SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLUTION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1312, 17 October 1914, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLUTION.

Cape Town, Oct. 14. Maritz is the rebel who, after the South African war, took service with the Germans in the Herrero rebellion. He subsequently returned to the Union, apparently full of resentment at his treatment by the Germans, At the outbreak of the war he offered his services to General Botha, which were accepted, as his knowledge of the Germans’ territory would be valuable. Maritz received .£40,000 from the Union Government to equip a corps, in addition to considerable military material and a machine gun section. The latest advice is that the Government is confident that the rebellion has been already localised. Messages from prominent supporters of General Hertzog assure the Government that they draw the line at treason. They place their services unreservedly at General Botha’s disposal. Johannesburg, Oct. 14. Mr Cresswell, the Transvaal Labour leader, has been appointed a captain in the Rand Rifle Corps. London, Oct. 14.

Reuter’s telegrams from South Africa state that Colonel Maritz’s commands, including in the Germans, is a force only five hundred strong. General Botha has dispatched a strong force to oppose him. Colonel Maritz has a large quantity of German cannon, rifles, and ammunition near Upington. Upington has a population of about 2,500. It lies on the Orange River, and is the chief transport centre between the railwa}' terminus at Prieska, 140 miles distant, and the German border.