New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-14
THE NEW ZCLU u AR.

Another Of Rider Haggard's incamadlned
romanceS seems about to be written, by othcr
hands than his. King Lobengula ana MS
Natabele warriors are advancing to invade
Nashonaland. The NIashonas are IN panic
naturally. since before the MatabelcS they are
nc sheen before wolves The British residents
and garrisCns are preparing for the worst ana
DR. Jameson and the energetic Cecil Rhodes
will presently be put on their mettle 10 deter
mine whether Rorke's Drift and lSandula are
70 be repeated, or the great scheme OF bii'Sn
empire in South Africa is 10 be advanced pE
the quick crushing of its most pnlSNant Toe
Political and military motives appeal strong
Is to those who are intimately interested III the
situation. But there are other considerations
~ which even the most remote observer can
scarcely be Indifferent. This war, ii one there
shall be. will mark an epoch in the history Of
one Of the most extraordinary peoples oil the
savage world. NADIA" and other OF Mr. llag-
cards tales have given uS highly colored Dun
by no means ovcrcolOrd. view OF the Iulus
and their military proves. II would be ALL
cult for any one 10 paint them III TOO gloNIls
color, They are the Spar,an' of Africa. or
generations they have lived only Tor war. lheS
have been bred. and fed and trained and edu-
cated solely for battle. In physique they S'T-
BASS all other black men. In discipline they
vie with the armies Of Europe. In herceneNS
and courage they rank with the best warriors
Of any land or age. The loInanccfs 'ald|l
and I.nslopoya,s are not inventions. They
are Photographic pictnrngS OF types repeated
4 hundred Thousand times IN Iuuand
The hist ny Of these people rs conqueilhg
matt n dates from the beginning OF TINS CEN
tury. when T'Chaka founded the Zulu Empire
and IL, marvellous military system. That cX-
traoulinaIy man made warfare Il scientific oc-
ruatjon inst rs completely in his way as did
Hannibal ~ Alexander OF Napoleon. He adopt
cd the old Spartan rule, 10 Kill all weak ana
,icl<lv children and rear only the strong In
this way. and by admirable systems of physical
training. he made the IuuS the matchie'' race
,bev are. Then he made every man 4 soldier
and fighting the sole work OF the nation. Inc
fields and hocks and granaricS Of other tribes
were their supply. Thus he became the mn
CHALLENGED master Of what, to him, was all the
world lie wa, murdered At last 10y his brother
Dinclan. - Mr. Ilaggam reminds us. and thcn
the decline # the Zulu Empire began. Din
Gam was dcpo,ed in favor of his brother
banda and Panda was succeeded by his son
Cetewavo. with whom, after his last heroic
struggle with England. the Zulu dynasty ended
But the greatest of T'Challas warriors, his
War Secretary and Field Marshal, was one
Nosclekatze. or Insilkati. Is some spell 1t.
And MT long before the death of I Chal,a he
with the flower Of the Zulu army, marched over
thc DrakcnSberg into the land of the BechuanaS
and founded the Matabcle kingdom. There he
.douted the same discipline that had made the
Zulus 50 great with the result that the Mata-
/ holes soon actually surpassed in power the
u,,oot Zulu Empire itself For nearly fifty
years the name Of MoSeekatzc was a terror to
all the tribes from the XambcS to the Naal
and more than once his cOnqucrlng leglonS
syvcrt across the Transvaal and the Orange
state into lia>utOand and Natal. Twenty
five years ago he died, and his son Lobenglila
roicncI i'm his place This monarch has al
lowed the military prowcSs of his people great
Is f. decline. and has been reasonably friendly
,o the British But his armies have never been
defeated He j.. almost Is much aS was ms
father. A scolmge TO all his native nolghbcN.
And he bitterly opposes the absorption of his
/ l,inodum by the British, although hitherto Il
subsidy has kept his opposition passive. His
raid against the peaceful MaShcnaS is really
against their patron and protector, the British
/ South Africa Company, and it is with 1t, and
with such forces as Mr. Rhodes can send to its
assistance. that his 5000 warriors will have
to deal.