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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 3, 28 September 1907, Page 8

Jforengn, the Ilercro "chief, for years eluded the Kaiser's troops in German •South-West Africa, ami Ms guerilla fighting has cost Germany a large sum of money. Driven into Cape Colony, he fell into the hands of the liritish forces, land wan interned.' About'the same time Cape ' Colony presented,, through the liritish authorities, a little bill for the cost of-military operations in connection with the Ilercro revolt—a bill which Germany did not seem to lie.'in a hurry to recognise. Then fJpreuga escaped, ami gave the Germans' more trouble. Finally lie met his deal ha . few. days .ago at the hands .of sixty liritish troops under Colonel Elliott, after the chief andten Hottentots bad resisted fiercely for two hours. To-day's I cablegram is interesting, in view of (lie i fact that a section of the German Press [ had co'.uplaincd that the Cape Colony I troops were tardy in pursuing Morcnga.