African Rebellion

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 123, 17 October 1914, Page 5

African Rebellion

UNION FORCES IN THE FIELD. GENERAL HERTZOG A LOYALIST. A MARITZ FORCE DEFEATED. Received 17, 12.3 oa.m. Capetown, October 15. Owing to the Maritz rebellion, General Botha is taking the field earlier than intended, witli several Dutch commandos of the old burgher lines coupled with (the regiments of the Union Defence Force. x The Government is adopting the sternest measures in the centres of disaffection, arresting prominent men suspected of sowing sedition. 1 Baekvelders' prisoners include a Germanised Afrikander, who was allegedly the go-between for the Germans .and Maritz;. It is understood that -Mariiz planned the arrest as a blind, and sent the Afrikander to Pretoria for the purpose of giving the Government misleading information, nominally in confidence, about the Gei man frontier. The autho ritics, however, were aware of the man's antecedents/and Maritz's design failed. General Hertzog has placed his scr vices at the Government's disposal.

Received 17. 1 a.m. Capetown, October 10. A British patrol fought a party of Maritz's force at Randraai, ami took 80 prisoners. UNION HAS AMPLE FORGES. i Sydney, October 15. The SoutJi African Minister for Defence has declined the ofl'e.' of New South Wales of a regiment of the Legion of Frontiersmen to assV. against i'the Germans in South-west Africa. The reply expressed hearty thanks, and states that South Africa has all the men required and many more arc ofl'or- ' ing. I Regarding the number of Germans in ' German West Africa, the information > given by the Intelligence Depnrtnwn:. some time ago was that tJiere wore up to the time of the declaration of war I s*oo German troops Vhere, Im', unfortu- ! nately for us, this number lias boen very largely increased by the addition of discontented Boers who have joined ihe Germans, and it ils rqiorted flhat their entire strength is now over 30,00(1.