IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATION. OPPOSED BY HERTZOC. Br Tc’os'rapla- -Press JUsuTci&tion —Copyright ‘Auatmliftw •n.-V N.Z. Cable Association. fßcceived Mav 24. 1.50 p.m.) CAPETOWN. May 23. In. the House of Assembly, General Tlertzog, priticising General Smuts’s speech regarding the Imperial Conference. maintained that General Smuts had no right to go as Premier of South Africa, which meant that the Union would be virtuaHv bound by the decisions. South Africa had no interest in the Japanese treatv. The Premier should not advise on the subject, otherwise the Union would share the responsibility. Referring to the Constitutional Conference he said that Africa had two alternatives, separation from the Umpire or the giving up of her rights. He was not prepared to sfcste whether the Rationalists would accept the invitation to be represented, but in any case he would tell the Premier that he would never permit a single right oi South Africa to be interfered with. Reuter'« 'TVWrarr-. CAPETOWN, May 23. General Hertzog ©ontriuded his speech bv protesting against an Imperial defence policy. He .stated that their defence system was daily being linked to the European •military chair, the object being that in future wavs Boutli Africa should go hand in hand with Britain.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16434, 24 May 1921, Page 8
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