AFRICAN POLITICS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 23 December 1926, Page 5

AFRICAN POLITICS.

tPer Press Association—Copyright). CAPETOWN., December 21. Speaking at Pretoria, General llort. 450 g emphasised that the Conference had deliberately rejected the idea of Empire. The group declaration differed from all previous statements on the status of the Dominions, by publicity deliberately given it. Thenwas now nothing to prevent party cooperation and the promotion of common interests with other States of the Empire. Tlu- Question had been raised as to whom the honour was due for what had been achieved He paid a warn* tribute to the great work of Genera’ Botha and Genera! Smuts, who both strove- for freedom, but freedom had been achieved because the people ban willed it—the English as well as the Dutch. The greatest aim of the Naticnalisit Party had been achieved. Some other aims were now superfluous. He added : “T don’t think because the Union Jack still flies the people are not free. It is for the people io decide what flag shall fly.’’ Ho repeated that they had secured national liberty to the fullest degree, because the. great nation which guaranteed that liberty was one of the greatest friends they had to-day. and would remain so in future.