rose's successor as editor was desmond young, later to gain a measure of fame as the author of "," a biography of field marshal erwin rommel that was turned into a feature film. while liberal in his views on questions of race, young did not share rose's passion for all things british and the paper used its influence to try to bring about greater unity between english- and afrikaans-speakers, characterised by support for a new national flag and a much more accepting attitude towards hertzog and afrikaner aspirations. young remained with the paper until august 1928.