Show 1 smuts in british imperial conference I 1 t n oen gen jon christian smuts pre premier niter of south africa emerged trout from tile peace conference in parts the acknowledged equal in intellectual anil and moral qualities of 0 anny participant in the treaty of versailles vol sallies lie ho lias fins now bulked large in lie imperial conference in london of flie british emp empire re england credits the south african pre premier ml er with having forced the I 1 lennil IU I U I 1 1 of premier baldwin of great 11 r attil n in the matter of the new attempt to adjust conditions condl tlona on the continent by declaring in a speech that arrangements being made tor for an international conference on reparations the address by general smuts in which lie appeals to the conscience of the world to redeem tile the chaotic european situation Is rightly to bo be regarded as an inspiring document in tile the realms realm ot both diplomacy and mo ino general smuts bluntly refused to give indian settlers in south africa political rights lie he held that lint they could make a distinction between indians and africans and tile the result would bo be that not only would tho the whites be swamped by tile ilie Ind indiana lani but nit all over africa by the blacks and the whole position for which they had find striven for two hundred years would be goner gone |