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Show EAST HI 'CIPii BY BRITISH ENDS Germans Must Either Sur- render or Enter Portuguese Territory, Where Troops Are Awaiting Them. LONDON", Man i', l'J, 9::'3 p. m. Lieu-tenant Lieu-tenant General J;m Christian fc-muts, for-mtr for-mtr eo mm mid or of Ihe expedition against llio German forces in Katft Africa and iho ro.ently was ma-Ie a privy councillor, arrivod in Knsland today. Speaking of the situation on the East African battle front Genera! limits said: The campaign in EasL Africa is vir- tuallv ended. After the rainy season in March and April the Germans will be nWiced either to surrender or enter Portuguese territory, where the Portuguese Portu-guese arc ready to deal with them. The operations against the mere remnant of Germans will be undertaken under-taken by native troops 1 have trained, because 1 found the white troops were unable for any length of time to stand the climate. The natives make plendid fighting infantry and at the i lose of the.se operations will be available avail-able elsewhere. East Africa is enormously valuable and productive. The Germans spent millions in developing it. The mere suggestion that, any part of it should he i e turned to Germany is preposterous. prepos-terous. The native population has flood magnificently by us and I shudder shud-der to think what would happen if anv part of the territory were given back to Germany. All the African colonies would be aghast at the mere idea, and, moreover, our prestige would suffer materially. A dispatch from London January 15 said the imperial government had acceded to the South African government's request re-quest that Lieutenant General Smuts represent South Africa at the coming imperial im-perial war conference in London. |