Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-18
'TELEGRAPHIC.
IN MATABELELAND.
The People Of BullUlYO nov Panic
SlTItktn.
NATIVES swlnAISo LIKE BEES.


ButuwAYO, Ann ia feeling o.
spptthsnsiuu ~ to what tho ucKselrp
VI tho revolving MataOeloo vii, be, pet'
mcates all circles here. Information
coming from the country around
makes It certain that the natives ar
preparing Eu Offensive movement
asaiusi ,hiB place. The number q
Matsbelcs reported gathering NJ poinr
near by Ia sufficient to sppslltho hearts
OF even experienced BshIVrs. There
Isa Tread In tho minds Of mapy that
The place 10 Va nltr Of bU,ug over
W ,lmed by ruth Of horJes Of Ma.
tateles, AMI TIE inhabitants put " a
whuletnlo ma'sactc.
Tho fear Of trcachory IL addol 10 the
rppfpheusion Of overwhelming num-
bpft, Many indicntiHn plat - n con-
uivauce with the war pattiDs Ot sup.
uuteI friendly natives. There are
many of the LIT er IN the town ilsel
and no white mnu lUelu sure how Tar ne
can trust his dusky associates Ur esfy.
auts.
ON Wednes lay evening three Dutch
DC uta Wofb sent OUT from here to BE-.
cure some Ne n Ito and accurate iutYf.
nation VI the position ana mOyomsutu
vi the natives. What they have found
has tervsd little 10 relieve the anxiety
AID suspen q. They report that the
Ms,abeieu Air gathrto1 like abts In y
hll ~ the Umgusi river, Ouly six
miles u0rth OF here. That some troac e.
utuus plot liz being c0ncOctod Is iuji'
Gated by tie fact tnag native women
Eru srcfutlug European ClOIhcF. TIE
tntiye mBn Oh lnu ve.dt wear tue IA.
tive costume, while most Of those !.
Bu,uwsyo wear clothes approaching
tUr European fashion, by atuuug tho
native warriors IN European garments,
the Mataboles hopo they viii uu en-
nuIsd 10 enter the town unquu'tiOnud.
A Mntabels 30 )" bas also been
CNught stealing the badges aud tuc
puggatle belonging 10 the Rh0dosia
iurss, aud It IL believed that u was iu-
tended TO use these for the purpose o.
uHguise 10 further some treauuerous
project f1t taxing Buluwayo AZ die.
adyautsge sud Killing tue inhabitants.
10 IL plainly noticeable that the
natives IN tue town ore becoming M
Tuck AZ bees. la ordinary times tho
natives come snd go Ia town without
attracting attention. The native pop.
ulatiOu Ii AT all tunes n shiiiug Que,
aud large number Of the men that
make II up are not known lndtvidu,l-
" ~ the white people OF the town or 10
the authorities. The fact that the na.
tIVes ia tue town live apart from the
whites adds 10 the difficulty Of idonti-
tying those VINO belong In the towu.
Hut thefe II little more Confidence frlt
iu tuv natives who belong Ia tho town
than 10 the hostile men who, II IL
believed, arc sufrepIlIiously bring
added 10 aid within wh0l an attack
Hnull 30 made iron without. IL looks
nov like that might occur nj any
lime.
CArETowN, April I'LL II stated
that tuuy $4,000 M,tAuulcs have boou
uAssud Tor tue attack on Buluwayo,
aud that town, although placed Ia n
iur state Of defence, could not u0ld out
ngalnSt the hosdlong, rubbing ohatge
ul tho native regiments, Whicu, " they
only number hall OF 10000, might
Eseep over The town even u thOus4 uds
were slsiu la tho onslaught.
The officials Of the Chartered com.
uAuy bAy tncy have no itar that Bulu.
wAyo will no captured, but ~ IN tue
uvrtcounieuCb oil tue British, the habl,
Il grossly undertaking tue strength Of
au enemy, which has led u many hl,.
toficAl 4 H'eTs 10 tho BIiiih arms.
There IA 40 denying inst tue Matabrles
have been steadily gathering together
for weeks past, with the intention, Rp.
psreutly, Of attaching BuluwRyo. Tbs
rechpiuIc OF king L. ben uls's OLD cap.
! al from the BtI'Iah would bu fear.
ful blow TO The "pAramount power ~
South AlriCa,"
inis 10 frankly admitted, yet IA,
available force OF volunteers NJ lulu
wal o IN believed TO ba not much Ovo
$40 nCn. Machine guns nave, It q
true, teen hurried TO the front iron
the British d gship ST. George; IN,
gs=-=-==s=-7-=-==-