16 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 1

The Johannesburg correspondent of the Times says in Monday's paper

that the Volkssion refers at length to Mr. Phillips's recent assertion that General Hertzog was trying to undermine General Botha's position. The Vollesstem says that General Hertzog, as the champion of equal language rights, is the leader of a social rather than a political move- ment. That alone is the explanation of "Hertzog worship, which has spread like a mild epidemic." The Volkssieni says that it must apologize for mentioning the very idea that there is an attempt to drive General Botha from his unique position :—" The instinct of the nation has marked out General Botha as the only statesman who can guarantee our society freedom from chaotic confusion, and can steer the public household in the direction of national greatness."