1918-11-15 — Page 9

COMMERCIAL NEWS,

HORRORS OF GERMAN

RULE IN AFRICA.

How Natives Wers Conded Into

Rebellion.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918.

to

For this purpose Lautwein, who wse apparently regarded as too lauiant, Wis superseded br FRecord British Wheat Crop.

Trotha, who on completing his plans isened an "erlermination A preliminary statement based

order" in terms of which no on agricultural returns collected No tag of non-German Harroan, woman, child, or up to June 19, imoned recently by mentality who reads in the report babe was to receive mercy or the Board of Agriculture, shows of Mr. E. B. M. Gorgez, Ad quarter. Kille very one of the total arable area in England ministrator of South-West Africs, them, he said, "and take no and Wales this year in 12,398, the story of the sufferinge inflicted prisoners.” 730, representing an increase of upon the pesceably disposed These orders were only too 10 per cent, over 1917, and the natives of Bouth West Africa by faithfully carried out. We have, largest arable area returned for a race boasting, as 80 excuse, for instance, the ..: story over twenty years. The gial of their higher Kultur posi- of the Dative

ex groom ares ander omne aad grass tion, can form sny other con-Trotha who describes how amounts to 26.987,330 acres,clusion than that the Germana be was once ordered to SE compared with 27,08,480 have show themselves to be totally kill a young Herero women who acres in 1917 The greater part asfitted for the responsibility of had been asptared. He refused in of the grass land ploughed up has governing the native races of this, diegast, whereupon a German been placed under beat and cats, or any other territory; and that soldier showed him how to do it, The incrnace in the area ander the return of the country to the and then held the bagonst, drip wheat is 628 260 acres, or 33 per Germans would be regarded by bing with blood, before his face. cent and the total smcacts to the astive tribes as the greatest He ends his evidence with them 2.558 740 sores, the largest ainos dissater in their history.

words, "I was for nearly two years 1,884. Ota cover 2,778,950 acres, The Germans are condemned with the German troops, and al- the largest on record, and 250,-out-of their own mouths. The ways with General von Trotha I €70 acres (23 per cent) more evidence on which the report, now know of do instance in which than last year. The other com issued as a Blue Bock, is based, is prisoners were spared." and pole crops also show in drawn from an examination of Mr. Gorges supplies statements crease barley.by 42,000 acres, Garmsa judicial and administra by natives, made on cath, which -rre by 45,000 sores, beans by 40, tive practice, from documents, give some idea of the reign of

000 sores, and pess by 19,000 cffcial and otherwise, found in terror which existed #ores. To these cereal areas have to the

BIOUZ

the Government records at natives; he adds, "Instapoea of be added 141 580 acres under Windbak, from sworn statements cruelty, injustice and barbaziem mired ccra, now for the first time made by Europes se familiar with might be multiplied almost separately distinguished. The the country sad by native chiefs; indefinitely. Instances of gross total sres under corn and pulse and from the writings of Lent and bestial conduct, which for amounts to 7,481,000 agree, 18 wein (Governor 1894-1905), Robreheer depravity and immorality! compared with 6,035,000 acres in back, Professor Dr. Karl Dove, are well nigh unbelievable, are 1917-an increase of 1,446,000 and other recognised Germen slso contained in the file of scree, or 24 per cent, and the authorities. It can safely be said affidavits, but they are hardly fit largest ares under corn since that there is no question of any fer publication." 1879. Potatoen bare bero increseed importance of which the natives' A Travesty of Trial, by 125,850 acres, or 25 per cent..

The ordinance governing crim. and the total area (633,840 acres)

insl jurisdiction ever natives is much the largest on record. The

contained provisions repaguant] » area ander clovers, cainfoin, and

Broken Pledges.

to any conception of justice. rotation grasses ba« been reduced Those familiar with the "ecrap Natives were not tried by or by 400,000 acres (15 per cent) of paper" theory need hardly be dinary courte, but by cfficers who and the tots! (2,095 000 acres) told that the pledges given by were charged also with police is the smallest on record. Of this, the German Emperor in the duties and who were sathorised 1,446,500 acres were reserved for agreements entered into with the to delegate their judicial powers hay, this also being the smallest pative chiefe, were not observed, to subordinate fficials. Panish- ever retained, and representing a Mr. Gorges quotes some mente, such as imprisonment-in decline of 235,000 acres. Horses teresting remarks by Governor phains and flogging, were allowed on sgricultural holdings are 3,000 Leutwein on the cubject of these not only for serious crimes; but more. There is an increase of agreements.

as a disciplinary measure," over 3 per cen', in the number

the application of an employer. ased for agricultural purposes, that the chiefs eat like Germen Executions were carried out in but a deoline in the younger law students over their corpusļu manner which would have been unbroken classee. The total of juris, perusing the contents of considered brutal 200 years ago.

own socounts cannot readily be confirmed from unimpeachable German soarcer.

in

It is not necessary to believe

on

HATS

at the

MAISON LILY

Alexandra Buildings.

cows and heifers, in milk or in the agreements with a view to Three out of avery four natives PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS:

palf, is 2,578,000, or 113,000 more getting a full knowledge of their convicted by courts in German then last year, and the largest on contents. The specific provisions South-West Africs in 1913 soffer record, being nearly 100,000 more, of the agreementa did not matter,ed flogging, while only one native then the previous highest (1914) the fret of their conclusion was was whipped out of every 150 The Empire's Resources, eefficient. The manner of the convicted in the Union. Ia At a recent meeting of the Ex carrying calf those agreements | South-West Africa the total ecative Council of the Imperis thus depended entirely on the number of Datives Argged Institute, presided over by Lord le power which stood behind the exceeded the total number of 13-gtoo, information wae submitt-German maters of the agree natives whipped in the same year ed concerning a large number of mente. Bo lang28 the in the Union, where the native investigations in which the in- Germen Government in the population is twenty times De stitate has been engaged during Protectorate. had no messe cf large. Moreover, while the rattan, the past few months. The sabenforcing its power the agree which meets the requirements of jects of these investigations have mente were of email significance. justice at a minimum cost of; been mainly new or little known After this state of affaire had health, is prescribed in the Union, raw materials, which have been been changed the agreements and punishment rarely exceeds brought into promineños by were, in practice, dealt with ani- twelve strokes, a long si-mbok, the war.

The general soar formly, without regard to their which caused sericna injury, was city of paper, in spite of the stipulated detaile.

habitually used by the Germans, redent allocation of additional Accordingly, in defiance of and as many se.50 strokes could shipping for its importation, their agreements, the German be given. continues to invest the discovery Government- -deprived the of new sources of supply with natives of most of their best great interest for manufacturers land. Tradera and settlers and traders. Though the present robbed them of their cattle-their problem is largely one of shortage only wealth. After the rinder- T/T of ship tonnage," the steady posts scourge in 1897 the Tererd Demand growth of the world's demands people were left with 90,000 head 30 dis for paper rendere it imperative of caitle, In 1902 they had 60 d/s that new paper making materials 45,888, while the 1,061 German me should be brought into ase traders and farmers owned 44 487 T/T Shanghai

T/T Singapore.. if prices are to be kept down between them. The natives were T/T Japan after the

Among the reduced almost to a state of T/T India.... materisia examined at the slavery, families even being Demand, India Imperial Institute daring the separated to exit the convenience T/T San Francis present

have been of employers. Their women were SAMMET

751⁄4 co & New York} « grams from Bath Africs, the habitually maltreated by the TT Jaya 175 Federated Maley States, Acetralis, Germans, who took them into T/T Marks ........................ Nom. and St. Helena. Samples of forced concubinage.

TT France. PRETEN 4.13 "Tambockis" and similar grassES Goaded lato Rebellion.

Deand, Paris 4-1312 from the Pretoria distrist gave a They were in the end deliberate-

BUYING. high yield of pulp of goodly.goaded into rebellions which quality, capable of conversion were supprerard with deliberate either into excellent brown paper and rathless cruelty, and which fr (affer bleaching) into. white resulted in the practical exter. paper, Lalang grass-which mination of the tribes involved. grows abundantly in the Malay These are the numbers, according Bestes, and hitherto bse been eo to the ficial German figura in lukermed that on the rubber 1904 before the rebellion, and in

Antione is in recarded as a 1911

war.

zoublesome wred was found on investigation at the Imperial Insti- Hereros... tate to compare favourably se s Hottentots paper-making msterisi with Berg Dax 18

EXCHANGE

SELLING.

3/2 3/16

3/2 5/16 3/2 7/16 3/2 9/16 Nom.

13514

137

Rom. Nom.

4 m/s. LIC

4 m/s. DIP....

6 m/s L/C

30

30

3/35

d/s, Sydney and

Melbourno.....! 3/34 d/a. San Francis-1 co & New York)

769%

4 m/s. Maria. Nom

15134

4 m/s. Francs ... 4.3014 6 m/s. Frar cs

***** 4,5514 1904. 1911, Demand, Germany 80,000 15,100 TT Bombay

Demand, New York. 75% 20,000 9,800 Demond, Bombay....

Nom. 30,000 12,800 TT Calcuttsnin Algerian esparto grass, though In other words, 80 per cent, of Demand, Calcutta

Nom not quite so good-se Spanish the Herero people had disappear Demand. Manila apaise, Bamboo grass from the ed and more than half of the Demand. Singapore, 1351 N-rthern Territory of Australia Hottentot and Barg Damere races On Haiphong.. 14 % prem. cemes up to about the same bad abared, the same fate. On Saigon. In pre standard. All these grazses would The cocast of the suppresBLON

On Bangkoku... 4894 be suitable for utilisation in their of the Herero rebellion forms one Sovereign. 6.20 Nom. countries of origin for the man of the most tragio incidents in Bar Silver, per cz 184

Gold leaf per oz 44400 facture of either palp or paper the grim history of the country.

on their

But the Germine were not con

SUBSIDIARY COINS pro per-making materials tent with a mere suppression of DISCOUNT PER $100;

by the the rising; they bad decided upon 'kong 50 cts sub, kazas de par. perial lostimuse for the Govern--the-perotical, extization, of the

whole tribe

Centon

$0.50% prem 32.00% prem

I'

And when you give it, give absolutely all that you can spare, and don't consider yourself liberal in the giving. If you give with self-adulation, you are not giving

at all, you are giving to your own vanity; but if you give until it hurts, then your heart-blood goes into it."

has been said that St. Andrew's Society is allocating too much of the War Bond Drawing receipts to War Charities. Just think for a minute of the War and not of the Drawing; think of the tragedy beyond words which is being enacted on the battle front; think of the vast relief örganisation and the money that is needed to uphold it and think of your own duty in the matter. No, we are not giving too much; we are not gising coough,

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

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31st December, 1918,

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