Pretoria, Dec. 31.
An official communique announces the intention of the Government of the Union of South Africa to employ the powers of the Defence Act to commandeer men for service in German South-west Africa and the Union and not depend wholly on volunteers as a situation has arisen which cannot be adequately met with volunteer recruits, Capetown, Dee. 31.
A strong Union force re-occupied Walfisch Bay on Christmas Day.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.