The Trouble in Zululand.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 191, 4 September 1888, Page 3

The Trouble in Zululand.

London, July 12. The state of Zululand continues to excite apprehension. Lord Knutsford, the Times urges, who made a statement in the House of Lords on Monday, did not paint the picture too darkly. The rebellion has swollen to formidable proportions, and it has become a grave question w'hether our force in Zululand, embarrassed by the necessity of keeping up communications and maintaining order over a large area of country, is sufficiently numerous to take the offensive with effect. When we annexed Zululand in May of last year, the annexation ought to have been made a reality. In fact it has been little little more than a sham, Although the Queen’s flag has waved over Zululand for more than twelve months, the establishment necessary to maintain the peace of the country has not been provided. How is it possible to govern a less than half civilized country the size of Zululand, in which the elements of disorder are known to be smouldering, with the miserably small force of police and military which is at the disposal of the authorities 1 If a “ big white induna ” with an adequate staff and a considerable force at his back had been installed in Zululand, the strong probablity is that these troubles would never have heard of. Instead of that, we followed out our wellknown policy of trying to govern South Africa ‘‘on the cheap." We have in fact tried to govern Zululand from Natal, and to dispense with those visible signs of power which are alone respected by evildoers.