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It is a real gratification to South Africans them-
selves, and to anyone interested in South Africa, to know that
those who went Overseas should in every way have come out
so well. Apart from their courage and resource when in
action, and their good morale between-whiles, I have seen
and received many private accounts from people in England
describing them as "good fellows", who behaved like
gentlemen and made themselves popular. Again with thanks
for sending me your book.

The position here is a very interesting one, but of
course it is a most unstable equilibrium. The Minister-
ialists, if one can reckon the S.A.P. & Unionists together,
have a majority of one, which may disappear when the
Bloemfontein South Petition or Election takes place.

On the other hand the Labour people, partly because
they have more sympathy with the S.A.P. than with the
Unionists, and partly because of the Government programme
of social reform, and partly because they were complimented
at being asked to join the Government, are at present
friendly to the Government. They will certainly not allow
themselves to be used as a cat's-paw by the Nationalists;
and, in present circumstances, would rather prefer to assist
to keep the government in than to turn them out.