Maritzburg, Nov. 16.
"We are going to defend Union of South Africa and its vital interests including South-west Africa, to the uppermost," said General Jan Smuts, Minister of Justice for South Africa, in a speech here today.
The South-west has been entrusted to South Africa as a sacred trust by the Li gue of Nations and if the necessity arose, South Africa would fight for the South-west because it is essential for their y, General Smuts added.
Mr. Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence, has gone to Bi that we get from the Br ernment in manufacture: the means for defence v necessary for the protection of the Union,""—Reuter.
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