TRIAL OF THE REBEL DE WET
EVIDENCE OP WITNESSES Caps Town, February 17. Evidence at the trial of De Wet mows that during the engagement at Doornburg De Wet directed the storming of the Loyalist position, but ordered that the should not he loaded), apparently not wishing to kill. • Other evidence showed that the rebels believed that Maritz had captured Ivimberley, and 1 imagined that the march to Pretoria would be a picnic, and that the whole Dutch population would rise. . A witness stated that General Botha; wrote to ex-Presi'lent Steyn urging him to use his influence, to prevent the rebellion. Steyn sent General Hertzog to see De Wet, and Ger'eral Botha proposed that De Wet should go to Pretoria under safe conduct to negotiate with the Government.: De, Wet declined; and told General Hertzog that General Botlm must resign and agree. to the proclamation of a republic.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2389, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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148TRIAL OF THE REBEL DE WET Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2389, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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