THE ZULU WAR.

Kumara Times, Issue 813, 9 May 1879, Page 4

THE ZULU WAR.

TH® EE®L'JNG) IN ENGLAND.

The Times says Nothing can exU'beedtha frankness iof the recital, for it is

clear, that .nothing iaa been held back. It would wdsfelfeßs'deny either the sad-

ness or the -extreme gravity of the catastrbphA' Whether there was or was u .nOtffllnjDwant iif vigilance on the part of ■,,i-qus^vsfl.foitce^ijitvia;clear that the Zulus 1 ftF?n i iy. a! formidable than our expected them to be. :! ifttfe broetfh4oadeW, and that they could :ii ifightohourageodsly. We now know but ,■ v l < W?:;WalL^Pra r H%g®force they can mass the loss of our troops is still grayer os the peril which must arise w¥m 'defeat. The, Zulus will be emOf[(, bold^elf, (i asa : the colonists will be exr'Bf!pbs%dftodhe, formidable dangers. lid these o cifcutnlaUnces, the duty of the s-1 oi<Boyqranlent>cahnot admit of the slightest it'date send ample reinforceC|ap,9 without the . needless i lfc m ?y be f, at they can be more quickly sent from the Mauritius or. India than from England, °° B %TOQta no effort and no 1° iexpenditifre)aitistf be spared to save the and the power of iSb#On9fi'lSfes2i!ftcga! grave injury. It is a melancholy consolation meanwhile that i i tL r^ h Re fT, nt 1 did their did at their posts like 3H The Morning Post says : Africa inflicts a deep - no-«!oundrosm, k the*(national pride, and its . .oMet«3B iea>f pf|shocking a character that we no Qsyij&9 easaip> that the Sovereign and w ho had scarcely re- • cqyered.f&m the effecting events of the r . cliise or the jrear. will feel deeply the blow 1 ® 'Suddenly spread sorrow 3l ‘ J tW6iigh th#tvhdle country. The slaughter of 500 English soldiers, with all their bobdfiodrsi nbekides a number of officers p.uoftSp.singi wiithi cthe native levies, is an event -uo(fafiF&H&ii?gS o W lt w ill have to be given of Parliament. We may expect, toe-appointment of a Committee .pflSquiiyy'iiow that is too late, into all S“|t!i‘6 o( «efßcts 3 8f organisation and supply p i: |tfesit lH hAfe 7 the policy of Administrations towards the ixnCapeoxicMricGladstone’s Government did tha o Cape Mounted Rifles and Weed the Imperial forces, to ( Wjhichjj distracted by other claims nearer ' nonSe, the pijeser t Administration have i,n^atiyfln t6 )t Siud sufficient troops for the

present contingency. Lord Chelmsford, asked for cavalry and for than were spared to him. ' hoped that in a conflict with ‘■ravages’ 0 bis actual strength would suffice, and the estimates for the coming year VFsjsfttp>lhave been framed on the the British infantry by The Daily News says :—“The Cabinet • mfa&llonfljjq&dtl upon a fearful summons. fi'jrilHW of the surprise, defeat -ni(WA a detachment of; British -i iMSifi, 8 iy t sWj£ol u soldiers, which startled all Englana with a keen shock of pain, was no doubT.an equal surprise to the o,c^eeß'^ r Mff i fi[st er s. The decision was 'cofii'e to to send reinforcements li oibft&B ©spilt6 the extent of six battalions 'ilfi)flHiflWitt , js<[two regiments of cavalry, two bill 3 cjf n artillery, one company of -niSP$ I .Bffl rs b i^ 160 companies of the Army and one company of the ' ( army- -Hospital Corps. The dispatch of 91 Iroke'hmn TOw is a censure which the on themselves for not 9flhaitiDg)tsetfferthem before. If it is true -<[Ah feptfesfeatationa were made to them -Hifi ift?sequaoy of the forces at the shm?PJS s mfl&nP Chelmsford, and that that ■woit°p»?fl were disregarded, and even the present Parliament—docile as it has shown itself—will a strict account. One thing seems clear. The authorities at the Cape -nhhdShotißaeanß adequate for the prosecuh!^P u ePl enterprise on. which they have they ask for more men, Government at Home refuse ihe nr the assistance which they demanded 1 For these are only questions Jilftfob^%i^fe r ed. Mr W. H. Snath, who Ifapbkot obxiFeb. 11 at Westminister, used d>h#9Qimi®3gnguage as to the gallantry of m en who have fallen in the excution of the dangerous task aabalfSft? Ever y° ne sympathise ■nrrnJ tribute he paid to them. We S’iSu that the universal grief at -o« MfiHfeOdisaster will not be converted ildnto boofretaal indignation at criminal IjPQfili&feOfi&l. In the meantime, the reinforcements will soon be on their way to nM&fiWfeO But weeks must elapse before -olfm r § destination. Who can ave happened in the three J^edkrf, Whibh have passed since the disbftlßaf 1 Who can tell what iimajpduippfen before the troops arrive at the Cape? It is not too much to say 9W a krfhftnpxt intelligence from the scene fflamitoua ‘ little war’ is awaited BUB P e Qse which has not been qsijm_4«S n^ since the time of the SlSy ?® u . tin y- The loss is not only * ' in 1 itself, but alarming by reason of its possible consequences—consequences nfrlfidWfcßF have taken effect before the gfeli|pßfe o l«i'ho first disaster have reached -•rabrgxioo I

gniLn&Ms ■■ - * —- ‘Jld'FsQriidiaaslroua floods have occurred causing, the total destruction of Slegrdin, a town of 70,000 inhabitants, on the 11th instant, despite 'lne.enorm made to strengthen the dam 3 toileting the town from the overflow of Great distress has been seffQS&ty&tad thousands are now homeless. iSthodoaßwof life has not yet been ascertained, but it is believed to be large. The Indian Budget has been presented to the -pjegislativo Council ; no fresh been proposed.