Africa.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 291, 7 December 1914, Page 5

Africa.

DE WET LOCKED UP. [United Press Association.] Petrograd, December, 5. De Wet and eleven followers have been lodged in Johannesburg fort. There were hostile demonstrations against him at Mafeking and Johannesburg. HIS ULTIMATE FATE. EXECUTION UNLIKELY. Times and Sydney Sun Seevioeb. (Received 8 a.m.) Capetown, December 6. The ultimate fate of De Wet is not settled. He was the cause of the Free State rebellion, which was due to his prestige. Martial law was operative, and he is liable to the death penalty, but the opinion is general that the Union is unlikely to exact the supreme penalty for political reasons. GERMAN "NEWS."

United Press Association. Pretoria, December 6

Official: The Germans in South-West Africa are disseminating news among the troops to the effect that the Russian fleet was destroyed off Kronstadt; that a great battle was fought off Heligoland, in which five British battleships were destroyed; while the Emden was blockading the Suez Canal. PROPERTY OF REBELS BEING CONFISCATED. HELP FOR WOMEN FOLK. (Received 8.4.0 a.m.) Capetown, December 6. The Government is confiscating the farm stock and effects of rebels. It is also considering the inauguration of concentration camps for dependents of rebels in the field or in prison, owing to the hardships the women and children may suffer*.