EAST AFRICA.
THE GERMAN' REMNANT. SOON I3K ACCOUNTED FOR. STATEMENT BY GENERAL SMUTS. Router Service, Received March 13, 10.4.") p.m. « London, .March 1.1. General Smuts, interviewed, stated that the only thing delaying the absolute end of the Gorman East African campaign was the prevalence of the rainy season till May, w-heii the Hermans would be compelled to surrender or enter Portuguese territory, where the 'Portuguese were quite prepared to handle them. The enemy only consisted of the remnant of the army. Practically all the Smith African white troops had departed. only native battalions, which were raised owing to the unfavorable climate, remaining. General Smuts spoke in high terms of the natives' magnificent infantry work, and said they would shortly Jje available for service elsewhere. Nothing had given greater pleasure than Mr Walter Long's statement that no German colony would be returned to Germany. The mere suggestion was preposterous. He shuddered to think what would happen to the natives if any part were returned. The natives had supported us magnificently, and our prestige in the East would suffer.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1917, Page 5
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177EAST AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1917, Page 5
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