Important Point Dealt With by S. African Prime Minister Capetown, Mar. 8.
The right of a British Dominion to remain neutral in the event of Great Britain being involved in war was dealt with by. General Hertzog, the Prime Minister, in a speech in the House of Assembly to-day, moving ratification of the Imperial Conference resolution.
The Prime Minister declared: that each State of the Empire was now master of its own destiny and was sole judge of the extent of its cooperation within the Empire. Consequently, hw declared, a Dominion's. ight to neutrality could not rejected, nor was there any higher central authority.
General Smuts, in reply, urged gravely that it was most important to avoid all occasions where the question of neutrality could possibly be raised. He wanted their re tions with the Government of Great Britain to be s0 close and friendly. that they would never even raise the question, which, he declared, should be regarded as a purely academic one in future—Reuter,
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