Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22

| against him. She mastered all the ma
1--we dialects in order to5gconfront op-
! posing witnesses: and her able cross
| examination on many occasions ut
terly put to rout the emissaries of
! the government who had come pre-
pared to swear away the life OF the
! native leader.
Finding 1t necessary to have
counsel. Miss Colenso obtained from
England some of the 'ablest Lawyers,
and paid all their expenses out to
Natal in order to- give the black
chief the proper status before the
white tribunal. In this supreme eff
had In the world--the sum of S15,-
600; but successfully demonstrated
that the long list of alleged heinous
crimes with which the chief was
charged narrowed down TO one of
simply giving shelter and food for
Of Bambata. a disaffected native
chief. 1t was amply proved in Dini-
zulu's favor that he took no part
Whatever In any armed rebellion
against the British and that he did
not even countenance the action of
rig themselves Of British oppression.
And yet, on the mere charge of
sheltering the women of a chief. he
has been convicted of high treason
against the English king; and con-
demncd to four and one-half years of
official position in Natal among his
own people.
y 1t is difficult to believe that tho
English could punish Diniznlu in this
manner without cause: but even the
Judges summing up in his condem-;
the entire prosecution. 81
HIGH TREASON.
The President Of the Court. Sir
William Smith, in condemning
i ! ~ as; for high treason. said,
1T can be said for YOU with re-
gard to the one offense Chat is. Civ
ing food and shelter: to refugees j that
you gave no direct encouragement to
these men--Mangati and Bambat;a-
in continuing their rebellion, and. in
my opinion, at no time did you at
tempt to take part in the rebellion:
but people must understand that thew
cannot touch pitch. without being de-
flied, and that they cannot, offer as
sistance to the kings enemies and
claim to be loyal"
Convinced that Dini2ulu Is p+,rfectlv
innocent Of all the charges brought
against him, and fully seeing through
the plan of the British government
ultimately to annex Iulu-land, Miss
Colenso left no stone unturned TO
block the game played by the
Colonial authorities who represent
England in Zulu-land When Dinizulu
was brought Up for trial at Pietermar-
itxburg In 1907. 1t was thought that
the government would have a walk-
over and convict Dinizulu simply out
of the mouths OF his own witnesses
Efforts We're made to prevent Miss
Colenso from helping him; but, over
coming ali difficulties, she showed up
at the last moment, and succeeded
in confounding the witnesses of the
oppositin. In trying to get to
Dinizulu on this occasion. she was re-
fused passes through various parts of
the country and martial law was
In addition to these Off
cial barriers, physical difficulties had
to be overcome. for in one place a
great river had oyerf1owed its banks
and so much delayed her progress
that Miss Colenso thought the case
would be called before Dinizulu could |
be properly represented. However, she
to ford the river, and APP
peared in court on the day of the |
opening of the trial wearing her |
stained costume and huge |
rubber boots. Though utterly fatigued |
and worn out;a she produced docu- |
menis in enurf3Nvhich brought about |
a stay of proceedings until she could |
procure adequate legal representation, |
On this occasion, her costs amounted |
TO more than s700. but she willingly |
advanced 1t for the cause of the black
chief. She won for Dinizulu com
plete moral victory, but as conytction.,l