Show SOUTH AFRICAN REBElliON I STARTED Martial Law Proclaimed as Consequence in the Northwest Province CA CAPETOWN Oct IS The l-The The rebellion among the forces of ot the northwest ort west cape province has s been brewing since the resignation of or General n Beyers DJ as commander com corn mander maner in chief r of ot the union forces As soon eoon as nS the government go realized this situation It sent ent Colonel BrItz Brltz to re relieve relieve se- se lieve of or his hla command Colonel Brltz Brita then discovered that Martt was commanding German Gerrian as well as ashla 15 his hla o on o n and und that that he lund had had German guns In his possession Marll Maritz who had been given en the German rank ot at general had arrested those of or his officers and men who wore were unwilling to Join the tho Germans and had sent them as prisoners ol ot war warto warto warto to German Southwest t Africa According to an official statement an agreement was drawn up between and the tho governor of ot German Southwest Africa guaranteeing the tho Independence of or orthe the union as ns a republic ceding ba bay and other parts of ot the union to the Germans and undertaking that the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans should hould Invade the union only If MarItz asked them to do so Maritz Marita boasted that ho he possessed large supplies of ot guns f rifles rines ammunition and mone money obtained from the Germans and that he would overrun tho the whole of at South Africa In view of ot this state of affairs conI concludes con con- I eludes the official statement the government government gov SO SOI I is taking drastic steps to quell this rebellion and punish all rebels and traitors according to their deserts Solomon G G. G Maritz 1 fought in the tho Boer Doer war with the rank of or commandant News dispatches In th tha ear early part of November l 1001 Ol described his military activity and andon andon andon on December 10 of ot tho the same year he was reported wounded In the summer o of 1904 tho the a administration tion of or German Southwest Africa was confronted with a rebellion of ot the native and In the earl early part of of or July Germany admitted her Inability to cope with the movement mo She asked aid of or Great Grell t Britain In response the British government granted Germany German permission to engage l who then had the title of or general Jeneral as a military adviser to General Troths Troths' commander of or the German troops In Southwest Africa Two vo steamships conveyed conveyed conveyed con con- General Maritz ten Boer officers and Doer Boor marksmen from Capetown n to from which place th the they advanced to Join the German Gorman forces News dispatches from Berlin In July of 1904 related that General Trotha had General Maritz with the conduct conduct conduct con con- duct of or his division against the Hope was expressed ed at this time In InGerman inGerman German circles Jn In n Capetown that the theo theco o Boors Boers would remain In German Southwest Africa as colonists Harmony Is Marred I LONDON Oct ct 13 33 l O p. p m. m m. The re re- re bellion ot a f. f tho e Tn Africa 1 which t brok today y with suddenness suddenness- I Is the first warning note nott that t has bait marred the harmony harmon In tho the British empire since the outbreak of or tho the war and It has momentarily diverted dl attention attention atten atten- tion from the tho arenas near tho the heart of the empire That this rising was as real and dangerous danger danger- ous was sufficiently proved pro by official dispatches dispatches dis dis- dis patches from Governor General Buxton to the Imperial government Io and b by the drastic step General Louis Botha and his colleagues have havo taken to stamp It out bYthe by bythe bythe the Imposition of oC martial law In the whole Union of or South Africa The proclamation of ot martial martinI ta law di directed directed di- di charges the widespread secret ecret propaganda of the tho Germans with being for tor the seduction of this command com corn mand which was ono one of or the tho four tour armies sent in the tho field when the union government government govern Jovern- ment undertook to relieve relle th the tho home homo government gov gov- of tho the task of or dealing deuling with the German colonies In tho the continent of or It apparently is the belief bellet of or General Botha's government that t others besides those under the Immediate command of or Colonel Maritz arltz ma may have been affected hence the tho Inclusion lon of the whole dominion In the tho or order er establishing martial law At Work for Years factors are said ld b by British authorities to have been at at nt wor work vork for years ears in the frontier districts and to have even percolated into Southwestern tern Transvaal Trans Trans- vaal ya and other Dutch districts Telegrams from Capetown declare however that a majority of oC the Dutch remain absolutely loyal and this seems to be shown b by resolutions drawn up atan nt t tan an emergency meeting of or the South African African can party summoned after the time news of the rebellion had haul leaked out Tho The meeting meeting meet meet- ing InA which was co composed entirely y of Dutch speaking the conduct of Colonel Maritz In the strongest t terms A telegram m WitS was dl dispatched dis patched to Premier Botha Dotha unreservedlY l' l offering the services s of the tho cupe Dutch DutchIn DulchIn desired In an any capacity The Tho Dutch paper Ons Land published oI at Capetown indignantly denounces what It terms the time treachery of oC Colonel Maritz and calls on the Dutch throughout South the hack back of or the Africa to stand at ov The union governments government's nc- nc llon is bound boun to bring matters to a head and to disclose the tho true attitude of or the Dutch clement element which It Is contended Is o en overwhelmingly loyal 10 to time the British em- em |