New Britain herald., 1915-05-15
RIOTlNG IN SOUTH
 AFRICA IS ALARMING Damages ts GeTnaa PT0psIty Estl-
 mated at s5,0oO,OoO. WAREHOUSE CONTENTS DESTROYED
Police and Officials Deplorc Action of Iobs Fear of an Uprisii,s Among Native Mine Boys-Crowds Sing ..Rule Brittainia" in Streets.

London, May 15, $40 a. m.--A Reuter- despatch from Cape Town filed Friday, says:
 ssImmense crowds thronged the streets tonight singing Rule Britan- nia,' and their behavior sometimes be- ing threatening. Troops and police found great difficulty in preventing dis orders. 1t was announced that the government had decided to intern all male aliens of enemy nationality and also to protect with every force at it's disposal naturalized aliens or those who have applied for naturalization.
 General Botha has issued to the people of the Union of South Africa from Windhoek, Capital of German Southwest Africa, a message deploring the anti German riots, which he char acterizes as unworthy of strong, and chiyalrous people, howeve, local the provocation. Tn many cases" he says, ''the victims have sons Loyalty fighting with me at the front. It is most discouraging for the officers and men here, who daily are risking their lives fighting an honest clean fight, to hear of thse events at home. there fore earnestly appeal to all to refrain from such acts which cannot benefit the country but can cause only seri- ous embarrassment"
 Uprising of Natives.
 Latest reports show that the rioting has been of most serious character, but fear of possible uprising among 250,000 mine boys along the Rand IL effect. The natives obtained liquor freely. from footed stores, and this added greatly to the peril of the sit uation.
 Destroy Warehouse.
 Some of the largest warehouses on the Rand, containing immense stores of merchandise belonging to Germans or supposed Germans, are reported to have been systematically destroyed. When the work of destruction was at its height, flames were visible for miles around. The big buildings sim ply were set afire and allowed to blaze. Goods found in smaller shops, hotels and offices were flung out of windows and made into bonfires. All the fire brigrade have toiled ceaselessly since " Wednesday night to restrict the count less fires, and but for their efforts whole streets instead of individual blocks would have been burned.
 Close All Public Houses.
 Strong forces of police and troops are held in readiness in Cape Town tonight to prevent further disturb ances. Bars, clubs and hotels were closed and citizens warned to remain n their homes.
 Reports from Durban describe the l wholesale firing and sacking of Ger i man business houses, hotels and wool stores. The damage there is estimated at considerably over a quarter of a million dollars. Fire brigades and the | police are virtually helpless and the continue.
 Destruction About Country.
 "The same tale of destruction on arge scale comes from other towns. | At Port Elizabeth twenty German es- i ablishments were wrecked; in Pre- I .oria the windows were smashed in he office of German newspaper, and [ reports a general exodus ,f Germans. The disturbances at Kimberley were unpreced ented in the lnnals of the diamond fields while the .ioting at Bloemfotein also was seri- ,us
 "A significant result of the disturb lnces is that many prominent Ger mans have disavowed their country's methods of warfare. :