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LONDON iane IS la r~siy To
zone -rEarkas,~ stories ~ h'i,i,h
ns,r~aimezi OF aAii,~s in German
IVES; Afrfoa. vhicA have e~~n cir.
euls,el b. tie German wireless, an
osciAi ,iateIeai OF the siigaisoa in
that dGs,ric: has s<~n given TO The
Associated Press 1; declares thAi
~ha,sver suft-rinGs have b~~n co
car~d By the natives Of O,am boland
srrc dae. 40, to British mhs;r~at'
meat. be; to the neglect of the Ger
maa govern nent prior TO British c~--
oupation. and gives snms details OF
the uork OF restoration and recon
strue,ion which the Briiish undersoo.
As 5000 As they came into possession
The most recent German wireless
eommuniaue on this subject ~as is'
sued en- May 10. and said In par,
Terribly critical conditions have
been created In German West Africa
o~inG to the occupation OF that cous-
try by th- Enxiish. A missionary
writes to = south African mission pa.
r~r; In the OvAmbo couutry the
,~rsors Of var we're follow cd By c,~a
greater tsrrors Of famine. Nov and
then the country has been visited be-
fore BY similar affiictions. but the
German government took care To pre-
vent suffering BY helpful precautions
so that the Afflictiona never reached
extreme severity. After the English
came. these precautions were nee.
lected. and hunser vas able to raw.
age the unfortunate country withoat
mercy. Thousands OF natives hay.
fallen victims TO English neglect and
misGovernm ment.''
The facts - established BY reports
from the governor general OF South
Africa, illustrate the reckless false
hood OF the German ofsiciai state
ments. The British reply Is ~ fol.
lows:
The territory OF Ovamboiand vas
included within the borders Of the
German protectorats Of South west
Africa. but vas always left severely
alone by the German administration.
The events referred to In the wire.
less reports occurred In 1913. and
were directly due to the neglect OF
the German protectorate TO take pre-.
cautions against famine.
Owing to succession Of drough,s
want began to make itself felt In
Ovamboland In 1913. and the famine
eliminated In . total failure OF the
crops In the beginning Of 1915.
Immediately after the surrender
Of the German forces at Tsurmeb In
July. 1915. the starving Ovambos
who hitherto had been shut In Ovam
holland by the German troops operst
Ing directly between them and IN.
Union forces. commenced to strcau
south out Of Ovamboland In search o
Succor. which had been denied then
BY the Germans. Over 1000 Ovam
bos reached our posts In northern dis
tricts. and were Immediately place,
In hospitals and depotx. and every
thing possible done 10 nurse then
back to health and atrength.
| within two months of our occupa
tton OF the protectorste. q large nee
jof motor lorries had been organize,
to convey food TO Ovamboiand. and I,
succor those who had been unable I.
come south. and relief measures wer,
In full operation. Our oficers dis
tributed large quantities. OF foodstuff
and relief parties were organized 1,
assist struggling Ovambos on IN,
road. These measures were carrie,
out In the face OF enormous difficul
ties OF transport. and In addition I,
the heavy task Of feeding our ow,
people In the northern part Of th,
protectorats under abnormal copdi
,tions.
J 1T cannot be emphasized TO,
strongly that long prior 10 the Brit
ish occupation OF Ovamboland q fam
Inc had existed there to an intens,
desree. nor can II be doubted for {
moment that the German protector
ate government is wholly 10 blam,