17 AUGUST 1912, Page 3

Thursday's papers contained the interesting announcement that the King had

appointed General Botha, Premier of the Union of South Africa, to be an Honorary General in the British Army. It would be bard to find a parallel for this honour, but if it is unprecedented it has also been handsomely earned. The services that General Botha rendered his fellow burghers in the war were not more remarkable than those he has rendered the Empire in consolidating the Union of South

Africa.