The times., 1899-11-12

then the Ba ~-tos ostracized their chief.
The tribe is entirely oppo-ed to the Beers. (
In the first place the Beers are people
Sho seem TO know nothing of right and
Justice I say this from the manner in
which they treat the natives in the Trans
vaai. 4 dog in the TransvaaI is treaJed
better than a native Why | say this is
because a dog can walk on the pavement
beside his BOer master, can stay in the
. Dutchman's house, and is at liberty to go
where he Desires thing which is hardly
allowable If done by a native. There is a
law which prohibits the natives from walk
ing on the pavement. The Beers say We
are not good enough 10 pass too close 10
their women. and speak OF US as creatures
along with their domestic animals. This
law is enforced for both men and women
through the Transvaal. except in Pretoria,
where our women are allowed the use of
the payment. But no respect is shown
them, and they are compelled to wedge
their way through the crowds. being care
ful not TO come in contact with any BoeT.
Everywhere else the natives have 10 walk
in the broad street along with COWS,
horses, and carts, no matter how muddy it
is.
The men have TO wear around their arms
what is called badge made Of tin
! something like a dog tag. This badge has
number stamped on it. and is issued with
a paper. on which are written the name,
height, age, and features Of its possessor. .
This paper you are to carry in your pocket
all the time. and il must be renewed every
month There are street policemen who
look after this ordinance. TO see that it is
rigidly and cruelty enforced. II does not
matter whether you are on duty or not,
walking along the street, the police will
( stop you and ask you for the paper 10 the
/ badge II your paper is over a month old,
you viii be arrested and hurried to the
magistrates Office and fine exacted. If
you even wear the badge on the wrong
7 place you viii have TO bear the penalty of
paying about $l5 fine or of being impris-
F oned.
I Besides this. there is another law for the
+ natives which is the oldest of them all 1t
was Instituted by the English for just pur-
I poses in Cape Colony. But IT has been
/ grossly prosttuJed by the Beers. This
I law is known as the Pass law" Under it
! the native has to pay about % cents-some-
I times 30 regularly to secure a writ
/ ten paper. similar TO the above. bearing
the name OF his trade or occupation: or
I if he is working under a white man the
name of his employer must be written on
/ it, This paper must be regularly renewed
/ This pass he has TO show every time he
I is accosted by policeman. II the native
+ is not able TO show it, he is taken TO the
/ court and without answering for him
self. is fined s. or &C. or confined for a
month at hard labor.
Natives are not allowed on the streets
/ after O'Clock al night To yak after that
time they have to have a written excuse.
No native is permitted TO purchase liquor
OF any kind. and any native found intoxi-
Gated is severely beaten by the person who
! detects him.
Only house servants are allowed TO reside
f : hp yrn III b.vr
( their own location, set apart in the most
undesirable part Of the towns, in which
each man rents from the city government
al very high rates. so that they are almost
constantly in debt 10 the collectors Every
. month the Beers have what they call pa
I trollers "a certain number Of riding
! Beers to 60 TO the natives district and see
how they behave and to ascertain il they
all have their passes and badges. These
patrollers are very oppressive and repeat
edIy iniure the natives
/ In the Transyaal q native never gets a
good position only that of the meanest
/ house drudgery, under a Dutchman no
matter whether he Is a high-class trades
/ man or an ignorant hunter The highest
I wages paid are 20 men not over Sc a week
. and 10 women not over S.. But the great
est number are cheated out OF this by the
/ Beers who hire them; TO those who slave
( ia the families no wages are paid.
/ The natives are not allowed TO learn to
read, and fines are exacted from anyone
who is found teaching them. The more
educated the native becomes the more the
Dutch hate him. But if he acts like a
crazy man they like him.
The Basutosr are satisfied that their con-
dition would be vastly improved under the
1 English, and so far as ! know the opinion
OF the natives in the Transvaal / do not
think they win ever be on the Dutch side
as long as the Beers keep these abominable
rules and practice such cruelties upon
them.