The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30

-oads running into Deisgoa now. and there
viii probably be more within the next few
ears. England has loaned the money
tn which these roads were constructed.
nd has been looking with longing eyes
= the place for long TIME. as It's pos
ssSion would give her great deal more
-reagth and the bay would a.so make
cry desirable naval station One OF the
lads runs 10 Johannesburg. and he othsr
described elsewhere. ID Fort Salisbury.
1e latter has one great drawback. SO far
the proposed transcontsnental read IS
l2cefned. Il was not constructed 20 COM
emily the trains that viii be used on it
mot be sent over the other roads. This.
3wever, Will be Of little consequence
zen England gets control and IS in a
air way TO complete her road from Cape
Town 10 Cairo.
England's statesmen have proved their
ability time after time. Here again she
The Portuguese II their public work have
paid the natives who have been employed
on the railroads m nsmum wage. when
they pad anything, and very often the
work was stopped because the people could
not get their money. TIL were comp Had
70 apply 10 usurers, who were working
the claims o. The natives charging ;rem
enormous rates The officials who had
charge OF the road did their best 10 pocket
as much Of the spo.ls as they could. and
they did not care who was the loser.
on the other hand, Cecil Rhodes hired
whole armies OF kaffirs and paid them
not only double the wages given by the
Portuguese. but gave commissions 10 their
chiefs. He booked after them, sent sur
geons to attend their sick and injured and
would not allow any interference with
tne.r trioai regulations or customs. Above
all, ne aid them promptly. and they did
not nave 10 20 10 Insurers. He refused 10
deal with any go-5etweens. and he was
well paid for his trouble. The result was
aptly expressed by Capt. Jameson who
said: IF Rhodes would give the word,
ne kaffrs would exterm.nate the Portu-
suese and Dutch in thirty days
Many remarkable things have happened
II the southern part of Africa within the
asst few years. and most OF them showed
n what direct on are the sympathies OF
The natives. About six years ago the por-
5nsnes !, offie.a.s at Delagoa bay gave
~ec.l Rhodes considerable trouble. They
staTted in by trying to collect full duties
ipon goods intended for Zambezia
modes sent protest. which pig On
DIED in true Portuguese style 10 grow
qusty in the archives of the official IN
narSe: one month 3fterward an army
hafiifS destroyed Portuguese settle
ent and began to make things look
lually along the frontier, Portuguese
oops were sent after them. and while
ley were n motion another band of KAT
: descended on ano' her set lem mt. com
rove away all the cattle in the surround
country. In each case the mdrauders
vent back beyond the boundary into Fam
'ezia. and the Portuguese troops had to
ITO Brit sh territory without getting into
"ouble OF more serious nature
Inc Portuguese officials made protest
Mr.. Rhodes. He behaved exactly IN the
lre manner with L as the Portuguese
I'D done with the protest he had sent
ein some time before. About the time
e Portuguese protest arrived at Cape
wn two more forays on q larger scale
k place and struck cont rnation to the
srtuguese art 4 courteous letter was
mt 10 Cecil Rhodes by the officials Of