tion," which involved reconciling the differences among Afrikaners and
between Afrikaners and British Transvaalers. Although they repatriated
the Chinese laborers, they allayed the fears of the industrialists by siding
with them in labor disputes, and although Afrikaner conservatives sus-
pected their motives, Botha and Smuts managed to maintain control of the
Het Volk.57
Botha and Smuts also discovered powerful incentives to join the Trans-
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