, 1879-03-07

tHelr niornl VIII 10 unaffected ny Lilo Victory
Of thr XusuA. Tic latter, ut any rate, will ba
ctnbottscnet u anrotrurc... mil the tas's Of re-
tl,lcfnE them Il, Submission will, IN consequence,
hccnsnn nnfu dHlIc,t. With the increasa NJ
u!llichtF t!,tre must hc nsDrrcsbotdtnE !ltcrrasu
of cost. 'llac tlnnlcps uf t'lr country. which, as
WI latcly showed, Ind t,cgun to gyo promise of
Improvement, wl1t be weighed down by heavy
charges, from, which, ,,otw Outstanding. we mist
not shrink. The stbfu1at!on Of tho Zulu powcr
and tue destruction Of the military organization
with the n,ost c,llnent nlrans Mt o,lr
command. 1t would he cowartlIy, anl, In
truth, dangerous also. TO hctltnte; II wouhi 10
unniunly IL vent oltr frrtat!0n upali tIIdtvidl.-
nft, ur to p:c:s ont rrrors IN Judgment ior cioso
scrutiny md angry tonsllfe. HIT, wltlf,nt
yielding either to panic Or .nnrcr, VIC arc bouud
10 sec that tl,ts wnr, which has grown to Analcn
a1ll unexpcctcd itnpoyianccs. is carried to Its
conclusion by Tic cncrgatlc employment of tlie
Imperial resources, AMI undcr iEe chtiinct OF
tue bcst military cnpaclty which tlm nover!.-
'ncnt gan cnIirtmt No tenderness for Indt.
vsdnal kuscsutfbllt:es, no reluclaurc to np!car
unnecessarily harail, should hr permitted to
impc1c the discharge Of this plain und tupera-
tive duty.
A rRANsArn1cAs TELEanArH.
Tho following Is from the "rFocecdfngs OF
the Royal Geographical Society for February:
The project Of lina OF telegraph thruugh
Africa, connecting The South African colonies
with The Eayptlatrliucs at KhArtonni, has re-
Gently l'ccn the subject Ut mitch discussion ut
tr Cape, md In likely 10 attract further attct-
ton IN thfs country. The following summary
narrative Will explain tho part taken by tho
Royal Geographical Society IN the Hattcr. The
scf1enlo was first mootcd A. Tho Conference of
GeogFaphcrs on African Exploration aud Clsl'I-
zasIou, which mot Ivy the invitation OF the Ktug
Of the De'eaus in September, 1870, It formrd
Ole OF the suggestions submitted To ihe
II t1nn lol thur ntHfn1t1t s,ttf Il
drawn up by Mr. Edwin Arnold. G. i. t.,
Col 8. A. lrnnt. e. D., q. 3, l., apd Mr.. Kerry
Ntvhofs. Although nothing further was donu
III Be'gtG11,. thc subject was not allowed TO rest
W it, English propoBcrs; 1lhtl, after short
time bud clupscl, d conference WIS, nFraugc.l
bctwcen number Of tho ,n,embers. OF the
Council Of the Roya! Geographical Society ami
ming nnd Mr.. Sabine, to ascertain whether tho
praetfcabtlity Of tho sclielnU was sufficiently u.s.
cured to encourage the ptoposors to collcct md
naEr public Information on tho subject. Tie
the project, al!l a minute In accordance with
this wns drawn up and published In the u prp-
esedt''gs OF the soc.etr.-vo'il1ne 81, page GU.
Copies Of tfc minute were sent to the SECRETARY
OF State FOR thu Colonies, to tic KAcdlyc, uL1
to Sir Bartlc Frcrc, Governor Of Cape Cuony,
antf the overland telegraph scheme was soon
after publicly advocated BY high authori-
ties at the Cape, where, rs also at Natal,
strong desire exists for telcHraDhc coul.
muntrat!un with Europe, ul,d large subsidies
have been Voted for either submarine or over.
falMl lnc. Col. Grant meantime continued to
gather by correspondence the opinions OF Afri.
can travellers, Egyptian telegraph employees anu
others. until a considerable mass OF informl-
tlon Mu.l Testimony In fayor Of tic practicable
ity of Tho telegraph wua got together. tndc-
pcndentlv OF tho Society. The Council, how
ever, were at lcngth applied to by the Colonial
Olllec. by LITTER Of Oct aS last, for information
as to thu nature Of tile country u,la tic rracti-
cabiity OF linz Of telegraph between pretoria
md Gondoko1o; mud they hnvo recently, after
giving tho subject much consideration, sent, IN
reply, certain documents stating that 1t was be-
yand tlleEr province to offer any opinion, The re-
taIt.cd mucl, OF tho information which the Hrc-
retnry Of Stntc desired tU obtain. Tic nlnss Of
yalinble Information contained tu these reports,
which has been collected will, much pains, VIII
no DOUBT eventually DO published.