UNREST IN ZULULAND

Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 19

UNREST IN ZULULAND

* .—. — o SURRENDER OF DINIZULU. THE, NATIVES STRONGLY IMPRESSED. TREASON, SEDITION, AND JNCTEMENT TO MURDER. COLONEL MACKENZIE ACTIVE. NATIVE SENTENCED FOR SEDITION. CAPETOWN, December 9. . Qne hundred and fifteen Transvaal Indians,, including Pathans and Ghookhas, have 'offered .to serve in Zululand. Lord Selborne, in reply, stated that Natal must decide whether the offer shall be accepted ,©r not. DURBAN, December 10 % At Ddnizulu's request, Colonel Mackenzie has sent a conveyance to bring Mm Wm Usutu to Nongooa. It is reported that* the delay in effecting, his arrest arises out* of the legal preliminaries connected with the service of the warrant under civil proceeding. " It is reported that the Natal Government/ is aware that the rebel chief Bamboota has been living in a dug-out near Dinizuru's kraal. He is now in hiding. Four loyal natives in North. Vryheid captured and assegaied^a rebel. Before the latter' died he stated that he and others had been entrusted with a special mission, but he declined to say by whom. Dinizuiu surrendered to the civil authorities at Nongoma, with his 50 followers. He gave himself up unconditionally and •without compulsion. He is now guarded qt Nongoma. Two rebels belonging to the murder gang were found in a loyal chief's kraal in Zululand. The intended victim was aware that he was a marked man, his brother having been murdered a week ago- : Owing to armed bands of Zulus on the .western and northern borders, martial law -'has been proclaimed at Vryheid and Paulpietersburg. The reported outbreak at Vorspoed is not connected with the. Natal troubles. Dinizulu's wives and many followers are commg in. December 11. Although 200 of Dinizulu's immediate followers came in to Maukulmana, the chief induna and others headsmen are awaiting the turn of events. It is expected that Dinizuiu will undergo a criminal trial in the Supreme Court on a charge of inciting a rebellion. The Government believes that the mobilisation averted a collision, as the natives intended to resist Dinizulu's arrest by the police alone. Though it is believed that the most critical stage in the Zulu trouble is over, the troops intend to thoroughly inspect the Usuju kraal, and to visit the kraals of other suspected chiefs. ' The rapidity of the Natal mobilisation amazed the natives, hundreds of whom saw Dinizuiu escorted to Natal by the police ■with, fixed bayonets. - At -'N.ongoma he was brought before Colonel Mackenzie, who, after a private interview with the Zulu chief, sternly Addressed the natives and local chiefs. The Colonel said: "The Government hao sent me to put the country in order. You -see what is already being done, and if fighting now starts it will be my business to teach you a lesson that will not be readily forgotten." - ■ The natives were strongly , impressed, end the country is now absolutely quiet. December 13. The Natal Government has decided to take Dinizuiu immediately to Pietennaritzfourg, -where he will be tried on charges of treason, sedition, and incitement to anurder. The Natal newspapers urge that Dinizuiu be deported," even if he is innocent, in order to terminate the condition of simmering unrest. The Natal Government has captured the

rebel who acted as intermediary in 1906 between Dinizuiu and Bambaata. Colonel* Mackenzie has occupied all the commanding positions in Zululand, and has columns in various directions. He is collecting all the rebellious, and reassuring the loyalists. December 14. , Colonel Mackenzie noticed the absence of the young men from Usuta, and that no firearms were found, though it is understood they, weTe previously plentiful. He warned the natives to deliver the rebels and arms by to-morrow, otherwise the troops would take action. The Native High Court at Maritzburg has fined the, acting chief of Quabe £500, besides sentencing him to 18 months' imprisonment, on a charge of sedition. The accused has been allowed bail pending . an appeal to the Privy Council.