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

4 tiglting the whole force Of t11ee
8ST British government. The battle
| wagcd by the Misses Colenso-two SIS
ters-is carried on without visible signs
of outward warfare; and vet it is a
struggle as daring. as strenuous, and as
adventurous as any real engagement,
| Embarked on a quixotic attempt to res
cue the native chief Dillizulu, from the
coils of British diplomacy, they have
spent almost every cent they had in the
world. For the last five years the ED
est Observation-Disclosures been the guide.
philosopher and friend of the native
chief; even going to st. Helena and
staying there near him while he waited
i'll prison until her efforts got him out:
only to be tried and re-convicted on
another count The devotion of the
Colenso sisters to the cause of the black
chief has won the respect Of even their
jnveterate enemies. the English foreign
office wire-pullers who wish to turn
the land OF Dinizulu over to white OK,
ploiters.
In many quarters Of the globe the
fight waged by the Colenso sisters has
evoked the sympathy Of thousands OF
people who have not even stopped to
consider the actual merits of Dinizulus
cause. Many influential English people.
including Sir Charles Dixie, Lord
jNorthbourneS and Lady Schwa.nn. have
recently taken up the cudgels on be-
half of the brave women; and in Lon
don an organization has recently been
formed to raise funds to restore TO
them some of the actual money they
have spent in defending Dinizulu at his
recent trial for alleged high treason. AS
a matter of fact, the only charge OF
which the black chief has been found
guilty is harboring n few w1etched ma
tives fleeing from British rifles in a
faxed up rebellion deliberately planned
for. the purpose OF breaking down the
influence of Dinizulu among the ma
tiyes. The entire movement against
Dinizulu is but an attempt on the part
of the British to land-grab the coun-s
tries belonging to the Zulu nation.
FATHER A FAMOUS BISHOP.
No white people in the whole Of
South Africa have greater knowledge
and experience of the Natal natives
than the two sisters, They are the
daughters OF the famous Bishop CO.
lenso. first and last bishop Of Natal.
who devoted his life to studying the
needs and ministerins to the spiritual
wants OF the black men.
Behind the whole Dinizulu proseSu-
ton, or rather. persecution stands the
fact that British colonists have alNavs
been jealous of his power and influence.
and have adopted every subterfuge to
rid themselves of the CHIEF and to de-
stroy his power. He has been, twice
tried for high treason; the first time
when but a mere youth; and, lastly,
for sheltering refugees during the So
called Zulu rebellion, In the earlier
prosecution of Dinizulu tho British
had things all their own
way. Dinizulu was for q long time
unrepresented; and, after his first con-
yiction, was sent into exile in st. TIs-
lena. 1t was then that Harriet Colsnso
began to take an active interest In Ills
case. Without at first employing legal
counsel. she went into ali the papers
and convinced herself that all Dini-
zulu's so-called crimes We're trumpet
up charges for the express purpose of
getting him out OF Natal where the ma
tives look up to him as their great chief
and the direct descendant of the famous
Cetewayo.
) AS A STUMBLING BLOCK.
Dinizulu.s influence in the country
has always been a stumbling block
to British land grabbing: and 1t has
been essential to remove him from the
scene of his actiSrtt{es a fte,,s lic I'M