AN ABSOLUTE REFUSAL.
AFRICAN NATIONALISTS. UNION TO BE MAINTAINED. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.2. Cable Association, .! (Received Juno 18, 12.5 p.m.) . PRETORIA, Juno 10. ‘ The lobby correspondent of “Volk- , w stein,” the Government organ, gives \ circumstantial details of the interview - of the National deputation with Mr 'Lloyd George. President Wilson do- . dined to grant an interviewGeneral Hertzog, as spokesman, claimed the restoration of tho iudepon- ■ 1 denoe of the Free State and tho Transvaal. As regards Natal and Capo ■ Colon? they based their claim on Nationalist resolutions and tho principle of self-determination. ; . Air Lloyd George replied in writing. Ho absolutely refused to entertain the > request for the disruption of tho Union, which was founded on a solemn coven- ■ ant which could not bo'broken even if 'the entire Dutch-speaking population . : demanded i it.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12670, 18 June 1919, Page 6
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