23 MARCH 1929, Page 2

Prominent South Africans in the Cape Province have justifiably protested

against General Hertzog's Native Representation Bill. We record elsewhere the history. of the native franchise in South Africa. It is evident that the- Government's proposals for separate - electoral representation as between whites and negroes are, in substance, identical with those of the original Commis- sion, but this does not make the proposals-right, or prove that the situation in the Cape is an anomaly which must be ironed out for the sake of a smooth surface throughout the Union. -Elementary -considerations of justice and decency must take precedence of political convenience: