THE TRIAL OF DINIZULU.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 February 1908, Page 3

THE TRIAL OF DINIZULU.

> MB, JELLIGOE ON-THS ?"^ -^iWAEPATH. \ -"-. -,' :'" -iMutgt ■£- Johannesburg corresponden -tHat'MifriJeliicde-vJwhb was en v|af«a.tp^a^fend;ji?6.;Zulu.trait<>r chief VBittimilaV ■ sui^tarew His .brief ): Jiai : -3WW|* ' Asiatics . .to. support tße Cpn'sti t^lipji, . but _to Bs : puttulj njrward thW grievances':: He statec daa interview ;tfiat;DlnMlu'i trial 'hi dflayea ■; f or Bioitthi. X Martial -la* 14 Ztflalafla • fras^illliltely ' -tt r lie yithdra>irh ; ;iintU. : Royal /Ssseiit v.and :^fc-ittdjsj|nity '^y^^iecbmi: .:; ij .!sHsr wistt.vthe-" Gfpyefnmeht .piult.; ; ir,^ar prosecutions ; .foT.':^illiag. 4nd flogging nitivesi .He. added, "Natal has broken faith with tH6 --Imperial Government. , -.'Mr-OTiMtorivCh'urchill^TJnder-Secre-tary ior^the • Cdlpnies,;in reply to "Mr Cotton' inithe,.H6u£e *'Of-:Cbmmonsi'''qn6t-ed^';Bir:'M V ;VN£f^h's\'deBjpatch>in'jreip^Mefo. an' jiuqU^-.by; 1 Colonel McKerizie. : It; reports , that V. the recent^ lnilita^ operations: :iif : Zululand fiyevriatiyesTwere:. 'fried ' and sentenced tovbe flbg^ed^-- ::■-..■■::• '..^.'- ;■; '-■-. ':■>.". *. '■ : -"Mr^JeUicqei-.inTa: letter .to Sir '-., M; Nathan, 'charges- the - ; prosecntlpn-.^vnth persistently- preventing Dinizulu from obt^ing"; eHdeaceKfpr/^ describe! the ptooeedlngs as a judicial outrage. ''Dinizulu's '.trial is a political one.- You "ate aware thaS' Vrith Larfl Blgin'6 coflQuttSnod | : came to^ef&ia Ditiizulu. /- It is" commoii .;grbuSa ' V%kWeSh- us thai owiiig tb'lhe' ffiendaciiy)t -tlie lotal . press: by the sMußßce of political -ana other ■?' arfreatnrers, seekiflg :t« exiilojt. 4,909,0(K' lsrtiS preserved to'ttte fiatives,;: anS. ffivfijid Dinlzultt aH Voßstacle .to Beit arslrdng 'oßinidn.:lsgftiHt-: ng.jjj Natal is aisloyo!:"; ; Phivietter'-proceefied to. allege : .that;. I messed we're . fo; cid .unafer idartial laiyft iiicriminate JJiiiizulii, and were iiptf flpw4B'to:i*it&draw.'t^eir statemedtfc-; 4r Jeilicbe- ilaiiiis . tHat" he possesses yidSScS. that : uiiresistidg natives we're, hot,- nii4et. jnartial ~, hiyr, .and thaViLijjfc }. urefls ■ofclDlniinlu'g '■:,. witnesses., were-. trested arid hidden. .;■-. . . f "-,. :* -'!; .■■••'., 'The . '.'Daily, .^Telegraph's" ' Mariti-' ih^'^^l^indmt''s^tM;'thai''t)ie.' I Mi-.-U^;*)Mf>-Kfei^^<iecUres,'>.'thati''.V > -.th'a'. tStejnenl. that •natives Vwere ' ' flogged to IBtaiE"4vld^l?c>. ii ; Jidiculotii. \'. -TEey prB Bpggea ;fpr : i^lence, : -anS.tli.e;.ptin T . sHment *as.: ntjld/: ; . • The- cpirrjsppnd; ;■ itii^ a'diJs. that :-therfe -is great- iiiaigiiai)' aon at Mr , Jellicoe not remaining to; inbstantiate his 'accusations..." Mr JeK tope . qaarrelled with. all the . . law ■ pffi*rsin Maritzhurg. >V .'h..;.,': ■■■■■^'\