COMING AFRICAN TROUBLES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 265, 15 November 1878, Page 4

COMING AFRICAN TROUBLES.

The Transvaal Argus publishes from a letter placed at the editor's disposal, the following account of a visit to tbe disputed territory: — "As it was still early, Koßter and I went to look at the Zulus, who were holding their military kraal on b'.a farm. We found Jhree fcrnnis fiuished, stationed about (he distance of two miles from each otlrer. These kraala, or camp 8) sre curious thing*, being 150 yards in diameter, six fe«t high, made wiih laibs and polis,— a sort of basket woik fashion. Beei.^s the three, another is built close to Mr Filter's. The Zulu* that are working ikere are all armed with rifles r.nd assegais, and niimbtr froto 500 to 600, and every day new contingents arc univing. Their motives for building these kraals are now quite obvious (0 me. Zulu chiefs have liven Dotice to all the whites down here to quit, as Cetyways says he wants to taka possession of hie owu, and now they Bro quistly occupyina the country. So far as they have buiU they have blocked up the road?, allowing no one to pass without payiog toll — viz , en ox for » waggon, TheiT cheek is unheord of ; they go ioto tl.e houses of the Germans ; when sitting down to dinner, two or three 2uluq will come in, an.l, sitting down also, help themselves to whatever «hey like. At Filter's they actually swarmed the house, walked into the wife's bed-rcom, sayiog they wanted to ccc the * Missus.' The Germans have to buy their safety by giving these impudent Zulus whatever (hey ask /or. From th;fie kraala we went to the [Jmbelin&'a old place being on Koster'a farm. . I have never wmy life seen bucli ravines. The hole or cave where Umbeline formerly lived is now occupied by the Zulus, into which they are carrying food and stormy it away. I have not been "side the cave, but those who know it v.ell aay it will hold about 400 head of Cattle, having a stream of water running ihrough it. Besides this, the entrance is through an almost irnpeoetrable bush. I enclose a rough sketch of the position of the Zulus at Luneberg. The miseries these farmers have to endure are frightful. They had a meeting last week, and sent a memorial to the Government, asking assistance and protection. If none is given, they intend to have their properties valued by some competent person, and apply for protection through the German Consul. Tbe fiittiog of Jhß Land Commiason has been indefinitely postponed in conDequence of the witnesses refusing to attend because of Ihe disturbed state of the district,'' "~ y