Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-03-16
REDS ARE BACK OF
REVOLT IN AFRICA
Captured SPIES Say Money for
Revolution Came From
Abroad.
Fight ON FOR JOHANNESBURG
Strikers Striving to Capture Town Be-
fore Re-enforcements Arrive-At-
tempt to Kill Ger. SHUTS Fails
~, 200 Prisoners Taken.

London, March 14--An agency dis.
patch from Johannesburg says:
Through the capture of 1pies aad
documents it was learned that the
money for the red revolution came
from abroad.
1T is expected that peace will soon
be restored"
1t is believed in Official circles, the
message states. that there will con-
tinue TO be small setbacks, such as
the loss OF isolated posts, but as re-
CARDS the general result little doubt
is felt.
Heavy casualties have been inflicted
upon the revolutionaries. in addition TO
the capture Of more, than 2,26O of
them.
SHUTS Secs Syndieaiist Plot.
Premier SHUTS issued statement,
Reuters johannesburg correspondent
says, declaring that the present rev.
dictionary movement is the work of
extremists, who are using the strike
at the mines as cloak for the dis
semination OF syndicalist views.
The premier states that the military
position is well in hand, and that with
the cooperation of the loyal citizens
who are actively supporting the gov
eminent it should not take long to re-
establish peaceful conditions.
General SHUTS adds that, while
general strike in South Africa has
been declared. the mass of workers
kr1 10 - +hx
Rand have refused to be stampeded
into It.
The outstanding feature Of the situa-
ton, he says. has been the exemplary
behavior of the natives.
200 Killed, 1000 Hurt.
johannesburg, March 14.Goyern-
ment troops are advancing against
the rebels in the mine fields under
cover OF heavy cannonading, on all
fronts. but the rebels are putting up
stubborn resistance.
The revolutionaries are continuing
their efforts 10 cut the Pretoria-Ger-
mission Railway.
Government troops have occupied
Kruegersdorp and Bierfontein The
rebels defended both places sternly,
losing heavily.
Government leaders say the whole
military situation now favors the gov
eminent Nearly 200 have been killed
and more than 1000 wounded in the
battle.
All the western and northern side
of the Reef are now held by govern
ment troops under General Brit. Heavy
fighting is anticipated in the Benoni
and Rrakpan regions.
Continuous attacks with sirplaaes
are being carried out against the reyo-
lutionaries. The rebels are being
bombed and fired upon with machine
guns.
The total rebel prisoners captured
by the government forces is 200. says
an official communique issued by Gen
eral SHUTS, the South African permier.
who is directing in person the military
operations against the revolutionaries.
Revolutionaries Forced Fack.
Pretoria, Union Of South Africa,
March 14-Government forces are pro-
ceeding with great success against the
= revoluti0nists. according to an official
communique. The statement says:
.'The total number of prisoners
taken in the operations in the central
area is 900 Our forces occupied
with but slight casualties the high
ground around westcllffe. In the east
ern area Mai Gen. Van Deven-
ter's troops forced the revolutionaries
to retire into Benoni
"In the western area our forces
reached Krugersdorp (a2 miles north
west of Johannesburg) and are now
pushing eastward. We have occupied
Rietfontein Tin British Bechuanaland."