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Government House,
Kaiserville,
Lumbago Junction. Major
De Beaujolais, OFFICER
COMMANDING, l‘eFFLUENT
RIVER STATION. SIR,
I regret the need to write to you so soon after penning my last
letter but I must protest most strongly against recent happenings at
kaiserville which are clearly the work of natives from your
territories. I realise
that the French are inept at enforcing any real discipline but I would
suggest that at least some kind of control should be in place.
Late last week one of my store rooms was broken into after the
askari on watch was butchered. A
decent fellow with six wives and twenty children to support no less !.
Anyway the criminals got away with over 50 pairs of hobnail boots
destined to equip my own fellows who must now continue to shuffle around barefoot.
My good Fukarwi are adamant That this is the work of those awful
lobotomi tribesmen from your area. as
the lobotomi have narrower feet than most natives and can fit nicely into
the sizes we lost, mainly
10-12‘s, this fits the boot
nicely you might say.
of course you must be aware that unlike my peaceful fukarwi the
lobotomi are dreaded slavers, freebooters, (With free boots !) and
gunrunners. Now equipped with
the best prussian boots they can wander even further afield reeking their
mayhem. as the good
bugga-al fears for the lesser tribes in the area my men have been out and
about offering them free refuge under German protection.
Of course many are reluctant to leave their villages but it is only
for their own good and we have been quite firm in ensuring their
compliance and safety.
I fear however our excellent intentions will be misinterpreted or
worse still we will be blamed for the outrageous acts of the lobotmi.
as such I have written to the commissioner general at krugerand and
to the British at bulawayo to protest that your inefficiency is going to
rip the land asunder with rampant slavery unless it is not nipped in the
bud. as such I have ordered my
patrols to take resolute action against the lobotomi wherever they may be
found.
RESPECTFULLY
cOLONEL vON sTROMP
gOVERNOR GENERAL (sELF PROCLAIMED)
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