So far as can be judged, the native trouble in
our African possessions is now over. In Natal the field force has returned and been disbanded, and the unrest which threatened among the tribes seems to have disappeared with the capture of the ringleaders. From Nigeria it is announced that Major GoOd- win has defeated the Sokoto rebels, *capturing their town, and almost exterminating their charging line. The operations against the Munshi tribe have also been successful, and the district is reported pacified. The Mandi who was the cause of .the outbreak perished, and the main force of the movement has been broken. At the same time comes the news of certain acts of hostility on the part of the Emir of Hadeija, a district one hundred and twenty miles to the east of Kano, and the decision to despatch an expedition against him. Clearly there's a general stirring up of the embers of • Mohammedan fanaticism throughout the whole West African Hinterland, and our small garrisons find their hands full. A bold stroke such as the defeat of the Sokoto Mandi may do much to bring the truculent Emirs to their senses.
