General Hertzog is not - opposed to some Imperial des in the
Flag, as is proved by his offer to include the Roy Standard—an idea which was put forward as a possib if unsatisfying, compromise in the Spectator some mont ago. To us the intense Dutch dislike of the Union Ja seems to be prompted by a wrong conception of what flag means. The. most interesting flags in the world a " an abridgement of history." They imply facts which n' everybody remembers with pleasure or pride. All tin a flag, thus historically contrived, justifies one in sac' is, " Here is the story of the achievements and the failu the noble acts and the injustices through which t country has fought its way." From this point of vie the argument of the Dutch that they will not have t Union Jack merely because it offends them is login indefensible. * * * *
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