END OF THE WAR
BY CHRISTMAS 1941, SAYS GENERAL SMUTS
Received Dec. 15, 9.20 p.m. JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 14.
“Mussolini is beaten ami his army of 300,000 is in wild flight,’’ said General Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, in a speech. “Italy still has 200,000 in Abyssinia, but we will talk about them next Christmas. I believe the war will be over , before then, but South Africa must see that the menace to its future happiness and independence is banished from Africa.’’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 295, 16 December 1940, Page 5
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