The Friend of India and Statesman Friday December 13th 1878

Wild as it may sound in the ears of many this is the ultimate object of the present war ; and it will be pursued with all the tenacity of the man's nature --if the country continues to tolerate his demoralizing rale During the past week the war has been almost entirely the topic of thought and conversation and although with the chance of tiring our readers we must make it almost altogether the [...] The greater the stress we laid upon the matter the greater would be the reluctance of the Amir to make the coueession the profounder his fear of the consequences which might follow from it. [...] At these interviews the Nawab was told of the bad humour of the Amir because of the grievances of which His Iiiiihnes considered himself to be the victim at the hands of the Government of India though the Amic admitted that we also might have complaints against him. [...] The destruction of the old landmarks of custom usage nod wont the strangeness of the new laws the new personnel of the administration and the economic pressure of the foreign tribute upon their industry—all stuns and paralyses the unhappy people ; and before they are even aware of his powers under our rule the locust curse of a Marwarree has spoiled them of their possessions. [...] This was en insult to the British Lion and therefore is proclamation was issued by the Governor announcing the deposition of Umqikola and the annexation of his country and directing the petty Chiefs to place themselves under the protection of the Queen whose representative the Governor of the Cape would for the future be their chief.