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What does " freedom " mean ? Most people in

this country fancied that the question was answered at the last Imperial Conference in 1926 by Lord Balfour's famous formula about the equality of all the self-

governing members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. It is regrettable that although General Hertzog himself was satisfied by that formula he has been unable

to convince many of his Dutch followers. The character of the agitation in South Africa for a further elucidation of " freedom " is expressed in the question " Does freedom include the right :of secession ?. " The Times correspondent tells us that the South African delegates at the Imperial Conference must get. an answer to this question and that to do so is really their first business.

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