, 1879-08-17
COST OF TIE ZULU WAR.

can war, and its effect on the general finances {
the country. Promising that be had on variou
occasions calculated the current expenditure O
tile army aud navy services at ABOUT ha
million pounds month. he said b
had recently gone more carefully, into tb
matter with the Accountauts.Gencral Of tn
Army and Nary, with this result-that tn
army expenditure would be at the rate Of bal
million m onth, in addition to the sums al
ready prov dcd ia the army estimates. Thi
rate OF expenditure e, he calculated, wouid las
till the end OF jul +, when it ought to din7inis
rapidly, and he allowed e450, 0o9 for tine periot
after this date, and in addition he allowed hall
million for transport and 450,U00 for con
tinKeucies. The vote OF credit, therefore, woule
be for the sum Of 5000 010-viz. e3, e., 450, COX
for army charge. ESQ 1000 for the navy, a,it
$4,000 for contingencies (S15Uoo 009]; and
though. Of course, there was room for nDcer
tainty, yet from the accounts which had been re-
ceiyed and the previous rates OF draw ng, he was
confident that this sum would be sufficient fo'
ali that was likely to be required between fht
and next session. This, Including what Tas
voted at the end of the last financial vear, would
bring the whole cost OF tie South African wal
to something like 9i.500. 600 ES22 SIC, cool; but
this was expenditure which ought not to fall on
the Imoeriai Government, alone. From the
commencement Of the Transkei war, the Home
| Government had impressed on the Colonial au-
| thoritIes; MS be showed By referring to nuner-
! Gus lisoatches in the Blue-Books, up to the
latest Just laid before Parliament, under date
/ June IL, that the advances made By this country
| were not to be considered as an admission that
/ we undertook re whole cost OF ,he war. It was
intended to send out two officials. the Ac-
couptant-General Of the. Army and gentle
man from the Treasury. to-. examine the
| accounts and to oooor:ion them between
! the Imperial md the Colonial Excbeqners;
| md bsfo7e Parliament reassenbled he hoped to
be in posi- ion to deal With this question mora
| satisfactorily than was possible at present. TO
carry us on therefore, to the enl OF the financial
year It would be necessary temporarily to pro-
| vide 93000,C0o. Passing to the effect on the
financial position Of the country, be reminded
the House that in the Budget the income was
stated ut eS3,055, 900, and the expenditure at
e,1, l54, 400, leaving surplus of 81 800 0Oo, and
since that time supplementary, estimates bad
been preserved which would increase the out
gnnss bs .6i,0ou. adding this to the vote ri
credit now about to De asked for, the ex-
c:ency Of 81, ,133, 900 [s5,Sl503ol. Although the
revenue prospecrs Of the wear were not very
brilliant, hav ng gone through the returns very
carefully with tic heads OF the Revenue DEPART
ments, be was Of opinion that on tue whole tho
revenue estimated tor in the Budget might be
safely reckoncd on to come in. AS it was hoped
ana expected that the deficiency wou!ci be recoy-
cred from the South Afrf.an Colonies, it was
only. necessary to make tenn oorary provision
for the present, and tas Ae proposed t. Do BY
ch.Qupr bonds. The Chancellor concluded by
stating that he would propose the vote in sup
plg on Monday. ...--
Mr.. Cblaers, whle reser71ng detailed COM
ment until Monday. remarked that this was the
sixth Budget in two years, aud pointed out that
at the end Of the financial year we should be
lnded in q deficit Of $4,000 $40 Is301, ,03l, ,000].
Consequently, it the expenses OF the South
African war were pa'd out Of the finances Of the
year, as they ought TO be. not q shiu u: of the
cost Of the Eastern question would have been
deiraved. mud we should have to begin at the
end Of the year to suread it over succeeding
years.
Sharp German Crit,cfsm on this English
aud the Zutu War.
S0eca1i to L9ndon TINES.
BERLIN, Aug. 1.-The Na!ioaa' Ze;tunq, in an
able and moderate article on the war at the Cane,
may be said to fairy represent military and other
opinion in Germany as to the struggle
with and final overthrow Of the Zulus-
Referring :: to the tubilation Of the, En-
glish press at tile re.establishment OF
the reputation Of British arms BY the victory of
Ulundf, the aforementioned Journal Remarks
that it all depends on where. the point OF honor
Is sought. Had anv one maintained, 1t conti11-
ucs, that the previous disasters Of the English
troops were due to want Of personal bravery ]
or doubted that the EuglisD army were still able
to acquire the mastery over horde OF naaed
and ill-armcd savarcs, then, OF course, Ulundi
would have been brilliant replv to 1slndlana;
but such foolish assertions even blind hatred did
not allow itself to give way. What the English
had to be rcproached with, says the National
Zeifnn0, was simply this. tint they do hot uain-
tain their military system in such condition as
q well ordered State ought to enforce In EVERY
part OF Its administration. The journal charac-
tcrlzes this deficiency as a cancer Of long
stand ng, aud refers to the shameful disclosures
as to armv organization which we're made dur
ing The Crtmean wnr. but which did not prevent
English soldiers from acquiring clor. By their
br!lltant deeds OF yator compared with which |
the victory Of Ulunni must no5 be named in the
same breath. It then proeecds, with no small |
patriotic pride, to ~ecount how Prince Albert, |
German pv birth and breed nv, was the first |
who, notwithst ,ndng that bis life was emh;t- |
tered b. the public suspicion OF him, gave his |
days and NIGHTS to see;s out md remove the de-
fects Of the British armv. Since bis death, how
ever, all efforts ia thts direction Seem to have !
been abandoned. The manufacture Ut arms |
alone, thiuks the NaiioHd Ze;tn'1, by reason OF
ITS TECHNICAL chara:ter, appears to have some |
thng attractive in it for The English hcart,and in
the construction OF huge guns England, it adj |
'nilS, still st 4ttds fr5t. But Us to the actual |
Kernel OF all war scleuee-tlle perfect aud indi-
vduaf Development OF sollieEs-:he events Of |
lS7o and 1S7l. from which it might have learned ]
50 much nnd from which other S:arcs have. !
ptolted to such an extent, seem to hare made |
AZ Temporary an impression Gu the English |
army as the reflection in q mirror.
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