Identifier: peopleswarbookhi00mill (find matches)
Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ubjuga-tion of German Southwest Africa wascompleted by the British. Kamerun wasoccupied in February of 1916. GermanEast Africa, invaded in 1914. was com-pletely conquered by December, 1917. The severest colonial blow to Germariprestige was in her South African col-onies. She had expected valuable aidfrom the Boer leaders who had been beat-en in their rebellion against Britishdominance sixteen years Ijefore. Secretservice agents are believed to have assuredthe Kaiser of assistance from these men,but they had been misled. In the west,Gen. Botha, famous leader in the rebel-lion, subjugated the German colony.Kamerun and German East Africa werestronger in defense and it took a longerl)eriod to sulidue opposition. The cam-paign brought bitter figliting, as Germanofficers had trained an army of at least50,000 troops, but here the Boers also didthe greater share, aided by Portuguesecolonials. Under Gen. Smuts, also aleader in the Boer war, the conquest wascompleted. 85 86 THE PEOPLES WAE BOOK
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trtSTORY OF THE WAR 87 One faction of the Boers, a small one,proved disloyal, however, and had to becrushed. Under Gen. DeWet, a smallforce of Boers who had been inveigledinto insurrection of German agents, de-clared for German rule. Troops weresent against them. They crossed into theTransvaal, were pursued and disbanded.DeWet was captured near Mafeking.The aged Boer was tried and sentenced tosix years in prison and a fine of $10,000. The Irish question is one that GreatBritain always has had with her and themost serious break in loyalty to the em-pire during the war came from thatsource. It was upon the smoldering fireabout to break into flame in 1914 thatGermany placed the greatest reliance tokeep England out of the war. In fact,subsequent developments showed thatGermany had not an unimportant handin the trouble that beset England acrossthe Irish Channel. When war threatened, the English par-liament had passed a home rule bill forIreland, an issue over which they hadbickered for dec

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