In 1904 and the following years large numbers of refugees, including some of the most important chiefs, fled into British territory, and charges were made in Germany that sufficient control over these refugees was not exercised by the Cape government.
Et stort antal, inkluderet nogen af de vigtigste høvdinge, flygtede i 1904 og de følgende år ind i britisk territorium, og der blev lagt krav frem i Tyskland om at det blev taget kontrol over disse flygtninge, men der ble ikke fulgt op af Kap–regeringen.