The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
SbvaGES TO CLASH ARMS.
xsvAAL WAR BRINGS BARBAR-
&c TRIBES TOGETHER.

aud BI0Ods hed-AtrtcaD Blacks
onpumber British Five TO One.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
lion, s4vages pitted against black saw
-,ne of them armed with modern
mons hut for the most part clinging 10
..r additional and familiar tools for XII
onl he a feature of the war between
49,. britain and the Transvaal. Ghour-
~. from India, drilled indeed, in the me-
s,5s and arms of the white man. have
Ia TO he taken to South Africa TO fight
j. t,e Empress Queen. The stalwart Ba-
...o- last of the Kaffirs to be driven
,.,rvard ny British arms. will bring
,.,;r skill. daring and craft to bear for the
Boers.
If This practical certainty were all that
d.. cor,hatants must face in what will BE-
5eatb struggle, a war of frightful
l.,obter then the burden would be
f-bfer appreciably than is likely to be the
',-s The white man, rightly or wrong
f,rv has invaded the black mans CONT
rsnr Modern weapons, which kill at dong
,,pee and prevent the close impact of
ir,ni with impi. have forced the warriors
n rbe dark continent farther and farther
mo the interior. But they have retired
.1usnIv or made submission no less sui
jerlv. the while they have seemed to &C
cent as inevitable what fate had in store
for them
Great Britain has secured a foothold in
.aree portion of South Africa. But
chile the sphere of influence" is widely
errerded. the extension has only been
made al the expense of thousands of lives.
Each step into the interior has been
made under terrific difficulties; most of the
ground won is held by an exceedingly
6rscarous tenure. Arms and men alone
make il possible for a white man to travel
mile from center of population. If the
mere shedding of the blood of whites
and blacks could give Britain the right of
ownership then the empire has been
5ougnt at fearfuHy exalted price.
An uprising of the blacks has been freely
nradicted by those familiar with existing
'5ndiuons in the dark continent. 1t is adj
mitted by such that while Britain has eX-
ended her sphere until it practically sur
rounds the Transvaal and Orange Free
Stale. moi an acre of territory not heavily
guarded can be looked upon as secure.
The blacks have demonstrated that with
primitive weapons in their hands opposed
TO machine guns, field artillery of the
most modern type and rifles of eXtraordi-
rary powers, they are enemies by no
means 10 be despised. The redcoats have
Ultimately won every war, but the blacks
have left their marks indeHbly on the
British army
With The entire force of Britain in the
field and with all the uitlanders enrolled
under her banner, it has been estimated
that she would be outnumbered by the
negroes by at least five TO one. 1t is I'M
uoubtedly true that the Beers realize
hat they cannot hope TO finally defeat so
powerful foe, but 1t is also true that in
laeir intense hatred for the "ruineks'
they would rather see the black man re-
slored TO his empire than have the hated
Englishman till their fields and Craze over
their Veldts.
Geographically the allies are surrounded
on three sides by the British. The Portu-
guese sphere. the Zulus-nominally British
and the sea wall in the east Actually
on The north and west the Beers are Dor
d,red by tribes of savage blacks, who can
and will fight at the first favorable OPP
lorunity of Wreaking vengeance on the
men who drove them back into the hills
North of the TransvaaI, in territority
tominaHy under British rule, are the
Nataheles. These huge warriors are des-
ier3le fighters, are as cunning as any
American Indian, and in their unequal
contests have time and again demonstra-
led that skill in Woodcraft overwhelming
numbers and desperate bravery are almost
equal to the best armed and best drilled
troops any power can send against them.
West of the allies in land extending
down to the Griquas and Cape Colony are
He Bechuanas The conquest of the land
is too recent to need present discussion.
HE SWqZie wifi ho
Of the TransVaal to the east the savage
ana sk!iful Iulus are east and south, the
fondos. Tobias and Basutos nestle in the
had lands along the coast or adjoining the
orange Free State. These tribes are Of
those commonly known as KafIirs To
these must be added the Hottentots and
Hushmen who inhabit the land known as
Cape Colony.
Ruled the Kafir Tribes.
Britain has ruled the KafTir tribes for
rom twenty to seventy years and has
EYER dominated them as absolute masters.
Nhen the land was first invaded the
A8tlrs fought but the tubes which
Pohe drove them back partly from sheer
,"olutH 10 fight such weapons and partly
iom superstilious fear. But years of con-
"c, with the white man and familiarity
"lo nus weapons have robbed the tribes
~ 'nelr superstition, taught them the use
VI the white mans weapons and also
elsnt them the lesson of patient wait
Many Zulu who ten years ago de-
FUIed upon his ak, his knob kerrie or
Nr'f and shield as his only weapons of
,aenSe and defense has learned the same
Son the painted savases of North
america learned. There can be no doubt
Dl'' tne same methods have been en-
,"yed in South Africa which were us ID
~ nus country. Savages needed guns and
@1tglluhluon and adventurers needed the
r"Is' The blacks had to sell. Govern
,D'l'di prohibition of the sale of modern
'pons 10 savage tribes has never sue
.,''d In fact, the more rigid the law
more eager adventures have always
mn 10 snow their contempt for it,
''le can be no doubt that the Beers
ri.. rShed the melting of the blacks 10
SIM. up against their conquerors. To be
may, "hen the savages get going they
nD urn on their allies, but the risk must
e,,,. 'Nen II the little republic will seize
p,..s 'Aance 10 maintain independence.
Mi, W IN an probability will ultimately
.,r5 u'' war unless a few Majuba hills
fo,,. savage descent from the interior
ia 'onpromise before the war is sent
non "''odN finish. Foreign Intervention.
,o,,. A''edingly remote, may in the end
.,tr..t = cessation of hostilities and the
d.