* * * * General Hertzog Capitulates The limelight turned
on South African politics dis- closes stranger and stranger turns and twists. On Monday General Hertzog was violently attacking General Smuts for his attempt to drive the Government off gold, while on Tuesday he transmitted to his opponent pro- . posals for a pact of co-operation between the Nationalist and South African parties. The proposal was subject to the acceptance of seven conditions, but left it uncertain whether an actual coalition, on the model of the British National Government, was intended. The proposal itself produces further complications in that it splits the Nationalist caucus, Dr. Malan, the Minister of the Interior. being dead against his leader's proposed move, while Mr. Roos is still at large in the Transvaal as a disturbing - and possibly deciding factor. The formation of sonic sort of coalition government now seems more likely than not.
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