The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-11
Will THERE BE- IAN UPRISING or The BLACKS?
By WILLIAM AsroR cHANLEH.

: The Zulus undoubtedly came from
somewhere near the headwaters Of the
/ Nile. The Matabeles followed them
( and the Mas9is who afterward follow
ed them. all came from the same
source,
The characteristics Of these tribes
/ are somewhat similar to those of the
Huns. Nisigoths and Vandals must
nave been-viz: eager to join III war,
( organized to an extent which is sur
priSing, and capable at the bidding Of
some leader Of breaking Up their local
! ties and moving in one mass in some
given direction. The only limit To their
movement kas been the southern limit
or the African continent. Having Won
dered as far south as they could go,
! they were forced TO settle, losing their
ncmadic instinct but developing their
love % home and retaining to rein
force this new factor their warlike ma
ture.
The three most formidable tribes in
South Africa today are the Basuto6
the SWazis and the Matabeles. OF these
the BaSutOS are undoubtedly the most
powerful possessing, as they do, an
. organization Of sufficient strength to
enable t2em to resist advances under
taken both by the British and the
Dutch. They inhabit a noun famous
region almost inaccessible TO a modern
army. They are said to be capable Of
placing in the field 20. 900 mounted az
rloIe. To co this they must have at
least sixty or seventy thousand horses.
Fhey are armed principally with spears,
Dut a large number have rifles. The
lead chief Of the tribe is named Leth-
erOda. There are several other chiefs.
but his power is practically primal.
Although supposed TO be a part Of the
British, these people are practically in
dependent.
/ mentioned a little while back that
the EaSUtOS possessed large number
Of hOTsel HOIssGesh is at the present
moment, PERHAPS, the most valuable
property in South Africa, for It is
there the Tinderpest and the t5etse fly
destroy equine life. The horses born
and bred there are less likely to be
bothered by the rinderpest or the fly
than these which have been imported
from different climate and have been
accustomed to living under entirely
different conditions. The Dutch have,
SO far as we can see plenty Of horses.
The English show a startling lack q
them. We read the other day in the
papers that Of the thousands of mules
sent to South Africa from this country
four hundred were destroyed on ac-
count CT that terrible disease, glanderS.
1t seems, therefore that the BasutOs,
or at least their horses, will play a
very large part in the present strug-
gle. They viii cell them, if they care
20. where they can get the best market.
As the British need them more. it is
supposed they viii pay higher prices
for them. But If the Basutos do not
care to cell it isl very prOba Ole that the
British may determine TO transact a
little eo-cible business and take them.
Then the trouble viii begin. L believe
that both the British and Dutch reCOg-
niZe the necessity Of preventing a ne
gro UPRISING. and viii do all they can
TO forward thar end. but if one beEins
to employ the natives the other VIII,
ard then, with the millions in South
Africa turned loose, civilization VIII
have taken backward step instead OF
q forward enc SIS a result Of this war.
Whether the British win this war or
not. in FROM ten to twenty-five years
there is going to be a republic in South
Africa republic containing probably
half q million whites and from three
90 four million blacks Its govern
ment Owin~ TO the nature of the ne
grOes, viii be forced to give them some
voice in the management of the affairs
1 SCOuld not be surprised If in the
Cape Parliament, sitting side by side
with the descendant CT a British noble
man and q descendant Of the Holland
els, VIII be found the offspring Of some