Show TO FIERCE TERRIBLE FOES they may add to england s burden of war ilie the zulus fierce powerful and endur ing could with the help of the rich Basu tos make south africa run red wilh with blood should uie the zulus seize tho the opportunity offered by the transvaal war warto to strike kefor for freedom hugland would tavo have her hands full should tho the bold bola join arms with their fierce tau kausins sins south africa would become hot soil for tho the british toot foot tor for many fang long months to come says the boston herald both of these uprisings are threatened both aro are greatly eared feared the zulu situation in particular Is watched with anxious eye england for or a while ras was over matched in the last zulu wa war r and d victory was bought in the end with rivers or of english blood scarcely any greater misfortune could come just now than an uprising euch such aa as this the zulu ia is undoubtedly the best native fighter ot of south africa lie ile la Is physically a splendid savage fierce powerful 0 ower till and enduring add to this the memory of a magnificent past the traditions and courage ot of a race except by white men and by them only at tearful fearful odds and you have a worthy foeman the zulus yielded to the sway away of england through force indeed but the fight they made then was one to keep alive the hope of a better ending for renewed struggle the secret of the zulu power lies first in organization and second in ae tradition ot of victory organization under the great chieftain at the beginning of 0 the present century 93 gave ve ahem their first superiority over the savage tribes and an unending series or of victories for balfa halfa half century or more produced a race of rare courage and warlike prowess the glory of it describes the zulu of today what is now known as Zu luland a wild country bounded on the north by the transvaal on the south and anve west sl by natal and on the east by the sea was tas then divided among several savage 2 e tribes of which the zulus were one at of the ithe the chief of a neighboring tribe the plotted the murder ot his two sons one ot of whom however ko iko wever escaped and in bis his wanderings tell fell tn in anh with the british the tile organization of whose forces he noted with a shrewd understanding after tola fathers death ho he returned to his tribe was made chief and proceeded proceed ed to fb organize his warriors into brigades regiments menla ments and comp companies anIM british tash fash aba and had bad remarkable success in warfare one of his lieutenants was a youth oi 01 fierce and restless energy he lie AN was the son of a conquered chieftain ad a d his fais name was waa he ile studied the organization ot of tho the arroy army zealously and saw in ft wonderful things not accomplished by bis his viso fiut tut mild chieftain he made up h As la mind that some day bis his own change would come winning consideration was finally as a reward appointed chief of the weak tribe of zulus he lie organized them perfectly and when the c chief of 01 ahe be as was killed in batt batto 43 tchaka announced the independence of be the zulus and upheld it by force this done started in to make the zulu power supreme lie attacked ills tits weakest neighbors first and with every vict victory ory absorbed the young warriors lato into bis his own army and destroyed the ho old men women and children in this way his own army grew ansly and his conquered neighbors lost recuperative power and eventually W Ment ity he divided his young warriors into regiments distinguishing each ciach regiment by different colored shields and established with rewards a competitive among regiments he trained them to advance and attack in solid formation something new in south africa savage warfare and he developed the close quarters attack with the short stabbing assegai or spear so eo generally used among south african tribes then he established an inviolate law that any soldier returning from battle without assegai or shield OT or with a wound in his back knoud be executed as a coward by another bw law young soldiers W were ere forbidden until after long service unless meantime they earned them by distinguished bravery in ane field absolute discipline was inculcated an expedition never knew know its destina con and purposes until far from home k in art attacking tacking the first on onslaught slaught was always in solid formation mation supporter support 01 on an cither either side ride by wings or skir skirmishers rs flank plank movements we were re a regular maneuver in savage as a s and ag as effective aa n civilized warfare it can easily be been seen how the zulus tinder such a system swept all beforce thein the undisciplined sav bavage age of the plains and forests went dawn down ilka like grain before the be reaper and every rev tribe subjugated was wl ruthlessly ruth lessy amalgamated into the victOr victorious lous s na nl I 1 lion the zulus swept the coast su bubbo ajo bated natal and pushed their fierce moody eway sway far inland the terror ol 01 their name passed far north and far noute nor was there limit to th cir ravages ra I 1 until the dutch settled in natal then t began a series of fierce huhta in which the white man and the rine rifle finally triumphed bed and the zulu power was broken or at least deduc reduced ed to the point poin t ot of noninterference interference non with the move imo vo i roeita of the dutch and the english who soon after swarmed over the land t md nut but respect aspect abe the wb white ito while taught to rf man an iho the zulu nursed hla his traditions tradition we pride and als his ferocity it was a di disgrace in bla his eyes to labor except in the prosecution ot of war under cate yo the creart chief whose power PO Jt oeland broke in jn the war in hach ch eho met several terrible lost boats ot of reverses and splendid men the was as zulu at heart ane zulu Ts of the great hakas s days and this Is the people who now threaten to avail ot t En E glands ds troubles to llala regain their f freedom r dom they same game in ley are the spirit and are ate rich in resentment for years they have n nursed their wrongs what they have I 1 lost ost in savage fierceness by a generation of 0 peaceful subjection Is more than matched says recent writers by their gains in knowledge they still retain their terrible stabbing assegai but thoy they have added tho the rifle and arc are splendid marksmen thoy they dream 0 of restoring the tile splendors ot of their past and it they raise can be counted a terrible toe foe SSu Zu luland today has a population ot of about natives and less than 1500 whites the only occupation ot of the natives is raising cattle there are square miles in the district and the government is a british protectorate the Basu tos 3 while by no means the peers in war of 0 tho the zulus occupy a strong position Basu toland Is durad ed by cape colony the orange free state and natal they have discouraged the white man and there are only europeans in their entire territory the country is a splendid grain producer and tho the are thrifty and rich there arc are wild mountain districts to serve in time ot of need they were once I 1 warlike power ot of some consequence and in 1879 they stood off england in a war over disarmament to a compromise by which the cape has since paid them a year toward the cost ot of government they are in large measure belt self gov arning ot of course under british dictation and enjoy a considerable measure of civilization about out ot of a population of have been converted to christianity |