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Show SOUTH AFRICANS FACEJEW CRISIS SUPPRESSION OF OUTBREAK IN NORTH FOLLOWED BY RISING IN ORANGE FREE STATE. , Generals De Wet and Beyers Are Leaders of Revolt and Have Seized the Town of Heilbron, in the Orange River Colony. London. Another rebellion has broken out in South Africa. General Christian de Wet and General Christ-Ian Christ-Ian Frederick Beyers have taken the lead of the rebels in the Orange Free State and western Transvaal. Having put down the rebellion In the northern province of Cape Colony led by Lieutenant Colonel Maritz, the government of the Union of South Africa Af-rica is now faced by the more serious rising under Generals de Wet and Beyers, Bey-ers, the latter of whom resigned the command of the union forces when Premier Botha decided to take up arms against Germany. According to an official report received re-ceived Tuesday, armed rebellious commandoes are already in existence; the town of Heilbron, in the northern part of the Orange river colony, has been seized and the government officials offi-cials have been taken prisoners while a train 'has been stopped and armed citizens of the defense force have been taken from it and disarmed. |