Mr, Pirow Not Acting For British Cabinet London, Nov. 23.
Mr. Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence for the Union of South Africa, is not authorized to commit His Majesty's Government in any conversations with the German Government.
This statement was made yesterday in the House of Commons by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies and Dominions, when questioned concerning the Ministers visit to Europe and his presence in Germany.
The object of the recent visit of Mr. Pirow to Britain he declared, was to discuss with the appropriate authorities of the British Government Certain technical aspects of the defence problem of South Africa and, those discussions having taken place and the questions involved having been settled, Mr. Pirow had left for visit to the Continent but would to the United Kingdom for a short time before sailing for South Africa
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