The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-28
BLACK NAPOLEON IN EMILE.
Island of II. Helena Again the Home
of "a Warrior Chief.
(From Tie Chicag0 Cbronicle. )

(E rom the chicago thTOniCie.j
In the island or 81. Helena, where the
white Napoleon ended his days. prisoner
To the English. a black Napoleon j. living
now, alsJ . prisoner. 1t is a siugua r
chapter Of Condolences which seems 10 unite
| the fortunes Of the hDUSe OF Ronaparte and
the house Of Chaka- Ia rly in the century,
when N0poleOn was OverruHning Europe
! with his aruies and dazzling the minds OF
Een with lis genius, an English sailor
( was wrecked on the African east and wa n
dered into Zullland.
He was taken before tie young chief.
Chaka, and TO him he told Of the wonder
full outside world. Of which the CHIEF had
heard ruuors. and a : all the world wa then
filled with the name or Napoleon he told Of
the rise OF the COrsican and how H. had
conquered nations ana built up for himself
great empire Tho story Of Napoleon cap
tured tie fancy OF Chaka- and he resolved
u he an African Napoleon
Then began the rise Of the great Zulu
powerin south Africa. and Cha IA sprea dhis
Conquests over great territories aud subiu-
gated neighboring tribes ana built mp for
/ himself an empire. 1t fIourished until d
broke itself to pieces against the English,
Just rs the empire of the man whose name
had inspired its building did before it, The
empire established by Chaka stretchcdd long
the whole southeast seabUard Of Africa
from LimpypJ to Cape Colony, and extended
far inland.
When The English landed in Natal in
1924 the empire Of Amazula was the most
powerful in Africa. Chaka made treat v
with the English. allowing them TO live
in Natal, and for this he was killed by bis
brother. Dincaan. in 1928. Then began
the struggle between the white man ana
the black man. which was to end IN the
destruction Of the empire founded 10y
Chaka. Peace and war altcrnated. and
all the time the Zulus lost ground.
Finally, IN 1s63-'s4, the Brit ish felt
bound 10 blot out the Zulu power. Then
it was that CctewayO, the heir OF Chaia.
summoned forth his whole forces and
hurled his ''i;upis" or regiments on the
British. At Isandulu the Zulus broke the
British squares and routed the redCuatS,
hut the end was the capture of the chief
and the breaking az he Zulu power.
In this war the house Of Bonaparte again
became mixed up 18th the fortunes OF the
house OF Chaka. The Prince imperial,
granddaughter OF the man WHOSE example
had inspired the building or the empire Of
the Amazuiu, went out TO fight in the ranks
of the English. and was Killed by 81 Zulu
spear. In 1854 Cetewayo died. and the
quarrel was continued by lis 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 ex-
ample caused the building up of he black
kings empire died.
As becomes the head Of IA grea AMI war
like line, DinizuIu is acC0mpa MED i'm lis ex-
lie by Il numerous retinue. His two uncles,
several chiefs q physician and clergyman,
with their wives and children. make up a
household as numerous as was that of the
great Napoleon when St Helena.
The chaplain of the royal exifcs is PauI
ilitimkula, '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 .'Dr.
Paul He acCompa MED the exiles to So.
Helena of his own accord. Dr.. wnbv. an
EnGlishman, is the physician to the exiIed
household. All the Zulu attendants who
wait on the xileswent to St Helena of their
own accord.
Dinizulu speaks and writes English flu
entity and is man of more than ordinary
intelligence. An effort is now being made
TO procure the release of DiDizuIu. 10 is
argued that his return to his own people