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Show THE ZULU WAR. Tho Zulus and their war agftiuet tho British ia the eubjectof en iutei-cstins iutei-cstins paper in tho January number of the Westminster Review, It otateB liio origin of tho trouble, and gives other pf-riiculars, indicating that the nativi-i ma nut no very much to bhuup or the course they ore now pn miing. The dispute between tho Z'.ilud ui.d t.ie colonial government grew out ol the fact that when the Tniuhvaal republic was annexed there waa a piece of territory the title to which was claimed both by the Dutch cm, by the Zulu king whuHo utime, by the way, is Katflhwayo, instead of Cclgwayo. The colonial government submitted the matter to arbitration, and it was decided that the disputed territory did actually belong to Katah-rayo. Sir Bartla Frero, ns high commis-bionor, commis-bionor, Bent to notify the Zulu king ol tho award of the commission, but accompanied it with hia ultimatum as governor of Cape Colons. Tbii made the surrender ol the disputed territory conditional upon some very pojitivo changes in the internal economy of the Zulu kingdom. Kulahwayo wi.b to pay a fine of COO head of cattle, to surrender some captives, cap-tives, and to compensate Tranevnul formers who wero eufierers by his riiida. Ko waa also to. dibband his army, permit nil hia young men to gt t married whenever they were so inclined, (now they cannot marry until they have done distinguished eervice in the army,) sutler tho expelled ex-pelled missionaries to it turn to Zulu-land, Zulu-land, permit a British resident to come into his territory with authority to decide all disputes between Europeans and Zulu?, and to expol no European from Zaluland without the resident's consent. In short, Sir Ba.-tle Frere required re-quired the Zulu monarch to surrender surren-der all the essential elements of his eoverciguty and independence, and to break up entirely the military organization or-ganization by which ho hoped to maintain these. Katsbwuyo waa further required to Eubmit to a partial par-tial disarmament and to a rectiticn. tiou of frontier, and to cede St. Lucia bay to the British. This cession would prevent him from obtaining the uup-plics uup-plics ol arms and ammunition which now make him formidable. Of courao Katahwayo valued hia independence too much to flubmtt toauy Bucb terms as theso. Ho ordered the British to ovacuate Fort Luneborg, as being on hia territory, and prepared to begin war nt onco. The difficulties under which Lord Cheimaford will labor until he baa been substantially reinforced rein-forced are greatly enhanced by the fiict of the long frontier which he baa to guard, he being compelled to distribute dis-tribute his meagre forces bo is to defend Boveu separate strategic points widoly apart from ono another. The Zulus, by concentrating against any one of theso points as they did against the Twenty-fourth regiment, and aa they now seem to be dome against Colonel Pcarsou, at Ekowe, are ablo to bring practically an overwhelming force to bear upon the British posts, and so threaten to destroy them in detail. But it is not probable that they will act with the promptness by which alouo Bttch tactics can be made successful, and -it is likely that in lets than a year KaUhwayo will bo crushed and a fugitive "like other recalcitrant Caffra chieftains who havo had the impudence and imprudence im-prudence to dare to maintain their rights against the encroachments of tho British. The Zulu king's army is s..U to consist of -t '.OtO men, well armed "and provided with ellicient artillery. Against this army Lord Chelmslord, before the last disaster,1 had 12,000 men on the frontier, but of theso S.000 were natives (since disbanded) dis-banded) and only -1,000 were British troops. In addition to these there 1 was a small nav.il brigade, but still J Ka'.shwayo outnumbered his cppc-i nenta t?n to one. The natives aroi afraid of the. Zshis, and believe be-lieve their prowess to be superior ' totj.it of tho English. An oth-er sent to recruit amongst the B-im'.os ' was told that bo could not gel men from tbcm until Lcrd Cttlm-iord first defeated tho Zulu king. |