“DANGEROUS AS GREAT WAR”
PRESENT SITUATION IN BRITAIN. GENERAL SMUTS PRAISES HOOVER. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Aug. 24. General Smuts, Leader of tlie Opposition in South Africa, interviewed .on his arrival in England, said 'in some ways the present situation in .Britain was,as dangerous as the Great War. ‘‘lt may ultimately demand the same spirit of national and. personal sacrifice,” he said. ‘‘Some people are still oppressed with the thought of another war. I am i more impressed with the possibility of a financial and economic breakdown, possibly endangering the whole structure of European civilisation. . Mr. Hoover has given a fine lead. If this is boldly followed while there is yet time Europe may pull through.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1931, Page 11
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