The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-09


| woodsman could not draw any plans. but
| could act, which was of more moment
| was glad 20 hear that he was promoted
shortly after"
| What do you think the future OF
| South Africa will be, Chevaier," was
asked "Is il fit for a white mans coun-
| try?
II should say So" Lieut.. Powell re-
1 piled. Il should say the wiping out OF
/ the Boer government is the survival OF
the fittest. l think South Africa after
| the war. will see great impetus In
| mining, business and agriculture. II Is a
/ great country, as yet little known. Part
\ Of 1t. of course. is very unhealthy,
| mainly on the coast But UP in the high
| interior the climate is superb. Sickness
| is something unknown and what / con-
| slider as second TO none, tobacco, which
| is mainly grown in the Transvaal. will
| be a great industry some day.
The Cape to Cairo railroad, which is
now assured. will open up a vast ter
/ rftory rich in natural resources. The
| great tablelands of Natal will support
countless cattle, mineral wealth is hard
| ly appreciated as yet. while around Kim
| berley, which Is literally nothing but
desert, the soil is very prolific when ir-
| rigated. as demonstrated by the excel
| lent gardens around the houses.
4 ''Rhodesia Is a great country, little
| known as yet outside of South Africa.
This is a great country for a young
| man with a little capital. lots of snap
and energy. This country has produced
| many able men in many walks of life.
| II is a country Of vast possibilities. /
| think in ten years the world win see
! the Beers we are now fighting, Shout
| der to shoulder with the English in open
| ing up the country. Race hatred will
! eventually die out under wise government.
/ The sayages, who outnumber the whites
| by the millions, have a very wholesome
| respect for the English soldiers. owing
1 more to a wise policy of being firm rather
| than harsh. The worst tribe the dirty,
| lying Kaffir, is fast dying out. Many
| OF the tribes are models OF cleanliness
| and physical beauty, especially the Zulus
and Basutos, scarcely Of the latter
| tribe being less than six feet in height.
| All Of them are splendid riders and ath-
| letes. None of them loves work very
| much, though the Zulus, who are solely
| employed in the mines at Kimberley.
work well enough under the watchful
| eye OF the master.
| II hope South Africa after this war,
| will never see such frightful massacres
| as have occurred in the past. The coun-
| try has literally been drenched In blood,
| but now the settlers live in safety, ow-
| ing to the patroling OF the entire from
| tiers by picked forces known Familiarity
as c. NJ r. r, II. r. b. p. Mounted po-
| icemen they are called. but essentially
| soldiers of the best quality. who quickly
| bring to justice any outrageous act, either
| black or white.
| 1T has been supposed that the Boer
| has always been barshly treated by the
/ British, but this IL great mistake. or
l course there is some enemity between
! them, but Ii Is the halfbreed Englishman
| and Dutchman that makes the trouble
/ As Baden-Powel often told me, you can
| deal with an Englishman or a Dutchman
i n dos f9 he 49,. =.
| The main reason the Beers treked was
| scarcity OF game. and the British mandate.
| forbiddlng them from keeping slaves, II
1 seems not to be known in the States that
| there are thousands of Dutch farmers
| living In content In Cape Colony, and
many more In South Africa irregular
regiments fighting Loyalty for theSr queen
| The richest and proudest Englishmen does
! not get any better justice than the poor
| est immigrant, be he Catholic or Protest
i ant, Jew or Gentle. The law IL the same
| for all, dealt out fairly without distinction
| 1t is this policy that has made the emf
! pire what It is. England has always
| kept her word to a subdued foe. She
/ promises good government IL they sub
| mit-submit they must
| South Africa will emerge after this
war from dark continent to a country
| as fair as india, rich in minerals a cat-
| tleman's Eldorado. and a new promised
| land.
| During the booming of the Kimberley
and Rand mines men made millions in a
| day. Such wealth and excitement the
| world has never seen since. as happened
| during the time. Barnato was operating
| his Kaffir stocks. The Rand mines are
\ probably the most wonderful formation
| in the world-thsy are what are known
1 as reefs. The diggings are some ten
| miles long. There are some shafts suns
| over 5000 feet deep. They have produced
1 vast wealth. II was here the celebrated
| cyanide OF potassium process was per-
| fected. saving over % per cent. OF the
| gold. know Roer farmers who were
| offered over 600 for their farms. The
| Boer government passed q law and got
| the money itself, and that Is what made
| Kruger and every member OF his cabinet
/ millionnires and enabled them to pay
| their representative. DIR. Loyds. ss2s. 90
| per annum. rather big pay for an Am
| sterdam lawyer. Blackmail and nothing
| else did u. Anything that was English
was legitimate prey. For instance. who
! could stand this law a gagged press, pub
| lie meetings prohibited. and the chief city
! OF the country. johannesburg. almost
| pest hole. because of no sanitary arrange
| ments. These and other reasons caused
| tho people 20 become really angry Things
have 20 be pretty had for the English
| speaking people TO rise against . govern
| ment
'The Jameson raid was organized ovs.
! ing to pressure being brought to hear Oh
| the people IN England and at the cap.
| the strained relations had become I'M
| bcarahle between the Rocr government
ana that part OF the enterprising pOpula-
| ton, such as The miners and bushes.
| men, and II seems almost like fate that
| the last fight thar occurred before the
! British entered Johnsburg was within
| sound of where Jameson made his last
| stand, The Jameson raid was the Segin-
| ming 81 tho end,
| zone thing more will say: that I an,
1 sorry for the Free Skaters. That colony
| never wanted rs own government bun
! was content under the British tag Poor.
| deiuded Steyn Joined the TransvAai in thls
| war and she Fr~e State suffered the most
| from the operations % the Invaders. re.
ntiudins one ~ tan Did maxim about not
! mixing up IN your ncighhors quarrels..