AFRICA'S BLACK PROBLEM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8159, 18 July 1906, Page 3

AFRICA'S BLACK PROBLEM.

PROGRESS OF THE INSURRECTION. BATCH OF NATIVES CAPTURED. ALLEGED INHUMANITY. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN bHOCKED. Roceived 17, 9.18 p.m. PIKTBBMABiTZBrEO, July 17.

The Durban Light Infantry surrounded and captured eighty rebels, in the Moma Valley, Midwandwe. London, July 17.

In the House of Commons, Sir H. Bannerman stated he was dreadfully shocked at the alleged inhumanity of attire fnendlies, and doubted the authenticity of the report. Inquiries into the matter were being made.

BAMBAATA'S HEAD INCIDENT NATAL GOVERNMENT DENIES INHUMANITY. PRISONERS CANNOT BE TAKEN. PRESUMABLY NO QUARTER THEREFORE GIVEN. Received 17,10.33 p.m. PIBTKBKABITZBEBG, July 17. The Natal Government state that when it was found that Bambaata's body was putnfied, and it was impossible to remove it to camp for purposes of identification, a doctor removed the head and took it to camp, when it had been identified and photographed, and buried with the body. The head ~ was never sent round the country to convince the natives that Bambaata was dead.

The Government state the campaign has been conducted as humanely aspossibly. Some isolated inst antes of brutality on the part of troopers mar hare occurred. Natives in one instance outraged women. When fighting in the bush agamst overwhelming numbers, it was impossible to take prisoners.