MR JELLICOE'S CHARGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 44, 11 February 1908, Page 2

MR JELLICOE'S CHARGES.

THE NATAL GOVERNMENT IXDICTEJ3. HAS IT JiROKEX FAITH? Received Feb. 10, !).I2 p.m. London, February 10. Keillor's Johannesburg correspond™l slates that -Mr. .lellieoe wimsl here advised the Asiatics to support the constitution, liut to be prompt in putting forward their grievances. lie stated, ill all interview, thai Dinizulu's trial should be delayed for a month. Martial law in Zululand was unlikely to lie withdrawn until the Royal assent' to the Imlenmily Act was secured. Otherwise the 1 Jovernmeni; mini fear prosecutions for killing and Hogging natives. He added that Xatal had broken faith with the Imperial Governniefil. MI!. CHURCHILL INTERROGATED. "TRIED, SENTENCED, AND ; FLOGGED." Received Feb. 10, !).12 p.m. Ijondon, February 10. J Mr. Churchill, Under-Secretary of 1 Slate for Ihe Colonies, in reply to Sir J lleurv Cotton, quoted the lion. Mr. '' .Nathan's despatch in response to an inJ quiry of the Home Government: "Colonel MeKenzie reports that during the recent military operations in Zululand live natives were tried, sentenced, and Hogged."

DIXIZI'LU'S TRIAL. IS HE BEING FAIRLY TRIEDV GRAVE CHARGES. Received Feb. 10, 11.2 p.ni. Loudon, February 10. Mr. Jellicoe, in a letter to the lion. Mr. Nathan, cnarges lite prosecution with persistently preventing Dinizulu from obtaining evidence for his defence. He describes the proceedings as a judicial outrage. The letter proceeds: ''Dinizulu's trial is a political one. \ou arc aware that with Lord Elgin's concurrence 1 came to defend Dinizulu. H is common ground between ns. Owing to the mendacity of the local press, engendered by the influence of political and other adventurers seeking to exploit four million acres reserved to natives, and who find Dinizulu an obstacle to their schemes, a strong opinion has grown in Natal that Dinizulu is disloyal."

The letter goes on: "1 allege that witnesses were forced under martial law to incriminate Diniztilu, ami were not allowed an opportunity to withdraw the statement." Mr. Jellicoe claims to possess evidence that unresisting natives were shot under martial law in hundreds. Dinizulu's witnesses were arrested and hidden. AATAL MINISTER'S REPLY. WHO IS WROAG? Received Feb. 10, 11.2 p.m. London, February 10. The Daily Telegraph's Maritzburg correspondent states that the Minister of Defence declares that the statement that the natives were flogged to obtain evidence is ridiculous. They were Hogged for their insolence. Their punishment was mild. The correspondent adds that great indignation was felt in Natal over Mr. Jellicoe not remaining to substantiate his accusations. Mr. Jellicoe, the correspondent says, quarrelled with all the law ollicers in .Maritzburg.