The condition of General Jan Christian Smuts, noted South African statesman and friend of the Jews, was reported today as showing improvement by attending physicians.
The Jewish population in South Africa is watching with keen interest bulletins on the condition of the sixty-five-year-old statesman who helped the Jews in obtaining the Balfour declaration, which promises to convert Palestine into a Jewish national home.
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