7 APRIL 1917, Page 3

General Smuts's appearance in a British Lieutenant-General's uniform was perhaps

the most romantic illustration of the success of the British Empire ever seen in London. His speech was a eulogy of liberty as against Prussianism, and he pointed to the act of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman in giving self-government to South Africa as one of the wisest in the history of British statesman- ship. He also spoke—adding one miracle to another—of his pride in commanding Indian troops in East Africa.