SOUTH AFRICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1916, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA.

. • , , SHOCKING OUTRAGES. ' OS PRISONERS. - SENSATIONAL REPORT. ,j . \ Capetown, April 22, '•'J J; sensation has been created by the &at§f, Witness publishing the report of the • Commission of investigation into atrocities cpmmitted on British prisoners in CtoauuUjk>uth-Weet Africa. . . Solheyfihe revelation* are shocking, ///*yen"wpn witnesses admitting that *iot prisoners were persistently starved. Instancesare guoted of prisoners fainting froni hunger, juid of others standing in queues' awaiting an opportunity to ' drinki the blood of slaughtered oxen. '' jMen w«»-forced to go half naked among wcmwi^&ffln. .Th&e are speeific instances of gross on British officers. Dr. Beits ■ Abrderei theta to be placed in Irons during tra&att..fijun place to place. Captain Gearyi Wnowas taken prisoner at Sand- - fottteid, was>kept in solitary confinement ■tof B}ji in a cell 13ft. by 7ft., ), that *«s infected'witit insects and watt' •in a shocking sanitary condition. British civilians, with their women and - - children,' were confined in the common m 'sleeping ten in each cell, with doors, a foul atmosphere and ■ scamyfood. The sick and wounded were grossly neglected in the field until Ger- . manwounded men were attended to. The Commisaion' found that .he auth- • ' South-West Alrica, . • ._____ . - < 'ty. . : BOfeß FORCE PROGRESSES. .'tWO VILLAGES CAPTURED. "• " ■ •?.** ; Received April 23, 6.5 p.m. „ . London, April 22. t%'The Press Bureau announces that Van ™er Yenter'a mounted troops occupied the 12th and Salanga on the Wthj .capturing and ejecting the small garrisons..' Yan der Venter engaged a considerable eoAny at Kondoairangi on the 17411, .and the enemy are evidently con- . filtrated there. Fighting is proceeding. All is quiet elsewhere. Heavy Tains have commenced. The new railway from Vei Un reached NewmoshL 7" DEBATE ON BUDGET. '» Capetown, April 22. pi the Budget debate, owing to prothe. newspapers tax was dropped. *• .j Jh e :®W"W. Minister • described Mr . SCKenna's concession regarding double imjonw ttut as . substantial.