The difficulty in German South-West Africa, to which we referred
last week, has been solved by the practical recall of the Commander-in-Chief. It is announced that the resigna- tion of the military Governor, General Leutwein, has been accepted, and that his place will be taken in October by a civilian Governor, Herr von Lindequist, the late German Consul-General at Cape Town. This is understood to imply General von Trotha's recall, though his actual departure has been postponed to give him a chance of striking one more blow in the field. In what manner future operations will be conducted in the Colony it is impossible to say, but the war may be officially declared at an end, and the guerilla warfare, which is certain to rage for some time, conducted under the title of police operations. Meanwhile, an answer has been given to recent German allegations against Britain by the announcement that some of the principal Herero chiefs and their followers have been disarmed by the Bechuanaland police, and are interned near Lake Ngami.
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