Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-22

! were u De IesIOilolDlIt nc tliDtS
were to be protected in case of inter
tribal hostilIties The chief causes oil
the rising appear to have been the
want OF protection, the supplying OF
ammunition, the imposition OF heavy
duties, and the proposal to impose a
hut tax.
The campaign against the Heroes
a protracted business, has ended in
their submission, after being reduced
to starvation, and they are now seek
! ing work. The Hottentots, no more
| than 700 or 500 armed and amunition-
| ed. are still in the field but are beins
| driven by converging columns. Luck
! lily for the Germans, the Ovambos in
the northeast who had given some
| cause for uneasiness, have not riser
and remain TO be dealt with later on
The country In which the operations
against the Hottentots are being con.
Quoted Is Il very difficult one, situated
in the great Karras Mountains, with
steep hills and deep valleys strewn
with bOuders and loose stones, the
as seen from the plain appearing like
wall Of mountains The object lat.
terly has been to capture the cattle
and small stock-the key to the posi-.
tion-and the Hottentots have made
many puclly attacks to regain these,
but In each case 50 far, unsuccessfully
General Won TrOtha has recently Is
sued Il proclamation to the natives still
in rebellion, warning them Of fate
similar TO that of the Herreros should
they continue Obdurate, and at the
same time promising not only pardon
to all with the exception Of murder
eTs) who surrender and also Offering
rewards for the capture of ringlead
crs
The serious difficulties already al.
luded to have been aggravated by cat
tle-sickness, which has been pronounc
ed by the German yetcrinaries to be
rinderpcst, most serious matter in a
country 50 dependent upon THIS means
Of transport it will be remembered
how cattIediscase swept MashOnaland
during the local rebellion, and. how the
oxen had TO be suppIantcd by mule,
and dOEkeys and in consequence the
further importation Of oxen and sheep
from British South Africa has been for,
hidden, and thus very lucrative trade
been stopped At first the sickness
was put down 10 the drinking of
"brak" (saltish water, which led TO
distension and death but ii Is now
admitted To be rinderpcst 70 replace
the oxen camels have been INTRODUCED
and are said TO be doing we'll after be-
ing inoculated behind the ear, These
animals, which come from Teneriffc
and have their Spanish drivers, are
Indispensable in the sandy belt whero
water Is hardly TO be had. Boring
operations are being carried on vigor
ously, and an additional watcr-condenS-
ing plant Is being laid down at Swak
opmund, water being paid for BY the
civilians ut three pfennigs per litre
A considerable number OF men have
gone from British South Africa to the
war, chiefly as transport riders, VIII
are all, whatever their nationality
termed Bocrs. and complaints ap
peared in the Cape papers for som
time concerning the alleged nogginS
and other tll-treatment of the British
subjects by the German officers
Many Of these men. however, are nard
cases Canadians, Americans, Danes,
1G upll a E'n plilh Ilntph
given to gambling and drinking 1t is
believed that cases did occur where
the sjambok was used, but only in
outside the camp and. refusing to re-
turn, became mutinous and attacked
the officers, AT General Won Trotha
request these allegations were inQlll.
ed into by Il representative of the Cape
Times, who reported that as Il rule TIL,
men We're we'll treated and coutented.
except in one caSe--that of .ieutCn
ant Won Trotha where men were
both logged and otherwise punished
In a manner not IN accordance with
military or civil custom in Germany
This case seems to have been the 2N
Ception, but the ordinary discipline OF
the Germans is little suited to the
men from British territory
The difficulties encountered and the
sacrifices in blood and treasure invol
we'd have provided Germany with an
object lesson in colonial empire.
making and may perhaps make her
less disdainful or the embarrassment
of others for instance, of Britain IN
South Africa IN the case of the wal
with the Beers In many respects the
situations are not dissimilar. the dis
tance from the Mothorland, the want
Of water, the difficulties Of the commits
sariat, aud the advantage conferred
by superior mobility of the natives of
the country. II must he remembered
however that Germany embarked on
this little war without experience.
and, considering the obstacles in her
path, has not acquitted herself so
badly. She still has hard nut -