THE SOMALI WARDANCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 93, 5 May 1903, Page 3

THE SOMALI WARDANCE.

"The Somalis held a great war dance at Berbera to celebrate the check given to the Britsh arms." So runs a cable message, and the Somalis are apparently justified in their jubilation. But we may I be sure the check given to the British is ! only temporary ; it is, however, signifii cant of the British system of muddling through with a job. The columns that were sent forward are all coming back to the base, and the ground won has had to ibe given back. All this because sufficient troops were not sent at the beginning. Now we find that further reinforcements of Indian troops are being sent and the strength of tke fores in the field will then be barely sufficient for the task of thumping the Mullah. The same sort of blundering marked the early days of the Boer war, and in the end a great deal more money "was spent than would otherwise have been the case. There is no blundering on the. part of the people of New Zealand. They believe in making sure of things ; hence it is that Suratura tea enjoys such wide popularity. Suratura is pure honest Ceylon teaandisguaranteed not blended with Indian, China, or any cheap or inferior teas.