AFRICA’S FLAG CONTROVERSY.
General Hertzog’s Challenge.
NO HOPE OF COMPROMISE. By Patio—Press Association —Copyright. Australia.! and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received October G. 7.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, October 5. General Hertzog, speaking on the flag question at Bloemfontein, said if tho Bill were defeated at the referendum, the Nationalists would regird it as evidence that their independence was being ridiculed by the British jingoes, and the result would be that the Union Jack would become an object of detestation to the Dutch in South Africa, and the struggle for the flag would be waged more than ever with vigour and bitterness, and the verdict would banish the Union Jack for ever from South African national affairs. The press describes the speech a* closing the last door to rapproachment.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17772, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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126AFRICA’S FLAG CONTROVERSY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17772, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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