The general belief in South Africa is that the Prime
Minister, heartily desiring to get rid of Mr. Madeley, deliberately used a slight insubordination as a pretext. Mr. Madeley is in alliance with the National Council faction of the Labour movement, and is therefore in opposition to Colonel- Creswell. As it Socialist he may be credited with sincere opinions on the Labour question. More will be heard of this matter, as the Nationalists have long been anxious (as the Times cor- respondent says) to make the native question an election issue. Mr. Madeley has given them an opportunity. On Tuesday General Hertzog formed a new Cabinet. All the old Ministers returned with the exception of Mr. Madeley. Mr. Madeley's place is taken by Mr. IL W. Sampson, who is a follower of Colonel Creswell. This appointment seems to make the split in the Labour Party irreparable ; the Nationalists are definitely breaking away from the National Council faction. The Government has been steadied by the reconstruction, and a dissolution is less likely than it was.
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