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...greatest Boer leaders have been two of that war's generals, now white-bearded ancients, Jan Christiaan Smuts and James Barry Munnik Hertzog. For four decades these two have stood as figureheads for the Union's divergent political ideals: Smuts for a dominion umbilically tied to Britain, Hertzog for "South Africa First." Neither wanted independence, and when in 1933 a vocal minority was yelping for a republic the generals got together. Prime Minister Hertzog joined his Nationalists with Smuts's South Africa Party, made Smuts his Deputy Prime Minister...
Britain's case against India is that India must help to preserve the Empire, for if the Empire falls India will become a prey to less enlightened powers. After victory will come Dominion status. Behind this reasoning lies the cogent fact that one-fourth of Britain's overseas wealth is invested in this brightest jewel in her crown. "Two out of ten Englishmen depend on India," said Winston Churchill...
India's case against Britain is that if Britain is honestly fighting for democracy, Britain should prove it by granting democracy to India; then India will rally to Britain's aid. India must have complete independence to be free to decide whether to accept Dominion status. As for the danger from other powers. India has had Britain riding her for a century and more, and Britain's seat is slipping. If Britain cannot stay in the saddle, no other nation can get there...
...minds of many more churchmen with Christianity and Crisis. Said he of his group's aims last week: "We think it dangerous to allow religious sensitivity to obscure the fact that Nazi tyranny intends to annihilate the Jewish race, to subject the nations of Europe to the dominion of a 'master' race, to extirpate the Christian religion, to annul the liberties and legal standards which are the priceless heritage of ages of Christian and humanistic culture. . . . We believe that the Christian faith can and must make its own contribution to this issue. ... In this instance the immediate...
...arduous struggle up the hill of public economy" and did not want to be pushed down. Since British Columbia spends nearly twice as much per capita as the average provincial Government, this did not make much sense. Even less sense was made by Bible Bill Aberhart, who wanted the Dominion to stay out of provincial affairs altogether but to underwrite Alberta's debt. By this time it was clear to everybody that three politicians had effectively scuttled the reform...