ANOTHER delegate to the Peace Conference who
made a strong impression upon me was General
Louis Botha, the Premier of the South African
Union, who with General Jan C. Smuts repre-
sented the united colonies in the large group of
delegates which participated in the proceedings
at Paris on behalf of the British Empire. Un-
fortunately for South Africa and for the Imperial
Government, General Botha died soon after his
return to his country. It is deplorable that he
was not spared to carry on the work of racial
unity which he had so effectively championed for
over a decade and which promises so much for
the future prosperity of the white population of
South Africa.

No one could talk with General Botha without
being immediately struck by the fact that his
outstanding mental quality was practical and
unalloyed common sense. He was not lacking in
imagination or in ideals, -- his whole public ca-
reer denied such a lack, -- but he measured his
ideals and constructive purposes by the standard

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