New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-25
SCHOOLS IN RHODESfA.
BISHOP HARTZELLs PLAN FOR EsTAB-
LISTING THEM
SUPPORT OF EARL GREY. OF THE BRITISH SOUTH
AFRICA coMpANY-THE BISHOP TALKS OF THE
CONTINENT


AFRICA coMPANY-THEn BISHOP TALKS OF TnE
FUTURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
Earl Grey OF London. who is member Of the
Board of Directors OF the British south Affici
Company ia arranging with Bishop liartzeii or
the Methodist Episcopal Church. for the estso''sh-
mcnt OF industrial schools In Rhodesa. bishop
Hartzell returned to this country last spring. after
fourteen months sojourn In Africa. travelling
forty-six thousand miles. In order - inspect
part Of his vast diocese. ana IL now ebdeavorins L"
perfect many plans for the Introduction OF cviliza-
tiCn well as Christianity. In the Dark Cont
nent. His efforts have been warmly supplemented
by contributions and In various other ways. botn
by Earl Grey and Cecil Rhodes. Earl Grey. In
letter to the bishop just received referring TO the
pleasant relations now existing between Great
Britain and the United states. sand:
| am heartily with you in what you say as 10 the
benefits which Will result from the GENE nting OF
aen nav Sonaest None tbst Amerca Would soon
see her way 10 emancipaie herself rom the apron
necessary 1t may have been in the earlier stages
OF your career. have always regarded as tainted
take her rlghtfu position IN the society OF nations
There II great work to be done In the world out
should rise to the high level of her responsibility
AND take her paa T Of e m I Of e
duties which that mission entails. cannot iaii TO
best effects on the character OF your people and
their politics.
THE NEXT STEP.
When the Bishop was asked about the present
situation In Rhodesa he said
The general SoR9n OF our R Schools
In Rhodesia IL the next Important step to be taken
though under British control my efforts to estab-
lish English schools OF the various SORTS meet WIN
warm approval on all sides. Rhodesa Is the chist
centre OF Interest. politically and commercially, IN
South Africa. It includes more than seven hu nd
thousand square miles lying north OF me SOUR
African Republic and Bechuanalhnd. ana eN,etus
from the Germ9n possessions on the wsst p cpas
through eighteen degrees OF Longitude TO the por.n
guese strip on the east and n9rthward across Ins
za%ss hysr to the fG S of tF
This vast territory Is under me c' hdco or out
OF the territory which is 10 be Of Englands
great est colonies in Africa the organization OF us
5nding Of rs railroads have afforded an illustra-
ton OF wonderful sfatesmanship ana me ner z
hcsi was dominated by I.obengula. the great Mata-
belle chief whose kraal or capfa T Se ard his
people determined to annihilate the whlte people
OF Rhcdesa. and several hundred whites We're nlss
sacred in the bloody which followed. Ihe coui-
and war and yet in spite Of these ana IT'S no p"s
distance from the coast. II Is now entering upo"
very hopeful future
THE BRITISH CHARTERED COMPANY.
The British Chartered Company is under the
control OF Cecil Rhodes. Earl Grey. DR. Jameson
Sir Alfred Miner Captain Lawley and others-all
men OF unquestloncd ability The jameson raid IL
While 1t caused temporary uil in the progress OF
the colony everything Is now running smoothly so
far as the raid concerned Whatever may
have been said in harsh criticism Of Mr. Rhodes II
cannot be denied by any one who knows him that
he IL "A man large enough to plan and develop an
empire; great enough to acknowledge mistake
when he has made one; with sufficient financial
ability to organize the De Beers Diamond com
pany, which makes a net proht OF slO.WOuO year,
ana wise enough to use his money Tor tne sood o,
the Government and humanity. The criticisms OF
Nioi nj
the natives | know to be largely unjust | made
a special study OF the question. ana. whie cruei
and unjust things have been done by subordnates.
I beeve-ln fact, know from personal oc i",s
most OF them Englishmen. who govern and control
that country deserve the confidence ana support 3i
the philanthropic and Christian world In their ei,
forts TO develop an Anglo-Saxon civilization IN a
land Submerged for thousands of years in barbar "a,
ca bu also by what have seen of the hSm hse
treatment Of native prisoner ana ,ne son an
their work The recent book BY owe Scnfeiner
publication. The impression it makes-that the
English and American officers ana men IN cr ,ng
to the nativesI believe to be entirely untrue ex
cept. perhaps. I'm rare cases ,,,,, no, only IN
Rhodesia. but in all Of africa is the native prop
lem The great question is now 10 In IN the
enormously difficult work of establishing law ana
trine for example; that Rhodesia belonged I? n U
o,tamnt TO set up "A Christian government there
evrent as permitted By the whms of himself and
his barbarous followers, was an Unjust encro o
ment Is without foundation In reason or common
sense Yet he was only the hftieth or hundredtn
warrior who rad succeeded In killing and ensaVing
! enough men, women and children TO tyrann'ze over
that territory. The time has come IN me Prov,
dence Of God when the world needs Airlca anu
the native African IL to have his chance undsr me
government of European nations. tie mas htlu Intt
Continent for thousands OF wears. In all that time
There has come out of l. no literature OF art Ut
science written language. ST.,
. Among The native. millions OF Central and South-
ern Africa a new epoch dawns ! believe that the
native Africans to have a great future, Desih-
ming under the government or white na'ons; , In In
the establishing OF law and order there must DC
tIstice and the necessary sorrows which are incl
dent 10 the uplifting OF = race from DarbarisHl 10
civilization must be reduced 10 .me ., h grat
! black nationalities do not know; Wnat i 90
J know however. IL that for ages the mlilions oi
! Central and Southern Africa have not developed
r aa.srnocnsibites OF their commercial intellectual
! and spiritual tuteiage I'm the hands OF European
nations The authorities OF Khodesa are taking a
desp inter In the native question, want 10 say
this to their great credit Tbs native Question
/ far greater and more difficult one than can De re-
viii n The Church OF England missionaries. be.
rlnning with Moffat and Livingstone nave pusheo
/ their way chiefly in the western section OF hho-
desa.
Speaking Of the gold and agricultural prospects
! the Bishop said:
lust how much gold there Is in Rhodesla VIII
take year or two to delerihlne "" incaie
that II could be nothing less than second MOL
dixie when fully opened up While III Ai,s &, ,sr sa
! mines and talked with OF men who nad
studied the gold possessions OF the territory
only question Is rs 10 the NUMBER OF uih's VIII, wiz,
/ will produce paying results. ihtre II no uv"u W
= thot enormous quantities OF gold were secured IN
! Eastern Rhodesia IN what t. known as Masn9hn 4,
| land one thousand wears before christ ana II
| Ia