SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14745, 26 October 1915, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

GENERAL BOTHA'S TRIUMPH. GRATIFICATION IX ENGLAND. Press Association.—Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN, October 25. There is great gratification in England over General Botha’s triumph. The newspapers consider Botha’s personality is one of the main factors, and pay generous tributes to the loyalty of a large section of the Dutch. It is pointed out that the Nationalists hoped to hare the support of a strong labour party. The Labour debacle is attributed to public resentment at the crusade of class hatred in war time. All the Independents will support General Botha. s Mr J. .loubcrt, a Nationalist, defeated Sir E. Cullinao. a Botha-ke, for Pretoria North, with a majority of 26.

MERRIMAN OFFERED PORTFOLIO. CAPETOWN, October 25. it is understood that Mr Merriman has been invited to accept the portfolio of Finance in the Botha Cabinet. WHY LABOUR FAILED. JOHANNESBURG, October 25. The president of the Trades Federation states that Labour pcglepted Trades Union organisation for the ballot box. only to find that the capitalists were greater in the ballot box than in the workshops. Ho predicts the conditions will force strikes in the near future.