The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-27
SOUTH AFRICAN oUTCAsTs.
Their Life In the Land of Lost Repu-
tntiOns.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
When the young Englishman goes
wrong, he either runs away to South AZ
RIGA, or his family meet in council and
Danish him there Formerly Australia
was the popular resort of such exiles. but
of late years it has been considered that
the prodigal has a better chance to retrieve
his reputation in the land of the Kaffir
than in that of the Maori. For it must
be clearly comprehended, when one is
prodigal, a British prodigal, that one must
not come back with a few old husks and
penitential tears, but with something more
obviously indicative of a changed DISPOSE
ton and clean heart-a handbook, or
shares in gold mine, or diamonds ga
lore; something tangible, clear proof that
a new reputation has been gained. The
fatted calf will be killed, rest assured, only
when a herd of beeves follows the return
ing sinner.
The exile departs under varied conji-
tions. He may possess a f10-note beyond
his steamer fare: he may possess a few
hundred pounds; he may have a guaran-
tee of a quarterly allowance on his prom
Use to remain away from his respectable
brothers and sisters. With the exception
of the class last indicated which is speed
lily wiped out by drink, the fate of the
prodigals is almost always the same Nine
times out of ten they drift further and
further away from self-respectfulness
and never acquire that ill-o-the-wisp
they seek, a fortune. But the object sought
by the old folks at home has at least
been gained. In burying Themselves on
the veldt they have buried the past the
shame. Therefore, South Africa has been
called "the land of lost regulations"
The average prodigal thus banished is a
peculiar useless creature in a new land
because he is generally of respectable mid
die class, frequently of aristocratic paren-
tage He or his friends at home never re-
allze how helpless he is until a week or
two after his arrival, when he finds there
is no work for him which he can do He
is not a carpenter or bricklayer, or mason
or engineer. II he were-and how he wishes
he was-he would be worth 81 or IS a day in
johannesburg or Pretoria or Barberton
He is reduced as a rule to very sad ex-
tremities, when he finds at last a career
which Is open to him. He has discovered
that Cecil Rhodes has monopolized the dia-
mond industry and works the mines by
convict labor-there he is not wanted. on
the gold reef in the Transvaal he has no
capital to invest, and there he is not want
ed. But there is an opening for him II he
is of sound body, and can ride a bit and
shoot a bit. He can enlist and the prodi-
Edit III lhnuAItIdHt CASES. gives uD AL
hope of making a fortune and goes soldier
ing. There is the real cemetery Of lost
hopes, the real graveyard of the past-the
colonial forces of South Africa.
1t Is real soldering; there Is always war
or rumor of war. There are several COM
mands to choose from when one has decd-
ed 10 join, and they are nearly all kept
busily moving. There are the Cape Mount
ed Rifles. the National mounted police. the
British South African Companys police,
the Bechuanaland border police and
others. IL has been stated In recent dis
patches that England can bring the Trans
vaal forces to her bidding with 1000 men.
These forces are not inclusive OF the AZ
rlcan commands, which hardly seem to
be taken into consideration. AS a mat
ter Of fact. although they are not great In
numbers, each member Of these battalions
ought to be worth two regular redcoats.
They are Injured 10 the climate, they know
the country they understand something
Of the natives, and they have had frequent
skirmshes with the Kaffr tribes In the
Zulu war. some Of the best work was done
by irregulars OF the country. Last year
Cecil Rhodes pacihed Rhodesia and raised
the siege OF Buluwayo without calling for
a single imperial soldier. The y. b. l..
(Bechuanaland border police are con-
stantly on the borders Of President Kru-
gers country and mlngling every day
with Beers. Such quickly moving troops,
knowing the lay OF the land. ana backed
up by volunteers from the veldt OF Mash
onaiand and Matabelcland-every one OF
whom is. by force of circumstances. an ex-
pert shot and cavalryman-could do more
damage la less time 20 Boer or Kafir than
columns OF heavily equipped and slowly
moving soldiers from England. They
would fight as the insurgents do IN Cuba.
as the Americans did IA the revolutionary
war. facing the Hoer with the Beers
methods. not forming Up 10 be shot down
la platoons ut another Majuba Hin II IS
doubtful " there D. any need for any
thing like 1900 troops TO maintain Brit
ish supremacy IN Africa.
The object Ia sending out 80 many II
probably 10 menace Germany, but az q