FATE OF DE WET DISCUSSED
EXECUTION UNLIKELY CAMPS FOR DEPENDENTS OFTHE REBELS ("Times"' and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, December 5. There is much discussion at Cape Town of the -ultimate fate of De Wet, because the Free State rebellion was due to his prestige.. . As martial law' is operative he-is liable to the death penalty, but the opinion in England is that the Union is not likely, for political reasons, to exact the supreme penalty. ■ (Rec. December 7, 5.20 p.m.) London, December 7. The "Cape Argus" says that the fate of the rebel leaders may be left to the Government with perfect confidence. Nothing will be done to encourage the impression that rebellion is regarded as a, venial offence.
. REBELS' FARMS, STOCK, 'AND EFFECTS CONFISCATED. / Cape Town, December 6. The Government is confiscating the farms, stock, and effects of the rebels, and is also considering the inauguration of concentration camps for the dependents of Tebels in the field or who nave been made prisoners, owing to the hardships the women and children may suffer.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5
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174FATE OF DE WET DISCUSSED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5
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