NEW GUINEA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 6 September 1915, Page 5

NEW GUINEA.

, • ’ ATTEMPTED ENEMY RISING. - ' ';] tjfiuil . ' ir Umted Press AssociATibx. i I i ■. Sydney, September Following the recent arrest o)- ,a mi ml air. of Germans , at,, Kgbagt, a statement has, j made tnafsiuOo the Australian troops occupied the town prisoners had been allowed out on parole, and permitted to hold social gatherings. At first'the people observed the conditions, but during the past few months some prisoners on the German reserve. cTiarge. 'promoting picnics, winch, instead of being simply picnics, allegedly places for iug war news. The picnics usually followed? » mail, and news of t ings of the German armies were;i'ead: aloud thereat, and received demoftstyA?t , t'ivvly. Inquiry led to the stoppage! of the picnics, and a search followed, not only in Rabaul, but alsu outlying islands, with. Hlfe result' fchufe; quantities of (ammunition were found buried,* )A perfect .condition, indicating that they had been buried during the war, hut had since been overhauled to prevent damage by dampness. ,The arrests of a number of Germans followed, on charges of having firearms iu their possession. Every prisoner on the captured islands had previously been ordered to deliver all firearms. Besides the hidden stores of ammunition, a considerable quantity of other arms was seized at Rabaul. There is evidence that the raid has nipped in the bud the hopes of seizing a favorable opportunity for a rising, including the securing of the suport of the natives. The raid was carried out quietly and effectively, and the alleged plotters were placed in safe keeping before, the bulk of the civil population were aware of what was happening.