AFRICA'S NATIONAL FLAG.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16818, 9 June 1926, Page 7

AFRICA'S NATIONAL FLAG.

SUBMITTED TO THE KING. NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) v (Received June 9, B.5CNa.m.) CAPETOWN, June 8. In the Assembly Dr Malan announced that the Governor-General had sent to London for His Majesty's information the details of the national flag design, aiso the clause dealing with hying the Union Jack and the National Flag on official occasions. The Minister added that advice had been received that these matters have been duty laid before the King. LABOUR LEADER'S DEFENCE. DUAL FLAG NECESSARY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.); (Received June 9, 1.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, June S. In a letter to the Labour Party, Mr Creswell, leader of the party, defends his attitude on the flag question. He declared it was untrue that the Union Jack would be hauled down as a symbol of South African nationality. South Africa should have flags for both sections of the people, or neither. The Union Jack would recall painful memories to the Dutch section; therefore both sections could not stand before it on an equal footing. The Flag Bill maintains the Union Jack as a symbol of the relations with the Empire, but establishes another flag as a symbol of South African nationality without any reminder of past differences. He admits that at first lie thought a combination of the British and Republican flags best, but he was now convinced lie had to recognise the feelings of the other side. He concludes by denouncing the agitation as engineered by the. South African Press and politicians.