SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2283, 17 October 1914, Page 7

SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN

OFFER OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DECLINED. Sydney, October 16. Tho South 'African Minister for Defence (Mr. T. C. Smute) has declined! the New South Wales offer of a regiment of the legion of Frontieremen to assist against the Germans in South-west Africa. The reply expresses hearty, thanks for the offer, but states that the authorities havo all tho men re« quired, and many more are offering. • . YEARS OF GERMAN INTRIGUING, ' , London, October 15. The "Times." in. a, leader t says: Readers of General von Bernhordi and) other German writers of his kidney knew that they had built high , hopes of in various parts of the Empire, whenever Germany, was at war with Britain. South Africa was always the region where these hopes were strongest. Germany had been intriguing there for'years) and, offcourse, had redoubled her efforts since tho outbreak of war. The treason of Maritz shows that tho corruption practised has not been wholly, in vain.—"Times"- end Sydnoy "Sun" service. -GOVERNMENT ADOPTS STERN MEASURES. . i (Rec. Ootober 17, 0.30 a.m.) ■V Cape Town, October 16. Owing to the Maritz rebellion General Botha is taking the field earlieu than he intended with several Dutch commandoes on the dd burgher lines, coupled with regiments of the Union Defence Force. The Government is adopting the sternest measures in the centres of disaffection, and is arresting prominent people suspected of sowing sedition and misleading the back-, veldt'residents.- The prisoners include a Germanised Afrikander, who is alleged to be the go-between- the Germans and Colonel Maritz. It is understood that Colonel Maritz, as a blind, arrested and sent an to Pretoria for the purpose of giving the Government misleading information, nominally in confidence, about the German frontier. The authorities were aware of the man's antecedents and Colonel Maritz's design failed. '>■ , General Hertzog has placed his services at the Government's disposal* EIGHTY REBELS CAPTURED.' (Rec. October 17, 1.15 a.nu) ' . • Cape Town, October 16. A British'patrol fought a party of .Maritz's force at Randraai and tooK eighty prisoners.