Milford chronicle., 1914-10-16
BRITISH BOER
TROOPS MUTINY
Command Joins Forces with.
Invading Germans.
MARTIiL Law PROCLAIMED
Colonel Maritz, Head Of the Mutiny,
Threatens Invasion From North.
west-Disaffection Said to Be Wide
spread.

It has been definitely announced in
Cape Town, South Africa, that a com
mand under Colonel Maritz has re-
belled in the northwest Of the Cape
provinces.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the Union Of South Africa.
It is understood that the mutinous
troops are largely Beers. supposedly
serving near the border OF German
Southwest Africa.
The rebellion among the forces Of
the Northwest Cape province has been
brewing since the resignation Of Gen. ,
eral Beyers as cOmmanderin-chief Of ,
the Union forces. :
As soon as the government realized 4
this situation it sent Colonel Brits to +
relieve Maritz of his command Colo n
mel Britz then discovered that Maritz a
was cmmanding German troops as A
well as his own and that he had Ger. r.
man guns in his possession.
Maritz, who has been given the Ger. r,
man rank of general, had arrested dc
those Of his officers and men who were 10
III " mug ~ JUN Tue HEIuldu5 ana udu fh
sent them as prisoners OF war to Ger wi
man Southwest Africa. tul
According to an official statement
an agreement was drawn up between
Maritz and the governor OF German
Southwest Africa guaranteeing the in. out
dependence Of the Union as a repub. ma
ic, ceding Walfsh bay and other parts sic
+ the Union to the Germans, and un and
ertaking that the Germans should in. line
ade the Union only if Maritz asked is
hem to do so. ute
Maritz boasted that he possessed Il
.rge supplies Of guns, rifles, ammunt mos
on and money, obtained from the the
ermans, and that he would overrun Fra
e whole Of South Africa. the
I'm view OF this state of affairs" ing
includes the official statement. "the belle
Yernment is taking most drastic tt
BPS to quell this rebellion and pun the
all rebels and traitors according Pola
their desserts" of 6!
lhe rebellion of a section of the burg
tch element in South Africa, which tula.
Ike out with the suddenness of a
t from the blue, is the first warn.
note that has marred the har An
ny in the British empire since the the
break Of the European war. sion
mat this rising was real and dan. mart
Gus was sufficiently proved by off. II to,
dispatches from Governor General 80 -.
,ton to the imperial government f5e N
by the drastic step General Louis ~.
ha and his colleagues have taken i,soIf
stamp it out by declaring martial tanab
In the whole Union of South A. s,,1,,,-
ou,,....,.- had I
III, pa.S,a. ,sli's y lue DeileI OF Gen Of foI
dee tbose ,,nidn i,iiien1 en-, tnat others ed by
mand Of CoIanoi | ,tn Lne immediate up by
affected, hence the inclusion Of oo-a.,
whole dominion in the order es. ST.
ishing martial law. se'Ilieu
factors are said bv the -,
ish authorities to have been At 80
K Tor years in the frontier districts - -
TO have even percolated in south. -
-ern Transyaal and other Dutch s'
lets.
'legrams from Cape Twn say that Gerr
ajority of the Dutch remain abso. bon,bs
y loyal and this seems to ba kilIing
m by resolutions drawn up at an foprtet
'gency meeting Of the South Afri. Germ
party which condemned the ron. " tow.
OF Colonel Maritz in the strong. n con,
erms' A telegram was dispatched and M
remier Botha unreservedlr offer and tb'
he services Of the Cane Dutch IN sccor5, Dor, a.
capacity desired. IJo,r,,o -