There seems some hope that the rising in Natal has
been at last suppressed. All the leaders have either surrendered or fallen, and Colonel Mackenzie is reducing the forces in the field. It is proposed to hold a Conference for the purpose of establishing a South African defence force, in order that each Colony may suffer the minimum of economic loss and dis- turbance in case of an emergency. In the beginning of the week stories were published in the English Press, on the authority of a Johannesburg paper, which seemed to point to acts of brutality on the part of the white troops, and in particular to an outrage on the body of Bambaata. In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Churchill, in reply to several questions, disposed, to our mind most convincingly, of
these rumours, and showed that the campaign bad been con- ducted with all the decency and humanity possible. We have dealt at length with the subject elsewhere.
