NATAL REVOLT.
POLITICAL SPEECH,
By telegraph* Prese "Ase n* Copyrlgh Pietermaritzburg, April 22. Mr J. G. Naymcn, Minister of Railways in Natal, in a speeoh at Durban, deolared that tho poll tax was made an exouso for loDg-contemplated resistance. It was not intended to ask for Imperial aid. Ministers were resolved at whatever cost to face tho . problem without giving tho Imperial Government tho right of inttrfering. Such I interference would injure their interests in I S uth Afr'ca,
BAMBAATA’S followers. m SOME OF HIS DOPES. By telegraph, Pic*a A«s'n, Copyrlgh' Etcoivod 11.10 p cu., April 23. Pietermaritzburg, April 23. Bambaata’s followers consist of 1400 young malcontents of various tribes. Cjlonel Saundets reports aa almost open broach in S g mum i a tribo a strong faction realising that Bambaata duped thorn. Some of tho tribo bavo returned to their kraals owing to Dinizulu’o reply to their request, dootariog that Sigamundi must fight his own battle, adding, *• I have no quarrel with the Government.”
SPEECH BY PREMIER. RECENT INTERFERENCE. By telegraph, Pres* As«’n t Copyright Received 12.24 a.m , April 24. k Pietermaritzburg, April 23. '’"'E’he Premier of Natal, ia a speeoh at I Nottingham road, declared that Lord 1 .Elgin’s recent interference was unwarranted. Tho Ministry realised the serious responsibility of taking their fellow creatures’ lives, but were prepared to dothe reoent execution. They were 'tally opposed to the use of Imperial . ;oops, beoause tho settlement would be I ,ou removed from Natal’s bands. Dioi- I ulu’s repatriation was an Imperial mistake, as the nativos had not forgot be belongs to their blood royal. Colonel Greea deolared that the reoru-1 iesoenoe of the trouble was due to Lord Elgin's suspension of tho executions. The ■uspension impaired authority in the eyes of the natives. I
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1731, 24 April 1906, Page 3
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