AFRICA’S PROBLEM.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18167, 4 November 1930, Page 7

AFRICA’S PROBLEM.

THE NATIVE QUESTION. SPEECH BY GENERAL HERTZOG. REQUEST FOR CO-OPERATION. - (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 2. In his speech at the dinner given by the Empire Parliamentary Association to the delegates to the Imperial Conference, the Prime Minister of South Africa, General J. B. Hertzog, urged more co-operation between the British and South African Governments in dealing with native problems in Africa. General Hertzog recalled that recently he had supported a South African colleague who expressed the view that the British Government, when dealing with matters of native policy in Africa, should not, without consulting the Government of the Union, introduce any new principle or change of policy which might affect the position In South Africa. He disclaimed any intention of interference in matters concerning Britain. “We do not ask that we shall be allowed to assist you in governing East Africa,” he continued. " That is your business. But what we do think we are entitled to Is that, as one of your partners in the British Commonwealth, you and we should work hand in hand, consulting one another as to how to proceed, in discussions respecting these problems, so that, our policies may he mutually helpful.” The policy of native Interests in Eastern Africa was almost certain eventually to have a very disturbing effect in South Africa/ The policy of the paramountcy of native interests and the equal rights doctrine were alike impossible of application where the white man had established a home in Africa for himself and those who had followed him. Nothing could so alienate the white man’s affection and goodwill toward the native as the anxiety caused by the thought of domination by native rule.