THE REBELLION AT PONAPE.
NATIVES ADVISED TO OBEY
(UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT.! SYDNEY, March 20. A well-known Sydney merchant, who has arrived from Ponape, states that the late, rebellion was quickly crushed. A German punitive expedition, numbering 800, attacked the rebels’ position in the mountains, which they stormed. Many natives were killed, sixt— surrendered, and the rest were hunted like wild beasts till only sixteen of the principal murderers were left. Finally they sun-rendered . the two leaders, who were shot first. The commander addressed the natives, and declared they were fools to revolt against the Germans, who treated them well. He advised their friends to obey the law. The other fourteen were afterwards shot. .They faced death laughing and joking. * Several hundr ed natives were denorted to the Western Carolines.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3174, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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129THE REBELLION AT PONAPE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3174, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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