The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-29
NEW REVOLT IN
SOUTH AFRICA
IS ALARMING
ENGLAND RECOGNIZES SERIOUS
NESS OF THE SITUATION.
BOTHA GOES TO The FRONT
Rebels Are Already Active and Have
Seized Town Of Hebron In Or
anee River Colony and I'm.
prisoned the Officials.

London, Oct. 2S.-No attempt Is
made to-day to minimize the serious
ness OF the latest revolt in South
Africa. While the government con,
fldentIy expects that 1t will speedily
be but down, there is a feeling that
lit will be much more of struggle
than has been the quelling of the
Maritz rebellion. The new leaders,
Coils. DeWet and Beyers have a
strong following in the Orange Free
State and Western Transvaal The
admission by the war office that Pre-
mier Botha himself has gone to the
front to lead the fighting against the
new rebels indicates that the gov.
ernment has no intention of treating
the revolt lightly.
New Outbreak Is a Surprise.
For the past fortnight the govern.
nent of the Union Of South Africa
has been endeavoring to keep De-
Wet and Beyers in line. 1t had been
believed this attempt would be sue.
cessful and the announcement that
a definite revolt has broken out and
that Hebron in the northern part
Fof the Orange river colony has been
taken by the rebels came as com.
plete surprise.
Government Officials Seized.
According to an official report re-
ceived today, armed rebellious com.
mandoes are already in existence;
the town of Hebron, in the north.
ern part of the Orange River colony,
has been seized and the government
officials have been taken prisoners,
while a train has been stopped and
armed citizens of the defense force
have been taken from it and dis.
armed.
De Wet Is Fighter.
General de Wet is the cavalry lead
err who gave the British SO much
trouble In the South african war
1t was announced that he had offer.
ed his services to England.
General de Wet in the late South
African war was commander In
chief of the Orange Free State for
ces. He was commandant at Lady
smith and was sent to relieve Gen
eral Cronje as second in command;
after General Cronje's surrender he
received full command. He was one
of the signatories of the Yereeniging
peace conference and was appointed
llllhlAtEl vi dS0i IIuililE ia lJOt
Opposed War Policy.
General de Wet was opposed to
the governments action in regard
to the present war and early in &C.
tober attempted to speak at a meet
ing held in protest of this action,
but was prevented from doing so
by a demonstration of sympathizers
of Gen. Louis Botha, the premier OF
the Union of South Africa.
Brigadier General Beyers was al.
so noted figure in the South ART
can war and was chairman of the
Vereniging peace conference. Last
September he resigned as command
ant general of the Union defense
force because of his dlsapproval of
the action of Great Britain in send
ing commanders to conquer Ger
man Southwest Africa.
Germans Invade Portuguese Lands.
Paris, Oct. 2S.-In a message from
correspondent OF tae Havas agency
says:
Dispatches received here say
that German troops have forcibly in
vaded the Portuguese province of
Angola, West Africa. Preparations
are being made to Immediately dis
patch warships and troops from Por-
tugal to Angola"
Prince Dies in Battle.
Berlin, Oct 2S.-The sixth Prusslan
casualty list, with accompanying Sax.
on and Bavarian lists was published
today. The list rs headed with the
mama nj Iiputenant Gpneral Prince
Frederick of SAKE Meiningen, who
was killed in battle near Montigney
Aug. %.