The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-10
FAMOUS ZULU WAR
LEADER FREED
Black Prince Given His Lib
erty and Also a
Pension.
HAD CHECKERED CAREER
AS CHIEF OF SAvAGEs GAVE
ENGLAND MUCH TROUBLE.

! lease OF the imprisoned Zulu chief,
Dinuzulu. This decision was reached
| at the vrst meeting of the union cab
met at Pretoria Dinuzulu will be
given a farm near MUSHROOM, on
which he will live with his wives and
personal attendants. and will enjoy
reasonable liberty on an allowance Of
I $4,000 per annum, subject TO good be-
! havior. Dinuzulu was removed secretly
/ from Newcastle to Pretoria.
Dinuzulu. who is one Of the sons OF
/ the famous CetewayO, and, therefore.
a prince OF the Zulu royal line. was ar
rested in December. 1907, and charged
on twenty-three counts. including col
| lection of arms, Indictment to con-
spiracy, levying and making war, and
/ harboring rebels He was kept in
| prison eleven months before he was
| brought up for trial. All charges but
one-that of "harboring rebels
completely broke down, and Dinuzulu
/ was condemned to four years impris-
| onment and a fine of $500. The term
Of imprisonment took effect as from
the day of his arrest, that is, Decem-
Der Z. 1907. so that the present release
| comes eighteen months before the
natural efflux Of time.
Dinuzulu has had a checkered ca
reer. His troubles began while he was
a mere youth. after the war and set
| Element Of 1879. by which the vast
territories of Zululand were placed
under thirteen kinglets, controlled by
| a resident commissioner. CetewayO.
being regarded as the leader of the
/ Zulu national party" was soon got
rid of by the help of his rival, Usibe-
pu, who. however. in his turn, was
! soon driven away by Dfnuzulu and his
! uncle and guardian, Ndabuko, aided
] H. e ,1 Tharprrrn the Natal
government openly interviewed on be-
/ half OF Usibepu. the peace-breakcr.
/ and restored him as the much safer
man Considerable unrest imme-
diately ensued among the Zulu tribes,
| and Dinuzulu and his uncle and sew
eral other chiefs were charged with
| being the fomenters OF "sedttion-
The trial which followed was very
one-sided affair. being conducted be
fore a specially constituted court, with
| scarcely any time allowed for the
preparation Of the defense. It ended
in the prisoner being sentenced to
death, but this sentence was ultimate
ly committed to Punishment to St. He
lena-in the case OF Dinubulu for ten
years This was N 1889; but, owing
to the efforts Of Miss COlenso, Dinu-
zulu I'm consideration OF the state OF
his health. was released in 1897, not,
however. before Natal had received
from Mr.. Chamberlain, then colonial
i secretary, permission to annex Zulu
land altogether. Dinuzulu was de-
prived of the position Of paramount
chief. the colony binding itself to pay
him a yearly salary Of $4,000. mot TO
be withdrawn without the approval of
the secretary OF state"
ZuIus Sorely Oppressed.
For several years Dinuzulu lived in
: his native locality Of Ndwande unmO-
Tested, but in 1906 the Natal govern
ment again began to suspect him Of
disloyalty. In the following year the
! colonial government successfully in
, voked the imperial aid for the sup
preston Of a native rebellion" Early
in October. 1907. IL made a like re-
quest in view Of possible further trou-
! BILE Lord Elgin replied on October
IA that imperial assistance would be
/ available on the distinct understand
ing that the home government would
b have a voice in the control Of the sit
uation. This was not at all to the
, taste of the Natal government, which
! therefore withdrew the request, and
? turned to the Transvaal and Cape Col
ony for assistance. The imperial gov
: eminent threw the full responsibility
for this course on Natal 1t had no
evidence Of serious unrest in Zululand,
2 and the proclamation OF martial law
]
: peared to be open TO no explanation
save a policy Of aggression and land
. grabbing on the part Of the local au-
thorities. Subsequently Dinuzulu was
arrested and imprisoned.
In releasing Dinuzulu General
I Botha has combined a wise act Of con-
ciliation toward the South African ma
tives with a frank remembrance Of an
? old friend. After the death of Cete-
: wayo in 1884 the Zulu nation was split
\ in two factions. Dinuzulu, then a
> young man. was challenged by Usibe-
I pu. and appealed for Boer aid. Cen
: eral Lukas Meyer led a large party OF
- Boer farmers into Zululand in support
4 Of Dinuzulu. and Usibepu was routed
5 by their aid. One Of these soldiers
y of fortune was Louis Botha, a mere
e youth, the son of a sheep farmer IN
the Transvall.
Z In gratitude to these auxiliaries Di-
. nuzulu made over 5000 square miles
5 of northwest Zululand to them, and
= they founded there the New republic
= with Lukas Meyer as president. The
r independence Of the New republic was
J in 1856 recognized by England. but
two years later II was incorporated
= with the Transvaal as the Vryheid dis
- trict General Louis Botha. who con-
4 tinued to farm there. represented tho
Q Vryheid district in the Transvaa
Radical, and some Of his most re-
4 markable victories i'm the BOer wal
r were gained in the neighborhood he
{ knew so well. Then Dinuzulu was
= king and Botha was a soldier of for
s tune: now Dinuzulu is a prisoner and
Y Botha a premier. and the latter ha,
. not forgotten the Zulu chieftain
! -e-o-e
? AN EXAMPLE OF sTEADFAsTNEss
: Mayor Magee OF Pittsburg was talk
o ing about an obstinate man.
HE IS 'sot' in his ways" said tn
= mayor. HE is as bad as the old plante
: OF history.
D AN old planter in the palmy day
before the war was blown up in
steamboat accident on the Mississippi
They fished him out unconscious. A
5 the end OF an hours manipulation h
q came to.