Zulu Unrest.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 22, 26 January 1914, Page 5

Zulu Unrest.

SOUTH AFRiCAN TROUBLE.

ZULU REVOLT SUPPRESSED. [Br Electric Telegraph—Coptriget] [United Press Association.] (Received S.oo a.m.) London, January 25. An exchange telegram states that the Zulu revolt at Middleburgh during the absence of the troops who are maintaining order at Johannesburg has been suppressed.

AN M.P. RELEASED.

ENGINEERS' EXECUTIVE ACQUITTED.

(Received 9.55 a.m.) Johannesburg, January 25

The Supreme Court has granted a rule nisi, returnable on the 28th inst., for the release of Mr Cresswell, M.P., on the ground that the magistrate wrongly claimed to administer martial law when there was no riot disturbance in Witwatersrand.

The magistrate acquitted the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers on a charge of unlawful assembly, on the ground that the term "enclosed space" did not apply to rooms. When the Zulus saw the burghers leaving Middleburg for the Rand, emissaries were sent to Zuiuland to report that the time was opportune for revolt, as the Whites were warring against each other. The emissaries were arrested before reaching Zululand. The evidence shows that they intended to murder the only white remaining in the vicinity. The Government sent a large patrol to MidUeburg, warning the Zulus that on the first signs of violence, the offenders would be shot.

COURT MARTIAL TO BE HELD.

Pretoria. January 23

It is understood that a general •ourt-martial under General Lukin vill be convened for the summary '.Hal of the four men, Drake, Steyn, /ergucna and Oliver. The fir,st two M'e charged with causing an ion, and the others with having ex)losives in their possession. The sec.ion of marital law whereunder tho •nurt will he convened prescribes sentence of death for these offences.