Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-13
ZULUSARE FATTHLESS'
British in South Africa Find Native Allies
Take Part Of Insurgents
FRIEND OF OLD cETtwAYo TO THE FORE
Chief Who Followed Old Warriors Now
Goes Over to Enemy
"AFRlcA FOR AFRICANS" is THE CRY
Native Preachers Gail for the Bxtermina-
tion of the Europeans
'HET voLw TAXES FART IN TROUBLE

''HET V0LH TAXES FART IN TROUBLE
OLD Boer Leaders PrOcJ Right of |
Boer. to Rule The : : and
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JotIANNEsBr l2-(specisl Ca
blegram to Tb Ie situation created
by the succe Je of the rebel chief
Bambaata- = own location near
Greytown in th 3 Aandhls district of Zulu
land is undoubtedly becoming one OF IN
creasing gravity, owing to the action OF the
Zulu chiefs in that vicinity. There are
minor differences of details between the
various reports, transmitted from Natal
but It is apparent that at least two chlets
of authority-Siganamdi and NDubl-haNe
fatty refused to cooperate with the au-
thorities In their endeavors to capture
Bambaata and his followers Even more
serious are the reports that these chiefs
actively helped Bambaata in his flight after
he crossed the Tugela, and that they have
threatened Nashl, minor but loyal Chief
with the wiping out of himself and his
tribe unless he joins in their plans, which
according to Nashi, include deliberate
attack upon Nkandhla and Eshowe
siganamdi has long been suspected OF
! harboring refugees in the dense thlckeUs
| of the Nkandhla forest He Is said to be
/ centenarian and an associate not only oil
| Cetewayo, but even of Dingaan, the fero-
! cious tyrant whom the Beers defeated sew
/ enty years ago. He is one Of the old school
| of Zulu warriors and it is believed that he
feels that il his end is to come soon he
n elW.a- a N rVNn N
as in any other direction. That the trou-
BILE has so far extend beyond the chiefs
mentioned there is no evidence. report
| from Melmoth declares that the Zulus of
| that district are holding a large meeting
| of armed natives at place called
N'Vomba The white population has gone
into laaRer at Nkandhla- Eshowe and Mel
moth.
The native troubles in the South African
| colonies are generally looked upon in much
the same way as the appearance of few
cases of cholera in a home city are re-
garded. Beyond the widespread Kafhr dis
content that has existed for considerable
time, there Is nothing in the situation to
cause very gloomy outlook at present
but at the same time 1t cannot be denied
that there are elements that do not bode
well for the future
| Ally Proves IFatthIess.
For instance. everyone in the colonies has
looked upon Dinzulu as a rock of loyalty.
whereas now it begins to appear that he
canot be depended upon. The Zulus as a
general thing respect Dinizulu as repre-
sentative of loyalty to their ancient Gus
toms and religions, and 1t can readily be
seen that in a period of storm and stress
he is more likely to climb down on the ma
| Of fnnCa than the English
side.
Reports to the effect that there Is con-
siderable Indignation over the fact that the
authorities have burned native churches
show that the situation is not understood
The churches in question are not sacred
buildings, but native political meeting
places, where the dangerous doctrines of
Ethiopanlsm are preached. They are con-
Quoted by the Ethiopian missionaries, and
the creed preached in them is that the
white man must go and the black must
be handed back his country. White men
are not allowed TO enter when the services
are under way and the natives refuse to
! permit white missionaries TO preach in the
huts The future existence of the Euro
pean in South Africa is believed to be de-
T pendent upon the roofing out of Ethiopian
! ism, and those best posted say that this
I means the destruction OF the miscaled
churches
, However, st. Pauls church at Durham
q was not burned down in this way. as has
E been reported. In fact, there is a strong
suspicion that natives started the fire,
;. which broke out about o'clock in the
morning. The church was Of the old
est in South Africa, contained the memo
| rial TO the plucky Dick King, whose name
will be remembered as long as Durham lasts
|
there is evidence that the building was
looted before 1t was fred. Nothing es-
capped total ruin. and the church is loss
not to Durbin alone, but to the colony.
O "Het VOIk" Campaign.
n The campaign OF ''het volk' is stin in full
3 progress. but presents new features
Speeches have been delivered by Genera
s Botha during the last few days at Potchef
I stroom and Klerksdorp. God help the
d Transvaal" he exclaims on each occasion
n with parrOt-like regularity. n its govern
h ment Is TO be dictated by the Johannesburg
y capitalists" And this sentiment practie
s ally furnishes the text Of his whole ser
i mon. Needless to say, II is always re
ceived with applause by a well packed
e audience OF eN-burghers, but the British
n malcontents seem 10 be gradually tumblinl
Il to the obvious fact that the capitalist,
!, in Lord Miners words, will have to attain
" his position as a political leader In spit
2 rather than by virtue. OF his eminenCe il
n the world Of finance" Al any rate. Their
Il are signs Of considerable slackening o
q their zeal TO join the "het volk' as a bul
n wark against capitalism,
II The remainder Of General Botha
le speeches consist as usual. OF violent abus
Of Lord Miner modified By criticism o
Lord Selborne and by dispaTagement o
any effort in reconstruction and develop
ment which has been or is being carried ou
n by the Transvaal government
Mr.. SHUTS Is rather more original, be
cause he is less discreet. Speaking a
Mosihkats Mex TO an audience compose
entirely Of BoeT farmers, he made som
m remarks which can hardly have been mean
n to reach British ears, but which hay
o' gradually leaked out through the pages 0
le Fthe Volkstein, He hoped" for instance
e. that the Beers would only choose a repre-
= sentative who only spoke the Taal. VIII
or spoke no English, 50 that they would Sc
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