| Show OV O V LAND I 1 is not so black roll painted news received in london from T own states that lo 10 berttula Bert gula xing Mat abeles has withdrawal withdrAW IL into northwest where he anity keep up a y let Se naula guerilla warfare with the british it la Is 1 quite in his power to harass them 11 li this fashion for or the Mata Mat belea abeles are arc adepts in this warfare it la Is believed bel loved however that before a month Is gone they will la be subdued aud and tho the campaign over public opinion has turned in favor of 0 tho the king who Is in not it seems nearly so BO black as lie Is painted although it Is in not denied that he h la Is despotic despot lc and inhuman in his rider ship it appears h that mr Sel selous outs who has been very A prominent in denouncing the king was wa i once heavily fined by him for shooting I 1 1 or allowing one of hla his party parly to shoot a 1 royal hippopotamus tho the offense cost mr selous tw which naturally aroused lit ahli resentment toward tho the king lo 10 bingula Is described as a laga gacIO cloua man and has been called the I 1 of the fhe blacks lo 10 bendula 13 19 now about 54 5 years olal and ana has beers been king tor for twenty three years since the death of his father who led the matabele Matabe lff zulus t to 0 their present home the king kill has bag aldaya thea treated white mon men well when they ll 11 have bare been permitted to enter his country at fill all lor for l or some years lie wore were european attire but a long time ago ho he returned to the monkey skins ox hides and feathers of his fathers and lilii hw mode of dressing Is reproduced hero here the king Is about live feet eleven inches filches high and Is 13 very corpulent he is every inch a warrior but in spite KII of nt this fact it la is positively that kli he was incited to the present war by hla big H 1 l impetuous sold soldiers lers u |
