“We are back in the position of August 1914”. Occupation of the Ruhr 1923 in the perception of the prime minister of South African Union Jan Christian Smuts

Abstract

The publication presents a speech translation of British and South African politician J.C. Smuts at a dinner at the Savoy Hotel in the South African club on October 23, 1923, devoted to the wide range of issues of British imperial policy as well as state-to-state relations in Europe. The emphasis is on Smuts position regarding the occupation of the Ruhr by French troops in 1923.