AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17097, 21 February 1916, Page 8

AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

CAMEROONS CONQUERED. MORA GARRISON SURRENDERS. Jr Telegraph—P">" Aisociation— Copyrizht (Received February 20. 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 20. It is officially stated that the garrison at Mora has' capitulated. This completes the conquest of the Cameroons.

GERMAN LEADER ESCAPES.

LONDON, February 18. It is officially announced that active operations have practically ended in the Cameroons with the exception of at the isolated position at Mora Hill. The German commandant Zimmerman has escaped into Spanish territory.

PLOT IN MADAGASCAR.

GERMANS TRY TO INCITE REBELLION. FRENCH TO BE MASSACRED. (Received February 20, 5.-5 p.m.) PARIS. February 10. The "Paris Journal's" Antanarivo correspondent says that a grave German plot has been unmasked in Madagascar, aiming at poisoning and massacring many French officers and men. high officials and settlers, and then ifming the natives and inciting them to rebellion. It was honed that France would be cblieed to retain a large army on the island. German Tonsillar documents were discovered stating that the influential natives wore pro-German and that it would be easy to stir them up. Two hundred arrests were made. The natives remain friendly

EAST AFRICAN CAfdPAIGN. STRONG POSITION AT SALATA HILL. v SOUTH AFRICANS IN ACTION. LONDON, February IS. It is officially reported that the British forces in East Africa on February 12 called out for a.reconnaissance at Salata Hill in order to ascertain the enemy's strength, found that ihe position was strongly held, with the main German reserves'in the neighbourhood. Our casualties were 172, of which the Second South African Brigade lost 139: it was their first experience of bush fighting* The branch railway is now two miles and a half from Salata.

BOTHA'S DECLARATION. OUT TO WIN THE WAR. 17,000 MEN NOW IN THE FIELD. " Times " and Sydney " Sim " Services. LONDON. February IS. A Cape Town message says that in the Union Assembly General Botha declared himself an Afrikander, hut absolutely loyal to-the' Empire. This attitude had caused him great difficulties with some of his friends during tho war, but he was ready to take up arms to do his utmost to win the war. There were. 17,000 Union soldiers in the field, and nossibly more shortly. The sum of £2."500,OO0 had already been spent.