The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

help one another In the suppression oil
heather enemies; he was strong In the faith,
but weak In arms and the sinews OF war.
Certain ungodly Egyptians and others OF his
neighbors wero giving him much annoyance
and making a mocksrv Of the power Of .
Christian potentats. He begged, therefore.
that the Queen would come to his aid.
Capt. Cameron returned to his post In
January. 1854 The Kings letter had bsen
pIeeonholed at the Foreign once. and no an
swer for II had svsr been considered. Five
/ days after Cameron's return Theodore sent for
him and asked why no reply had been made to
his letter to his colleague. the Chrlstian Queen
OF Great Britain. Poor Cameron couldn't worry
well explain. Then the King wanted to know
why the Consul. instead Of coming straight to
Abyssina from England. had turned aside to
visit In the heather Soudan. without giving
the Consul chance to explain, the King an
! nounced that he was convinced that English
| Christianity was a sham. and that he intended
| to punish tho Queen for her insolcnce. He
slezed all foreigners 10 his dominions and i'm
rrIsonsd them. including Cameron. and tor
tured some OF them.
The news Of this outrage aroused the great
est resentment in Great Brit ain. The Foreign
| ONCE wrote enough letters to Theodore to sat
| isiy the most sent CORRESPONDENT. In reply
| to one of them Theodore told the Queen that
| he wanted men and machinery with which hs
| Snnll nuke gnnho%der an guns The
SEca srtesns liz aid no, .t III. p P s
! go. but set up an arsenal. At last Sir Robert
! Napcr, was prlered to taso an eIpsdtion to
| Macdnla, Thssdores seat Of government. to
! rescue his prisoners and put down the mighty
| one from his seat.
The expedition was ono Of England,s most
| costly lessons in the necessity Tor good trans.
| portatlon service In It 10000 troops were I'D
| TO Mngiala. AZ the British army approached
! Theodore turned the prisoners loose. Hing
| them that his only reason for treating thsmn
an Srm my With which he eCnld sht lie S had
not the mon or the money TO 20 to England. he
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the prisoners. told him that Napier's army
wet Hot them cons one said Theodore still nur.
Ing his wrath nsanst the orsSn 'of her deiIn
| beat thea call ma a woman. too"
They came and they At ornsd his rock-hound
fortress on the mountain top. HIS men had
thres-iourths OF his army was in revolt when
we're WEI iathfui reirsa,-d. nshtins svery step
Of I'll. way back to .hs YER, p,nnacl.
surrendered on April 10. 1887. The British
used the Snyder, rinss for the frat time. Tho
Roberts Of the. Fourth Infantry. King Thsodors
inevitable. TIE failure Of Lord John Russell to
snswer King Thsodor.s first letter cost her
AaJestJ's Governnent Slo.0OooOo.
LONG sTRuGoLK or THE MAoRIs
The Maori war In New Zealand began In
over tho purchase Of land from ii. natives
and tho right Of the, NATL chiefs to seIl land
owned in common by the tribes was an old
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ton vas constantly csasisx friction Gov
GTHss G s%% sr.G oS b.hs s Il. ao: :
was occupied bg : ohI.f named Tei n ST and
some q his people; n l s.nc'sd a high
OVER Ss than %femu R,ns s chic, who e eati
ranked Toira. dared hat tho sale was void
Hing known IN Ensli.h history as W. King;
Maori chiefs who had resolves to resist English
colonization to the death. Tho league supplied
The Maoris were born Gghters. They had
been using muSkets against one another in
most Without fear. and their physique wa.
such that they sosm1d never TO learn the
made item hominsily Christians. though tbsy
lIEion to, ho triumphal canaibal teasts on the
boii Of their prisoners taken in battle. They
ticiaus, They had com bination OF marching
arm drll which they called u war dance. and
which was 40 terrifying that one OF the early
granted to the Maoris privileges which he had
sterny refused TO give them before he saw the
dance.
The hEhtinr In Taranaki was monopolized
By tho aaoris for several years. Their fight
log, force was ,outnumeered by the Eng lsh
rom n. mSip sSrt;on. and S.ss .h:m vi
!bs .vcnSinS "'T British army SS''s arrived tss
Msors had returned 70 the bush EI-
behI nd brsastuorts The Maorls built
their ds'ences in three rows Of ham BOO fences,
tho irst row until II had been carried by storm
and then d,crsetly dropped back 70 the second
as thcy eli N bed over n. rrst ie0cs. The Brit,
;h eoR|"nss' T' Ssb R5IDisanSy .sss:d
m.nr '0t out Of sRT Hns " to ao the
Ma2r,t ~ uRdsrn'nTPs Whole ootndo
finished The b.lescursd hasr!s had vithdrnwn
TO another place equally we'll fortified. Once
and minsrs had been al the hardest finna a' Of
"' 9ns or ch sst sr 2T to tn. P.h.t
boreITn G'9ierH,' ard the . fight slow IL
chief viii gladly lend him men to h.Ip 10 dis.
gng The tunnel bsp.ath our Tort. The chief
sense OF hnmor which characterized this reply.
They had heaps OF fun in tho war. In II letter
from Wremu Kingi to his m other. which was
intercept ed during the war sccurs this . Z pros.
sion; We are happy. We cat the English
pebhles," meaning bullets Tho native name
for Sir Duncan Cameron who spent nifty seven
days in marching fity-four miles along the
sracoast, avoiding the bush most scrupu ously
was "ihc Lame Ssngul"
Tho British force in New Zealand was in
creased until the nghtsrs Of tha native league
were outnumbersd ten 10 one. The Maori was
undsmayei. In January. 1853. Con. Cameron
surroundsd 300 Nnoris in astockade at Oraku.
They were without water: they were Tnked by
artillery and small arm fire. AMI hand Rrenades
vsre rain"t In upon them. They repulse Ave
assaults in thrsa days. Con. Cameron invited
them 70 surr"nder with all tho honors They
sent back tho famous answer: "ks1hsw-
hal tome, axe aka, akel" I've fight
right on. forever. forever. forever") Gen
Cameron asked them to send their women out.
They answered., our women want TO fight as
much as we do" On the third day tho Iaoris
charged out ~ the enclosure at n dog trot
The column Jumped clean over one regiment
Of British Infantry that was lying in the rifle
pits before the stuckade One hundred and
nlty 81 the 300 escaped into tho bush
. The grent fight NJ the war was that ut the
Gate Pa ,StoGkad-l. This was between two
s,WGmps which amply protected tho Maoris'
HANKS The whole Maori garrison did not
eIual in mum bers The officers. commissioned
ard non comm ssion"d. anf the plusicians OF