The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-05
THE SOUTH AFRICAN ApoRIenEs
There Are Ten Millions of the Blacks
and the whites Fear Them,
Edgar Mels in Golfers Weekly.

and the whites Fear Them,
Edgar Mels in Golfers Weekly.
1t has taken 200 years and thousands Of
lives to wrest South Africa from its abo-
riginal owners. Let them once see the
opportunity of getting back their birth
right and the scenes of the Indian mu-
Tiny with its attendant horrors, will be
repeated. l have lived among the natives
and speak from knowledge. There is only
one thing they hate worse than white
man, and that is two of them. Years of
brutal treatment have caused them to
look upon the white as their natural en-
envy The native has no rights-he can
live, yes, but that is about all. He must
not be out of doors after in the even
ing unless he has permit from his mas
ter" He must do a certain amount OF
work every year or he cannot remain.
And what is most inhuman of all, his
master can in certain cases of diso-
bedience whip him with lash made of
hippopotamus hide an inch thick at the
butt and tapering to a thread. Properly
applied, this whip can take nice strip
Of flesh and skin out of the toughest ma
tive extant. 1t is brutal in the extreme.
That and many other reasons is why the
native longs for the moment of revenge
of deliverance!
erly treated is amenable to anything
within reason. He is grateful for tribes,
and will reciprocate with interest, If he
can. The average native has a highly
developed sense of humor, and will laugh
and chuckle on the slightest provocation.
His great weakness is his f-ndnesss for
sweet things, While in johannesburg l
had three Basutos in my employ. Their
duty consisted in supplying the motive
power for the press and in distributing
the papers. Incidentally they wrapped
the out-of-town edition, and that caused
their downfall. The paste, made of Hour
and water. used in wrapping the papers,
disappeared at an alarming rate. Think
ing that rats were the thieves l dosed
1t literally with cloves The paste went
faster than ever. Up TO this time, had
not suspected either Six Pence, Piet or
Charley, but Six Pence acted so guilty
when / inquired about the paste that |
determined to watch. Accordingly | hid,
and that evening saw the trio feasting
on the paste--it was their desert / did
not whip them or have them arrested. |
gave them tobacco and talked kindly to
them The result? They would have
gone to Hades and back for me.
The great trouble with the natives is
the missionary. Take the native in his
original state and he is a good-natured,
overgrown boy, with few vices and many
virtues. But let missionary once appear
and tell him to beware of certain vice
and sit follows as the night the day
that he will most assuredly try it at the
very earliest opportunity. The natives
know nothing of civilized vices until the
thought of them was suggested by the
whites. And once suggested the native
improved upon them in marvellous man
ner. Take drinking as an instance. Be
fore he was civilized the Kaffir drank his
maize beer in moderation. When the
white came to civiize him, he soon learn
ed to concoct a mixture known as Cape
Smoke. 1t consists of wood alcohol,
crude petroleum, a touch of vitriol, and
red pepper. 1t is a delightful mixture
and one drink is sufficient to put a white
man hors de combat. The native drinks
is with relish and gets crazy on 1t. So
much for civil cation.
There are narly 100000 natives In
There are nearly 100000 natives In
South Africa, and, many of them are
well armed, a general revolt will prove a
terrible thing. Then the white man will
have to make common cause to retain
his supremacy. sfas.rl.,- ssDB