ADVICE PROM CETEWAVO.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1175, 17 November 1883, Page 1

ADVICE PROM CETEWAVO.

Cetewayo seems to be one of those peculiar individuals who can manage other peoples affairs better than their own. Writing to the Basutos,' What are you, Basutos,' he says in scorn, «to even imagine that you can fight against the English ? You know that we Zulus are under the feet of the English, and we are your superiors. If you think that an army was sent against you, and that you beat it, and that you can do anything against the English, go on in your stupid and dreamy way »f talkiDg, and you will be sorry for it. If you persevere in your foolish way you will perish suddenly like a vessel on the sea that is suddenly filled with water and is no more. What are you? If you got all the white people of this country, English, Boers, and also the black people, to help you. what could you do against the U nglish ? You could do nothing ; you are simply like a fly on the nose of a strong man ; you can ,he brushed away during the wink of an eye and be no more. Listen to me ; stop this foolishness of yours, and pay homage to the English nation. Listen to me. I am among the . English people, aud know them. Do you think that even against the Zulus any English soldiers were sent ? No ! It was as if oiip man was sent against the Zulus to pull them by the ear an.l advise them. If the English had sent an army no one would now be living in Zululand, They only sent a few men to advise the Zulus in kindness. If you now despise my words, jump down the precipice. I swear to you that you are acting as children ; there is no black race that can do anything against the'English. The black king and people that listen to the English and talk nicely with them are the only ones that will die,from old age and save their country.' This is a model of vigorous advice, and yet Cetewayo has just been stiffening his back against the power he appeared to fear so much.