[351] Notwithstanding the above conclusion, we have not felt justified in altering the title of the book. Throughout South Africa and elsewhere, the rising is spoken of as a rebellion.
[352] That is, the Act of 1893, inaugurating Responsible Government.
[353] Blame for the introduction of such diseases is held by the Zulus to attach to Europeans. But for their being in the country, Natives, they say, would not have been so afflicted.
[354] This decay arose out of refusal on the part of many to conform to ancient tribal observances, habits and customs; of their detaching themselves from tribes to live under European landlords, etc.; of women refusing to render obedience to husbands, or breaking away to lead immoral lives; of the failure of boys to return to their homes, and so forth. The following has reference to European authority: detachment from European ecclesiastical control, even of long duration, to set up independent churches.
[355] For statement, showing casualties among European troops during the Rebellion, see Appendix I.
[356] One of these, a Chief, expressed the view that the youths who had rebelled would not fight again, "no, not till their grandchildren are born."
[357] In 1912, however, the Union Government abolished both the Council and three of the four Native Commissioners.
[358] At the Census of May, 1911, there were 1,276,242 Europeans, 4,019,006 Natives, and 678,146 other Coloured Races.
[359] He was evidently thinking India was conquered during the Indian Mutiny.
[360] This, of course, is largely incorrect, as the Minister for Native Affairs as well as every member of both Houses of Parliament have, for many years, voiced the interests of the Natives, inadequately though that may have been. Apart from this, the U.S.N.A., assisted by Magistrates all over the country, has continually brought to the notice of Government, wishes, suggestions and grievances of the Natives.