African Rebelllon

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 122, 16 October 1914, Page 5

African Rebelllon

a MARITZ'S DOUBLE-DEALING. HERTZOGITES "DRAW THE LINE A"tf TREASON." .1 t Capetown, October 14. i Colonel Maritz is a rebel who, After the South African war, took service with the Germans in the Herero rebellion. Hd subsequently returned to the Union, apparently full of resentment at his treatment by tlic Germans. At the outbreak! of the war he offered his services to General Botha, and they were accepted, as his knowledge of the German territory would be valuable. Colonel Maritz received £40,000 from the Union Government to equip a corps, in addition to considerable military material and a ma-

chine-gun section. •, The latest advice stated that the Government is confident the rebellion has already been localised. Messages received from prominent followers of General llcrtzog assure the Government that 1 they will draw the line at treason and place their services unreservedly at General Botha's disposal. Mr Crosswejl, Labor member, has been appointed captain in the Rand Rifle Corps. * REMARKABLE OUTBURST OF' PATRIOTISM.

"PITY FOR A GOOD FIGHTS®." ~ THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROCLAMIATION. Times and Sydney Sun Services. I Received 15, 6 p.m. London, October ]4. The Times' military correspondent writes: —"There might have been a lingering doubt before whether it was wise to clear the Germans, bag and baggage, out of Africa. There can be none now. These aspiring and intriguing people are not good neighbors' forces in Africa. "Colnel Maritz's crime has led to a re.markable outburst of South African patriotism, and there is 110 sign yet that his treacherous example will be foMowed| It is not difficult to 'break up the gathering, which Colonel Maritz places bis foolish confidence. There are feelings of pity for a good fighter who has fallen a victim to German wiles.

A proclamation issued at Capetown 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 an# treacherous pretext of favoring the establishing of a republican South Arica." ONLY A SMALL FORCE OF REBELS. STRONG UNION ARMY AGtAINST THEM. Received 15,10.30 p.m. London, October 14. Reutcr's telegrams from South Africa state that Colonel Maritz's commando, j including the Germans, is only five hundred strong. General Bothaxhas de.apatvl jd a strong force to oppos" him. [Mim& has a large quantity . xan oaJKC-'l, rifles, and ammi* 1 ping.S.O.

.'ART OF GERMAV BTRIGUEi. ' -POLICY, OF COKR' " ones and Sydney Sun 1 ' Received 16, 6.40 p.m. London, Octob The Times, in a leader, says: "Headers of Bernhardi and other German writers of his kidney know that they have built high hopes of fomenting rebellions in | various parts of the Empire whenever i Germany went to war with England, and South Africa has always been tlhe region whero these hopes were strongest. There has been intriguing there for years, and Geramay, of course, redoubled her efforts since the outbreak of war. The treason of Colonel Maritz shows that her corruption has been practised not wholly in vain."