IN ZULULAND.

North Otago Times, 27 October 1906, Page 4

IN ZULULAND.

letter prom the REV. J. R, 4 FLYNN ANDERSON.

Till OPINION OP A "MAN 01! : GOD."

Many people in Wellington and ot'jiov parts - of tlio colony will roiuembor the Rev. J. R, Flynn Anderson, who some mnnthfi ago'lectured most. interchip on. .Sou Ul- A fi'loan matters." From a letter received by' a Wellington resident it'l3 gathered that Mi'jAiulorson lias, takdn up-. woi'k, oiice niioio, in South Africa, and. lias had' a particularly active time. t in |: Natal during.'tlio rccont 'rebellion, headed by. the Zulu chiefs Jambaata ami Dinizujn, asf an enclosed nowspapor .clipping describes Jiow lio .(Mr Aiulerson) and Dr. Savage did somo lioroic service in rescuing wounded rebels in the'bush. The letter is aa follows: ■

'[Written at Nlcandka Camp, ' ~ . Zululand, . August 27th, 1900. "No doubt you wonid hoar that I returned quito -ivnexpoctodly tio Natal to; ■ tako • up' work : ao' chaplain to tlio foroed engaged'in!.quelllng the liativo rebellion. I never expected things out horo to tako tlio serious turn tiiey did, Tliera is little doubt that a very, big rising was intended by clio natives, far and wido in South Africa, and that tlio prematura outbreak in Zululand and Natal showed tlio natives' to be arming all.ovei' tlie country. It vibs only tlio ready and stern action of tlio Natal Government in crushing tilio ro- ; bel iinpios before they had-time to congregate and ally themselves with othennative tribes that saved the country from a disastrous.. and. far-spread! rising. Let'people-say .what they will about t!iQ ( .octian qf .the vtroops, calling them '.murderers,'. and referring to fancied.'atrocities/ but I am oonvincpd, as a man .pf; God preacher of the Gospel, that the colonial forced hi Natal and Zululand have behaved in ft , ; planner both humane and'courageous, and I doubt very inuoh whether Imperial troops could havo done lialf a> well under tlio circumstances. I have' soon Bad sights'and when men's blood lias been .fired I liavo.seen stern '.pridils, tut'we were dealing with a 6av>, age raoo who gave no,quarter and expected noiic._ Kraals have been burnt, and devastation, swept through the na-' . tivo fields, but women .and children , have been cared for. irrespective of colour,, fpd and looked after, and : wounded men have received as kind! treatment aa though their skin was. white instead of black, :

'A great deal of exaggeration regarding 'no surrender,' etc,,'lias been spread abroad', and tfoolidh troopctra in trying to; niako .a brag about the number tlioy Jiavo killed' ai'p very ly rosponsiblo for some "of tlio silly stories that one roads»y y War is not a? Sunday-school picnic,, mid tilings will lako place that look shocking to tliosoi 'who arc comfortably Aife at home; moreover, it must ever be romeniLcred that tlio colonials were I'.'ghting foi- tlio safety of their homes mid children,( opposing not a whito civilised eneiuy,] tut a savago heathen horde." ' Mr Anderson expects to leave Natal' for Jlhod&sia and Victoria Falls towards' tlio end of the month, and from thei'o. intends to go on to Uganda and Egypt. Later .lio Intends to pay New Zealand 1 another visit,-