The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-11
PROPORTION OF TWELVE TO ONE.
How the White and CoIored Races Com
nare in Snnth Erica,

%. pare in South Africa.
In case of long war in South Africa
the position, present and future, of the
myr'iads of black peoples will be regard
ed with serious concern by England and
by the Transvaal republic. Should
these people rise it would fare i'll with
either of the white forces which should
be in opposition to them. In South
Africa the black population outnumbers
the white everywhere to a greater or
less extent; in some instances the dis
proportion is stupendous, as in Natal,
Rhodesia and British Central Africa.
In the Transvaal are $500 natives
and 250,O0O whites The natives are
mostly confined to the northern por-
tons of the republic, the Zoutpansberg
Spe1onken and Letaba districts, and
here they live and thrive in their thou
sands. The laborerS for WitWaterSrand
mines are supplied largely from these
districts, and the Transvaal govern
ment has its native commissioners scat
tered throughout the country.
There, is not much chance, it is
thought, of serious danger to the
TransVaal from the natives within it's
borders. Small sporadic uprisingS might
take place among the late Magato's men
and the tribes under M'pefu, but gen.
orally speaking, the Transvaal natives
will offer no armed interference. On
the other hand, the Swazies constitute
a serious menace, inasmuch as they re-
sented bitterly the handing over of their
country to the Boer authorities. and
have over and over again pleaded for
direct British control. The SWazies are
an offshoot of the Zulus, and a valiant
fighting race. If they attack the Beers
or come over the Transvaal border it
will be serious affair, not easily to
be quelled.
In the Cape Colony there are 1,600,-
4nn
these two are several thousand Malays
and Cape boys" the latter of whom
are practically half-castes and the
former TO all intentS and purposes
whites. The Malays form an integral,
trustworthy and large portion of the
population of Cape Town and it's SUI
burbs. They are Mohammedans and
have their own mosques and hadjes, or
priests LAVAL iding, thrifty and hon
est, they make excellent and desirable
citizens They are, moreover among
the most loyal of England's subjects:
In Basutoland, on the borders of the
Orange Free State. are 25o,0Oo natives
and barely 600 whites. The natives are
excellent agriculturists, and, next to
the zulus, perhaps the best specimens
of any Of the black races of the sub
continent
The most recent portion of South At
RIGA to come under British sway is
Rhodesia, which embraces the COM
bined provinces of Matabeleland, Mash
onaland, Manicaland and portion of
what formerly was Linchwe's country.
| Naturally being as yet barely colon
| lied. the diSproportion of races is enor-.
nous. In Rhodesia are over 100000
| natives and fewer than 5000 whites. 1t
| is to this part of the continent that the
tide of emigration will set in the next
| few years.
In British Central Africa are $4,000
natives and 500 whites. This huge
tract of country, although under Brit
ish influence, will take many years to
colonize and is bound to remain for
long time a "black mans country"
Bechuanaland, which is annexed to the
Cape Colony and includes the vast
tract at one time known as Khama's
country, has 100000 natives and 2,oO0
whites. The latter are mainly farmers,
transport riders, storekeeperS and that
section of the police formerly called the
B. B. p, or Buchuanaland border po-
lice. fine body of men.
Natal contains within its borders $780,
900 natives, almost all Iulus-Natal is
reckoned as including Zululand proper
and $4,000 white folk. so there are y
natives to every white inhabitant. The
Zuus are fine, healthy, outstanding
race, and when isolated in their own
locations they keep up all the traditions
of a fearless independence. They are
loyal to England.
The Orange Free State presents the
nearest approach to equality between
the two races. Here are about 100000
natives and 10000 whites, or about two
and one-half to one. The total white
population of the whole of South Africa
is approximately 100000, of which 432.-
900 may be classed as Dutch and 3oS,0O0
as English in sympathy if not BIRTH
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