The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
PAGES II 10 20.
A BLACK NAPOLEON.
WAS THE RULER OF AFRICA's
GREATEST EMPIRE NOW AN
EXILE.
Like the C0rsicnn-Hc Is DinizuIu
and Has an Impressive Retinue
While in Bnnishment-sIev thes
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Like the COrsicRn-Hc Is DfnizuIu
and Has an Impressive Retinua
While in Bnnishmcnt-sIew the
Prince Imperial.
st. Helena, Dec 20-In the island OF
St. Helena, where the white Napoleon end
ed his days a prisoner to the English. al
black Napoleon is living now also a priso-
ner. II is a singular chapter of condolences
which seems TO unite the fortunes of tina
house of Bonaparte and the house of Cha
ka. Early in the century when Napoleon
was overrunnlng Europe with his armies
and dazzling the minds of men with his
genius, an English sailor was wrecked
on the African coast and wandered into
Zuzuland.
He was taken before the young chief,
Chaka, and to him he told of the won~
derful outside world, of which the chief
had heard rumors and all the world
was then filled with the name of Napo-
leon, ne tod of the rise Of the Corsican
and how he had conquered nations and
built up for himself a great empire The
story of Napoleon captured the fancy OF
Chaka, and he resolved TO be an African
Napoleon
Then began the rise of the great Zulu
power in South Africa. and Chaka spread
subjugated neghbOring tribes and builE
for himself an empire. IL hourished un-
I'll it broke itself to pieces against the
English, Just as the empire of the man
whose name had inspired its building did
before 1t. The empire established by Cha
ka stretched along the whole southeast
seaboard of Africa, from Limpopo to Cape
Colony, and extended far inland.
When the English landed in Natal in
1924 the empire OF the Amazula was the
most powerful in Africa. Chaka made
a treaty with the English, allowing them
TO live in Natal and for this he was
killed by his brother, Dingaan, in 1928.
Then began the struggle between the
white man and the black man which was
to end in the destruction of the empire
founded by Chaka. Peace and war alter
mated, and all the time the Zulus lost
ground
Finally, in 1854, the British felt bound
to blot out the Zulu power Then 1t was
that Cetewayo. the heir of Chaka, sum-
moned forth his whole force and hurled his
'impis," or regiments on the British. Al
Isandulu the Zulus broke the British
squares and routed the redcoats, but the
end was the capture of the chief and the
breaking of the Zulu power.
In this war the house of Bonaparte again
became mixed up with the fortunes of the
house of Chaka. The prince imperial,
grand-nephew of the man whose example
had inspired the building of the empire
of the Amazulu, went out to fight In the
ranks Of the English and was killed by q
Zulu spear. In 1854 Cetewayo died and the
quarrel was continued by his son, Dini-
zulu. Dinizulu was conquered and now
he has been sent to st. Helena to end his
days on the spot where the man whose
example caused the building up of the
black kings empire died
AS becomes the head of great and war;
like line, Dinizulu is accompanied in his
exile by a numerous retinue. His two un-
Giles, several chiefs, a physician and a
clergyman, with their wives and children,
make up household as numerous as was
that of the great Napoleon when at st.
Helena
The chaplain of the royal exles is Paul
Hitimkula, "catechist' from Cape Town.
who was invited many years ago by Cete-
wayo to come to Zululand and teach the
people. He Is called by the Zulus Doctor
Paul lie accompanied the exles to St.
Helena of his own accord. DR.. Wildly an
Englishman, is the physician TO the exiled
household. All the Zulu attendants who
wait on the exiles went to st. Helena of
their own accord
Dinizulu speaks and writes English flu
emily, and is man of more than ordi-
nary intelligence. An effort is now being
made 10 procure the release of Dinizulu.
IL is argued that his return to his own
. people would convince them that the Eng
fish intend to deal fairly with them. But
the British government would hardly dare
to place again in the heart of the valiant
nation of the Zululand a man of the
ability and the bravery of Dnizulu.
what makes you think that Spaldy