SOUTH AFRICA.
HERTZOG EXPLAINS NATIONALIST DOCTRINE. CAPE TOWN, November 29. General Hertzog. replying to a correspondent's queries . regarding the meaning of the new article in the constitution of the Nationalist Party, aiming at " sovereign independence,” says it does not necessarily imply Republican independence. That is a question which will be decided in accordance with the sovereign will of the people. Nothing in the article is inconsistent with sovereign freedom within the Empire, but it is undesirable to speak of ‘‘Empire.” but rather of the “ League, of States.” An empire implies an unalterable relation, limiting the freedom of the people. The article also leaves free any member of the Nationalist Party to adopt a watching attitude, whether for a future republic or future voluntary membership of the Empire should the people preter it.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 3
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