GERMANY AND HER COLONIES.
THE TROUBLE IN EAST AFRICA
75,000 NATIVES STARVED TO
DEATH,
Received March 4, 9.22 p.m. BERLIN, March 4
Herr Dernburg, Director of Colonial Affairs, speaking in the Reichstag, stated that during the recent troubles in East Africa it had been found necessary to seize all the available food supplies, either to feed the German forces with, or in order to weaken the enemy. On account of this step having been taken, said Herr Dernburg, 75,000 natives had been starved to death.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9040, 5 March 1908, Page 5
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85GERMANY AND HER COLONIES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9040, 5 March 1908, Page 5
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