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DE WET MAY BE SHOT. REBELS' PROPERTY CONFISCATED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, December 8. There is much discussion in Capetown as to the ultimate fate of De Wet, because the Free State rebellion was due to his prestige. Martial law is operative and he is liable to the death | penalty. Opinion in England is to the effect that' the Union is unlikely to | exact the supreme penalty for political I reasons. Capetown, December C. I The Government is confiscating the farm stock and effects of rebels. It is also considering the inauguration of concentration camps for the dependents of I rebels who are in the field or who have I been taken prisoners, owing to the hardships women and children may suffer. | __ . NO NEED FOR CONCERN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 7, 5.50 p.m. London, December 0. The Cape Argus says the fate of the rebel leaders may be left to the Government with perfect confidence. Nothing will be done to encourage the impression that the rebellion.is regarded as a venial offence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 8 December 1914, Page 5
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