Word: ladysmith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...regards the much-mooted question of secession from the British Commonwealth, General Hertzog said, in a speech at Ladysmith, that his is not a secession policy; that he is almost an imperialist. This is, of course, a reversal of his former attitude and precisely how far his followers go in supporting him was not known. It is certain, however, that secession will not be put forward by a Hertzog Government, because the terms of the Nationalist- Labor compact expressly forbid any attempt to test the question of a secession of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal from the Commonwealth...