Foreign News: In South Africa

Since the Parliament of the U. S. A. (Union of South Africa) was dissolved last year (TIME, April 7), a fierce pre-election war has been raging in the Union.

Despite the protests of the U. S. A. Labor Party, Laborites have consistently attended the political meetings of the Premier, General Right Honorable Jan Christian Smuts, to display every kind of hooliganism. In Durban, 5,000 people foregathered in the Town Hall, most of whom were determined to prevent him from speaking. When the Premier appeared rowdyism was let loose and after facing the multitude...

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