, 1893-09-27
THE NEW ZULU TROUBLES IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Times 25th Aug,)

Vienna, Aug. IA.
have received the following interesting
lester from the African explorer DR.. Emil
Holub -
Having known the Ma-Atabeles for 20 years
] have on several occasions during the past
two years alluded to this Zulu tribe as that
which was principally ~endangering the peace
Of South Africa. The last time l gave ex-
preston to this conviction was In a letter
published in The Times Of April 4 of the
present year.
For decades past the southern Zulus, IN
Guiding the Dingans and Tshahas, as we'll as
Cettywayo's people, have hung like a Damo-
cles sword over southeastern Africa, while
the northern parts of the same country have
since 1887 been threatened in a similar
manner by the northern Zulus, or Ma
Atabeles (U-M'selekazes and Lo-Bengula's
mem. The first impulse towards %dlsposlng
finally Of the danger arising from the Zulus
in the south was due to Sir Blrtle Frere.
Is Sir Cecil Rhodes energetic enough TO
deal similarly with Lo. Bengula's Zulus?
The leading characters tic Of the Ma
Atabsles is their warlike spirit. They are
soldiers and that only. They form the elite
of the native fighting men OF South Africa.
They are taught the use Of firearms IN early
childhood, and ate from that age subjected
to a training Of such Spartan severity that
many of the boys die in the course OF 1t.
These succumb either to the numerous hard
ships and prlvations they have to undergo or
fall victims i. the close combats with wild
beasts into which they are forcihly driven
by their tutors. The boys who survive reach
manhood as real heroes in the fight. But
this herOiSm, one Of mans noblest virtues,
is bar barously misapplied for annual predato-
ry raids, in which grown men, old people,
and babies are killed on the spot, boys,
women, and cattle being taken away captlves.
Since 1887. when the Ma-Atabele kingdom
was established, at least 10000 human
beings have been slain in these raids.
Ho-Bengula, on the whole, has not been
unkind to Europeans, and has even shown a
good deal Of friendship towards a few white
men who through long residence IN has coun-
try, have succeeded in winning his confidence;
but in reality he has never been a TREND TO
the English or Dutch, being Jealous OF their
power, and of late years recognizing IN them
an obstacle in the way of his raiding expe-
ditions. He has taken special care to guard
his eastern frontier against white lmmlgra-
ton. These regiOns-the Ma-Shona countries
are the most fertile in South Africa. They
are rich in ~old, and are inhabited by one OF
the most industrious Of the South African
native tribes. The Zulu King has repeatedly
complained. "The whites will assist the Ma
Shona to resist my force. They will sell guns
to these dogs. That will never do" 1t was
useless to say a word against the annual pre-,
datory raids. The Rev, John Mackenzie and
many others, myself included, spoke frequent
Iy on this subjecr, endeavourin@ to bring about
an amelioration in the fate of the unfortunate
neighbour of the Na-Atabeles, but without
the slightest success. One of the results to
me personally Of the part took III this cru
SADIE was that one day in 1877, as was max,
ing calls on my patients in the nelghbourhooo
of Kimberley, a European friend OF the hlng
Io-Beneula. who had just arrived from the
Kings residence, rushed out of a shop BY the
waySide ana, with a plentiful seasoning of
abusive epithets, shouted, IF | ever meet
YOU in the interior l will put a bullet through
your head.