AFRICAN CRISIS OVER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 350, 18 March 1922, Page 6

AFRICAN CRISIS OVER.

Tsio following appeared So out Second Edition of yesterday;—

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ( A DETOWN. March 16. Some of the burghers’ forces which a - si-ted the Government have already been disbanded. A general tribute Is paid to the. police who bore the first brunt: of the attack. They consist largely of Dutchmen, with a, considerable percentage of Nationalists, but all played a gallant, loyal part. The aeroplanes did excellent service honibi„.r the Beds and assisting the land movements. Not one escaped being hit by rifle lire. Among the Rod plots winch fa. cd were t i R arrangements to link up with the Imres in various centres, disorganising thou plans and reducing them to sporadic ' l *General Smuts, reviewing the Railway K.-gimcnt, said tin' crisis was over (Tanks („ (he wav the citizens did their dnh lb paid n tribute to the regiments devotion. I The Government had again louiid it could v on the complete loyally of ho mil I v , v service in a time of stress. lie hoped the organisation would maintained no ; for military purposes, hut for uphold,ug law ami order. A. and NA. cable CAI-’ETOAVN. March 16. As an aftermath of the outbreak at least IOMOO prisoners and other suspec s uivto be sifted a.„d examined, bn tlmn!si,mis of Beds arc detained.—Rent, i.