AFRICAN REBELLION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 216, 16 October 1914, Page 7

AFRICAN REBELLION.

FORCE TO FIGHT MARITZ. GERMANS MUST BE CLEARED OUT. LONDON, October 14, Reuter telegrams from South Africa slate that Maritz's command, including Germans, numbers only five hundred strong. General Botha has dispatched a strong force to oppose him. Mari-tz has a large quantity, of German cannon, rifles, and ammunition ,#ear Uppington. The military correspondent of "The Times" says there might have been lingering doubt before whether it would be. .wise to clear..the Germans bag aud baggage put of Africa, but there can be none now. This aspiring and intriguing people are not gopd , neighbours in Africa. Maritz's crime has led to a remarkable outburst of South .African patriotism, and there is no sign yet that his treacherous example will be followed.; , It. W/ill not ...be difficult to break, up the gathering, mainly German, iu which Maritx places such foolish confidence. There is a feeling of pity for a good fighter who has fallen the victim to German wiles. . A proclamation issued at Cape Town says there are grave reasons to think that the-.Government, of German SouthWest Africa has, through numerous spies and agents,; corrupted, other citizens of the Union -under, the false and treacherous pretext of favouring the establishment of a Republic in South Africa.