 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Sept. 5. Dr. Malan, Minister of the Interior. who. unflinchingly fathered tl>e flag controversy last ) yeaty pressedi the Congress to-day to accept mi alteration in the party’s const!tntJon to supersede what is known as the Eepublic Article. He said: “We can work with England as long as we want to, and not as long as England demands. No door is closed and therefore as a right we can have secession and a republic any day. Whether that is practical politics is another ques-
tion. Whether we become a republic depends on whether it is in the interests of South Africa. If uot, it would be criminal to become a republic. Our principle is not republicanism but fidelity to the interests of South Africa. The present mistrust is due to fear, hut we need not fear for our friendship with England or other members of the Commonwealth.” —Australian Press Assn. ( ' (
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 6 September 1928, Page 5
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