, 1894-01-20
(Daily T~slegraph)

" AAtAoA4lS WIN IL VIA NC ~ NV y ~
reported among the II issing afser one Of the
recent engagements in Matabcleland
If it be any consolation, as it assur~d-
~ must be, to Ills beleaved father, General
Owen Williams-himeelfa well known and
distinguished ofiiccr-to find that bis son met
q brave mana fate with his face to the foe, he
has the best right to congratulate himself
that as IN life 80 in death, the yout@ soldier
discharged to the full his duty to ellie uni
form be wore and the Queen he served. His
Aorse was shot urder him il the course of
the battle on October 28th and he was, in
Consequence, cut off from his friends and sur
rounded by the enemy. The Matabele APP
p%arently were anxious to capture him alive
and carry him as a prisoner to Lobengula.
but Captain Williams set his back against a
rock, and determined to sell his, life as dearly
az possible. First with his rife, and then
with his revolver, he held his assailants at
hay, and it was only after be bad killed
many Of them and his own ammunition had
become exhausted that he fell with a bullet
throue h the temple, the victim Of a misfor-
tune which his herois1n made glorious. If
ever there was a "harpy warrior" surely
Captain Williams may lay claim to the title.
He was quite O young man. but already hs
had deserved we'll of his country, and
laid down his life 2when the supreme moment
came with all that calm confidence with
which a brave man faces the inevitable in
whatever form it may appear. We are glad to
think that there are many Eq@lishmen who
can do the like even in Africa itself numerous.
instances are on record when either in lime
OF disaster, as at Isandlwhana. or Of success;
as Mt Rorke's Drift, men have fought side by
side with u friend or alone, unconqneIed
even when overpowered by enormous odds.
Nor is it about Captain Williams only that
his countrymen have been anxious. We are
still waiting to hear the issue Of those en-.
g%agements which Captain Wilson on the north
Size Of the Shangani. and Major Forbes on
the south side, have been waginr with 20
bengulo's body guard. Reports have been
prevalent of heavy fighting; but although
telegraphic communication has reen restored
we are as yet without any news ION which we
can rely. Fortunately the rivers in this part
of the country 60 down as suddenly and un-
'xpectedly as they rise, so that there is good
ground for hope that Major Forbes, after
defeating he contin gent opposed TO him man
aged to cross the river to the help of his sore
ly-bested lieutenant.
Anarchism on the Continent has received
two further and serious checks, which may be
hoped will have some effect in cooling the
aTdour of the apostles Of dynamite. In the
FIRST place, the author of the hidaoUs mas j:
sacre in the theatre at Barcelona, one Jose
Codina, is reported to have admitted his
gnilt. He fed from the scene of his infa-
nous success directly after finging the bomb
which spread death and mutilation around
him and was arrested some days afterwards
AZ Perpignan. Now he is awaiting his triaI,'
and has, it is said made full confession. The
view leld by some medical experts with re-
gard 10 men like Ravachol and Valiant is
that they are eaten up with vanity: their
thirst after nOtoriety is so Unsuitable as almost
10 cross the borderland of mental sanity. Ger
tainly the mel odramatic tone Of Cordina's re.
mark, There ow remains my death, which
] await" will serve to still further strength
en- this theory. Should the confession be
genuine. there is of course little doubt Of the
fate which awaits the bomb thrower. If
the man who kills m enemy in a momenfaIy
fit of passion is deserving of death, it would
be difficult to imagine any good ground for
infl citing ~ lesser penalty on the misc cant
Who slaughters in cold blood and with merci-
less deliGeration half a score of persons who
have never Injured him. This is so obvious
chat the Anarchist who has feally carried.his
diabo.ical principles into action feels that he
can expect no q~aaEer, and receives. none.
The discovery oS.the pe1petrator. Of the
Barcelona outrage IS creditGble'to the attivi~
ty of the Spanish police, and is an undoubted
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