FERREIRA'S RAID.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81887, 14 November 1906, Page 2

FERREIRA'S RAID.

ACCOMPANIED BY ARMED NATIVES, Cjii'etov.k, November 12, A considerable n mber of armed I s nccoin].:,ny Ferreira. Some believe that Ferreira is (he adventurer who, towards the close of the kiuger regime, removed p t . fiß a t burg la ' :lln " property at Johannes.

A MATTEB Foil THE POLICE, r j , koNim, November 12. . Lord Milner (late High Commis. .ionor'for (south Africa), interviewed, said tlxe raid was triflintr; a mere uolice matter, and that it was very unlikely troops would be required * The " Daily Mail" says that Ferreira ti' p parties of f "6bootersto cross the German frontier and join

Montz leader of the Boers in the employ of the Germans, with a view to persuading the Transvaal adventurers • to enlist as transport drivers, promised Jtem in 1904 or 1906 that their nlti. mate reton to the Transvaal would be via the British border as invaders.

GERMAN CO-OPERATION ASKED. A PERTINENT QUESTION. WAS JOHANNESBURG INTER. ESTED? Received i 3 th, 11.30 p.m. m til. L °Ddon, November 11, M? r u nSton C . h u r chill, replying to Mr Balfoui, said the Goveriicr of Gorman South-West Africa had been 3 hev r ct° th ° freebooters if Utey return thither. Mr Dalziel inquired if any information had been leceived showing Uiat the so-called raid was engineered from Johannesburg in order to di vert attention from the Chinese lajlaughte q rT tlon - ° PP ° Sition

RAIDERS HEADED OFF. SEVERAL "WANTED" BV GFR. MAN AUTHORITIES. WOUNDED TROOPERS SUCCUMB. Received 14th, 12.1 a.m. Capetown, November it. Ferreira has headed off eastwards. A German desperado named Tensen, who is Ferreira's lieutenant, and several of his followers, are wanted by, ine German authorities. Troopers Cooper and Bellevv, who were wounded by the raiders when Ah! K su f pnsed the Police camp at' Abeah, have succumbed.