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Show DE WET MAY BE T1 DEATH j london, Dec 5, 1 40 a. ra. Telegraphing Tele-graphing from .'ohannesburg, Reuters correspondent says: "Paie and haggard. but calmly smoking his pipe. General Christian de Wet, the rebel leader, arrived hern today guarded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. He was taken through the , streets, which were lined with the excite 1 populace, and placed in the fort, a prisoner, pending a probable court-martial. "Whether he will be hanged as a traitor cannot et be predicted. That seme factions favor this, however, is indicated by the tone of the national na-tional press, which urges government action against those behind the 9i ''iics' who stimulated de Wet and other rebels to action. Those co-traltors, co-traltors, it Is added should be brought to the shadow of the gallows." oo |