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Majesty's Government cannot regard the survey of farms in Zululand or their occupation as con- ferring any valid title, or as in any way affecting existing rights of the Zulu tribes or Her Majesty the Queen, and that Her Majesty's Government cannot view with indifference any course of action tending to bring on disturbances near the Zulu Native Reserve. The correspondence on the sub- ject has been published, with the sanction of the Secretary of State, in the Natal Gazette, and is therefore now widely known throughout South Africa.
With regard to the policy of Mr. Gladstone's Government towards Zululand, it may be observed that whilst its declarations against intervention were constant up to the time of the Boer inter- vention, and the adoption of a colonial policy by Germany, after the effects of those events had developed themselves, their views appeared to undergo a certain degree of modification, as may be inferred from the following answer of Mr. Glad- stone's in the House, of the 14th of November, 1884: "The attention of the Government is being directed to the condition of Zululand, with the view of considering the question whether these obligations of honour or policy are involved in an interference in its affairs. The moment they see that the time for such interference has arrived, they will deem it their duty to make it known to the House."
ST. LUCIA Bay.
It is hardly necessary to say anything here with regard to St. Lucia Bay. It was ceded to England by Panda in 1843. Our right to it was asserted as against the Transvaal in 1862 (when the Boers were as they are now, surveying farms right down to the sea), and the British flag was again hoisted there in December 1884. Germany protested against this latter proceeding, but withdrew its protest as part of a more general arrangement and promised not to interfere along the coast as far as Delagoa Bay. The South African Republic also protested, claimed the Bay, and were answered by Lord Derby argumenta- tively. The New Republic also protested, and, having no shadow of claim, were answered more curtly. They seemed for a time to acquiesce, at least nominally, and were preparing to lay out their nearest township at a spot adjacent to the littoral and the British flag-staff; but our latest information, that contained in the telegram of the 26th of December, is that in a proclamation of the 26th of October they have again included it within the boundaries of the New Republic. Mr. Esselen when in this country asserted that the new township was ten miles from the Bay. The information obtained by the Natal authorities was that it was quite close to it, and this is confirmed by Dr. Einwald, the German traveller, who has visited the spot quite recently. telegram of the 4th of January above men- tioned, directs that the protest of the British Government is to be renewed. There can be no difficulty in rendering the spot untenable by them
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