Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mathews da sojojinsa kuma sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kawo karshen yakin Anglo-Zanzibar
na 1896 wanda ya fashe daga wani ƙoƙari na bypass da ake bukata da cewa sabon Sultans dole ne a vetted da British mashahurin. A lokacin da yake a matsayin firaminista Mathews ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da sojoji kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na manyan kamfen guda biyu, ɗaya zuwa Witu kuma wani zuwa Mwele.