, 1879-02-11

tton for making war, null recalled him. Pgoba.
is 'a ee i lbs see "s p9o7sd @
q fruitful source Of STRIFE. "rtle War Of tue
AK" htukc out In 1916, his catntr5mcn having
rescued frnn tic police cafErc On h!s was to
In tho success OF III. Enetish, Sir Henry smttt,
extending the boundary Ut tile colony tn thc Kct
Alses: III 1sn another war brokc. .ous: which
tastStl M M for M more than two years costing EnGl"nd
nothing Of the colon!sts massacrrd in the
es!ea it, mil sooa q sfee eeA'i il "sS s1o.o ao
1 anohe1 pr9hSs e. r., 'cat ~ orss ss.
wo;l'sl kill all their cattle, destroy thctr crops,
anil s,w IN moro grain ,iacy would bo super
naturally aided to recover their furmcr posscs-
auve Of the EnE!ls, md Dutch farmers, were
tt,otel,s tl,at tllcIr spirit vas broEet,.. 1t was
nearly twenty, years Cru they rose a0aln. The
tnsnrrcctton III ls50, Was dyidea between t9c
Gnikas nnd Fu1oc,t lher ruler Kre1t. being sub
seq',c'tly permitted 10 establish nmsctf on the
ssea-yoast hctwcen the Kel and Dashl Rivers:
wliI: nnl though tho strong band Of Enels,Hi
Etml'c flame Of open hostility: IN 2
Sfaskes Si"s. ug '5a'] T. s "t ,.ka 5'Ta 70. xi: x
cd; week later the Galckns crossed tic
linn uni rarr1el OF all tho Flngocs' cattle, r..
pf,aAls cnsled, ANIL when Sit Dartte Frerc visited
the 'rranskel to settle tie fcud Krclt refused to
invaded Ftngola,,d.. .hc gaihast under their
turbulent chief. Santl,'li, Joining him. Il then
bceafne var betwcnn thu English nfssl Ftngoea
cavsshas 1 f @sas md md sa:easav asska, fE AsaE
operations Of tic former. Tic colonial torces
tnststc1 Oil actinR independently, aud Sir Bartlc
Frcrr ,lnt tn Dismiss Ills Ministers when they
tEP1. y. 7S7S1 tnuquPnI 1t1rn ffe fYrrpnfnr his
Local turees under the. Imperial COM
mnn''er. The 0orllan knot thus cut,
i,atnprre,, ] BY tlo 7o'unteers ] raturuins luna =.
tie end oi their term Ut service, tile EnEltsfi
vent IN hnrnl0niouslT to stlcccst, and ~ june
1878, the var was closed, san'lliIt hc!n9 Killed,
null ns bruI'cr Etsnund surrendered unconsti-
15l men. ton olitesrs and 2,S men being
wounded; the rebels last $3.50 killed and Ill
prisoners. besides 4, ,000 bead OF cattle.
-, Meanwhile the Zulus On the border Of tho
Transvaal a.t the independent Chief secocoen1,
nrar Pretoria, were co!nIng into tho .conplca-
TIN. For nearly twenty years the zm!tls, who
s1alHc all tl!c la,d up TO tue blood River. had
been on indifferent terms with the Dutch }ocrs
OH the ielt bunk; indeed they hnl been at war
Just before thu british ANNEXATION Of the Re
public IN 1S71; but tic pucra concluded a
humilla,!ng aud likely TO make seeosocni think
thu whites werc nlraIl Of hIn. The Enallsl, re.
fused positively to recognize tle znsus' claim
to if1e disputed territory, nnl tho hitter were
only kcpt from artve hosetltttes " tho ttrn' at
'tti'lc oI Col. Lanyon aud the diplomatic tact
of Str Thcopll1us shepstonc. Lrtcwnyo, the
Zulu Hing, wAs found to bc III correspondence
With Secotocnl, and the tn.tant that ile Cal!re
had In The tntcrlln succecdel to tho title f,u
death of tls father, tile Iato ChnnCellor-masscd
every available tnan IN Pretoria to meet tho
Zulus.
| ulumatum tn Cetuwa,o, tl'e Zulu King, rocog-
nizln. the j,tsltcr Of The Xulus clni,n to the dis
putc'l teFr!tosy. but Insisting on compensation
t9r farmers WHO had io leave 1t through fear Of
Vi ccrtata chicss engaged IN ontrages. the dts.
IantIng at the Zulu afuly, tho establishment oF
q british Rcsidcntt y zulMla'nl with u,tch
power, fair trial for all Offenders, per-
mission for missionaries 10 return to thu coun-
Try, md the freedom ut Znaus tu marry on
coming Of age. 4 month was given the King
to make up his mini, uiNl ho prolnptls refused
to assent 70 the conditions. Inc cxtreu1c limit
Inns bcen begun. It Is not ut all r!car that the
Zulu King eol,ld have ncceptcl sutnu II the coll-
| ltttons. lie ha.l tllsbande,! hts army curly IN
December, mud ordr1ed compensation to hc
nude to settlers who auirered loss by tho dir
turlusl condition Uf the fEutIttcr, ulld snns years
ago the Xulus werc wiling 10 receive Hrs.
dent. l,ut to surrender any OF III. chiefs would
bc to risls thu 'nnt,ny VI the others, md The
questions Of receiving tho missionaries a,ll
changing The marriage customs OF tl.c country
| wuu,u tlo most dangerous, as tito Kings con-
plancu would hc followed BY loss ut pEcstlEe
aud tl,o awakening of lnllatsc prejudice.
Cctewayo is the suoss powerful African mon-
arrh s0ulh Vi tho equntur. lie has 100, tkl auJ-
lects within ls,e IL, ,0oo square mites of zuulAd,
! au they nrc powerful, wcll-but, RATS, capa-
bic Ut great endurance. lie has already asscn.
blcd 300 tnen on ttlu frontier a,ld called out
his army. There Ars forty regiments, seven Of
which, however, consist 0f men oser G0. OF the
remaining ttl.rt;-thrcc, titecn are composed ut
n, @ y ~ 191steu cr .hynn sn @ hco
on which, unly rErelct Of halr il uI!unctl to
grow. Engh e9rps has Its distinctive ularks md
special station. At II Or Is tho Zulu matcs uaes
Into thr army anil arc formed intu reRi1rllts :
with which older sol.Iicrs arc mixed Not iii ID
In marriage permitted. At prcscnt the army
conf alns e, 5O0 men under 10, 10000 betweci,
10 md 10, I,iUO between 10 ua,l 5U, unli 4,lUQ
between 10 uell 10; total, 40,409. The sol-
diern have brcect,-loatlcrs and some cannon.
Eayh regiment has two wings OF ooual strunrtL.
sntniiyii,xi Into rninnnnIcs Tl,e rcrImnnt hss