THE CRISIS IN ZULULAND.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9014, 27 December 1907, Page 4

THE CRISIS IN ZULULAND.

DINIZULU'S TRIAL. A STRANGE STORY. DURBAN, December 24.' A thirteen-year-old son of Bambaata, the Zulu chief who some tiAe ago rebelled, and who (it was aJlcgSjwas killed by the troops, was "tfte first witness called at the trial 6*f Dinizulu, paramount chief of the Zulus, charged with treason, sedition, and incitement to»nvurder. Witness deposed that, after the Native outbreak in 1906, Bambaata visited the Usutu kraal. Dinizulu accused him of cowardice in not fighting the whites, adding: "You seek shelter. I will help you to the.extent of guns and ammunition. You can return and fight the whites.*' Dinizulu sent- his chief Cakigana to assist and manage Bambaata's impi. Bambaata, witness added, returned to the bush and had not been l seen since. v

The Natal Government announces that the troops will be immediately de-mobilised. The Government denies that it intends' to arrest the chief Silwane, who controls nearly 10,000 men.

NaJal is disconcerted at the order for de-mobilisation of the forces, and at the Government's vacillation.

TESTIMONY OF BAMBAATA'S WIFE. December 25. , The Natal Government, as an act of clemency, has released 295 of the more aged rebels who were convicted in connection with the insurrection in 5906. The general operations in \Zululand are ended, but a composite regiment will be retained at Vrybeid; in to overawe malcontents. Bambaata's wife testified St Pietermaritzburg that her husband told her, after visiting the Usutu kraal in 1906, that he had been scolded for not fighting the whites. Mar.uklnmana, Dinizulu's chief headman., after seeing Dinizulu, told Bambaata:—" We summoned you here in order to tell you to return to the fight. We will give you guns. You begin, then we will start fighting.'V A PROTEST. ii . - LONDON, December 26. Mr E. G. Jellicce—formerly of Wellington, who has figured considerably in the law courts at Home as counsel for the Natal chief Tilonko, whose deportation to St, Helena lie endeavoured to prevent—has been engaged to defend Dinizulu. ' Mr ;Jellicoe has written to the' Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Elgin, protesting against his client's trial being conducted differently to that of any of the King's white subjects. (The press is being excluded from Dinizulu's trial.) EVIDENCE AGAINST DINIZULU. TESTIMONY BY BAMBAATA'S . WIFE. Received December 26, 9.38 a.m. DURBAN,' December 25. Bambaata's wife testified Dinizulu promised to join Bambaata™ at Nyandhla, and when asked why he had delayed he made excuses. Witness saw a number of rebels at Usutu. She would be very much surprised if Bambaata was alive.