Dead cats at meetings

Further research into Smuts and 1914 revealed that at the start of WW1 the Germans in Namibia, German South West Africa as it was then called, had erected an enormous radio mast at Windhoek, which, on a good day could transmit directly to Berlin. The Royal Navy were concerned that they would send details of the shipping around the Cape and the submarines would close in on the ships in that congested area. Churchill was at the Admiralty and had become friendly with Smuts and suggested approaching the South Africans for help. Smuts and the then President Louis Botha, who had become friendly with Kitchener, agreed. It split the government,some wanting to fight for the Kaiser, and acrimonious meetings were held all over the country at which dead cats were thrown at the platform. Don't ask a South African about this, it is well buried.

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