SWAZILAND ENVOYS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 9

SWAZILAND ENVOYS.

By tho Union-Castle liner Walmor Castle, from the Cape, there'arrived at Southampton.fivo Swazi ohiefs. Their visit is in connection with tho' proposed terms of settlement of their Country j but their sojourinhcro .must bo necessarily briof, as thoy wish to bo back in Swaziland beforo thp" heavy summer rains set in. The leader of 'tho deputation, Onococo, brother of tho lato King Umbandine,. recently stated in Johannesburg that hs wanted to hear from tho lips of King Edward, himself the terms of settlement'. Ho was quite satisfied" with theso,. but wanted confirmation. Tho envoys are under tho cscort of Mr.'A. G. Maiwick, of the Swaziland Administration, who will act as their guido and interpreter, and their visit is likely: to last some few weeks. Tho strange passengers . were tho source of considerable wonder to' thoir fellowtravellers on the Walmer Castlo, among. whom was tho Marquess of Winchestor, Lord-Lieutenant of Hamphire. returning from South Africa; but the chiefs wero,more amazed themselves with everything they. saw. and heard. , Tho interpreter said they had never been on such a voyage beforo, and wero mightily surprised at tho fino vessel and its .equipments, by which they travelled; indeed, thoy could not imagine that .tho "whito man" could havo morq magnificent paiace3 on land. The navigation of tho vessel caused them infinito wonder —they could not at all comprehend how the captain and officers "knew, the way across tho mighty. deep," and tho moro things were oxplai'nod to them tho moro impressed they wero at tho "whito mail's" knowledgcof mattei-3 and things to them entirely incomprehensible. They wero almost frightened at tho hurry and bustle at tho quay sido at Southampton, and wero full of awful wonder at the fino South-Western express waiting for thorn, and which, vory soon after their arrival 011 shore, was whirling them along to London, 'which is to be thoir headquarters.