AFTER DINIZULU.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8996, 5 December 1907, Page 5

AFTER DINIZULU.

THE ZULULAND "DRIVE." Received December 4, 7.47 a.m. NATAL, December 3. Ten trains full of troops have gone to Ginginhlovo. Nearly two thousand men are participating in the operations in Zululand, having for their object the arrest of the chief Dinizulu. A STARTLING REPORT. ZULUS MOBILISING. NATAL TRIBES PREPARED TO CO-OPERATE. Received December 4, 10.8 p.m. NATAL, December 4. Dinizulu is sending emissaries throughout Zululand, Natal, Swaziland, Basutoland and Pondoland, and as a result the Zulus are reported to be mobilising in small numbers. Two of the most powerful Natal tribes, totalling 9,000 fighters, are restless and are prepared to co-operate with the Zulus should the latter rebel. THE ZULUS' FIGHTING STRENGTH. AUTHORITIES PREPARING FOR I EMERGENCIES. Received December 4, 10.8 p.m. LONDON, December 4. Reuters states that the Zulus' fighting strength is estimated at 30,000. They possess many rifles, and a considerable quantity of ammunition. Dinizulu's intentions are unknown. It is understood that Dinizulu is being urged to surrender and stand his trial. The authorities are preparing for all emergencies. Fifteen hundred troops are ready for Zululand, and the militia is being recruited up to its full strength —3,500. The impending mobilisation of all the reserves will give a total defence force of 10,000. Dr. Jameson, Premier of Cape Colony, will place a force on the Griqualand border of the Transvaal, and the Imperial Government is ready to a-sist in the case of necessity.