ELEPHANT POACHERS
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A PUNITIVt EXPEDITION
THi: LEADER SHOT
(Received Last Night 11.5 o'clock.)
LONDON, August 21
A Sudan Government expedition, under the command of. Captain Fox, endured great hardships in a two months' chase in Laboenclavo after a hundred elephant poachers, under the leadership of Rogers, an Americ.in, who was charged with infringing the sleeping sickness proclamation. •Captain Fox's party unwittingly entered -the Belgian Company's territory when they camo upon the poachers.
Rogers fired upon the advance gu.ird, wounding four.
During the fusilade Rogers was shot in the hip, and subsequently died.
Captain Fox apologised to the Belgian Commandant, who arretted Rogers' companions.
ACTION BY AMERICA
AN ALLEGED OUTRAGE
(Received This Morning 12.35 o'clock.)'
WASHINGTON, August 21. The House of Representatives lias
I idopted a resoluton, asking the State Oepartment to secure information regarding the killing of James Rogers by British soldiers in Africa. Mr , Morriy declared that an outrage had boon committed ®n an American citizen. The British officers had apparently acted under ironclad orders from the British Government.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10700, 22 August 1912, Page 5
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178ELEPHANT POACHERS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10700, 22 August 1912, Page 5
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