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SAV.t'Gl(! OJTno NE 1 [" oW i) :);¡'" Why We Must Hold Germany's Colonies. HORRIBLE STORIES OF ATROCITIES. That it would amount to criminal folly to even think of handing Germany back her Colonies iu South-W est Africa, is proved by j Mr. E. iL Gorges, Administrator of that colony. It is bdsed on German Government records found at Windhuk, siyorn statements by Europeans and native chiefs, and writings I é)Î the German 1905) and others, in addition to the natives' | own acoounts of their sufferings. In defiance of their agreements -with the liatir-e chieis given in the name of the Kaiser the C.ewan Government deprived the natives of most of their land. Traders and settlers robbed them of their cattle—their only wealth—and reduced them almost to a state of slavery. Their women were habitually maltreated by the Germans, who took thern into forced om.'uhlng:. They were in the end go&ded into rebellions, which were suppressed with deliberate and ruthless cruelty. I Extermination. ihe Germans were not content with a mere suppression of the Herero rising; they decided upon the practical extinction of the whole tribe. For this purpose Governor Leutwein, who was apparency regarded as too lenient. was superseded by Trotha, who issued an "extermination order" in terms of which no I-Terero-mtn, woman, child, or tabe--was to reoeive mercy or quarter. "Kill every one of them," he said, "and lake no prisoners." These orders were only too faithfully carried out. A native who was once a groom to Troilia described how lie was once ordered to kill a young Herero woman who had been captured. He refused in disgust, where- upon a German soldier showed him how to do it, and then held the bayonet, dripping "with blood, before his face. Seven Herero leaders who went to the j German camp to discuss peace terms were,; bound and shot. Three chieL; were invited by the German commander to come in and make peace, and promised that their lives and possessions would be spared. With 70 Herero soldiers they were treacherously surrounded and butchered by the Germans. Men were strung up to trees by the neck with wire and allowed to die of slow strangulation. Women and Children Burnt Alive. At one place db prisoners—men, women and children—were placed in an enclosure of thorn bush eg and the Germans piled dry logs and branches all round them. Lamp 1 oil was sprinkled on thfe wood and it was set on fire. The prisoners were burnt to a cinder. A German said We should burn all these dogs and baboons in this fashion. Evidence of violation of women and girls is overwhelming," says the report, but so full of filthy and atrocious details as to render publication undesirable." Mr. Gorges aavs "Instances of cruelty, injustice, and barbarism might be multiplied i almost indefinitely. Instances of gross and bestial conduct, which for Sheer depravity and immorality are well-nigh unbelievable, are also contained in the file of affidavits, but they are hardly fit for publication." The crimes, which were committed whole- sale by the German Government, were con- j tinued by individual farmers, who treated their native servants as slaves whom they might tortnre and kili. One German brute named Cramer was charged with eight cases of gross cruelty. Among his victims were two women whose backs were flayed with floggings and who died from their injuries. The German court sentenced him to four months' imprisonment and a fine of L135! Two photographs in the report show the ghastly nature of the injuries inflicted on the women. Such treatment of natives, it was repeat fediy -atiom n, had the approval of the <3H8fWfah police authorities. The return oi the country to the Germans would be regarded by the native tribes as the greatest disaster in their history. Already the Germans have been frightening the natives with threats of thrashings and hangings as soon as their rule is restored.

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