Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-08

year all the day through. AS rule,
however, the sun is hot at midday and
one should not go out without MS hehd
is well protected. The heat here Is
dry The nights are usually cool and a
blanket Is needed. AT any altitude
above 5000 feet ice may be found in
the early morning and this notwith-
standing we are almost on the equator.
Nearer the coast the land drops and the
climate is tropical. For 200 miles back
from the Indian ocean there are prac-
tioally no white settlers, except at
Mombasa. and 1t is only on this high
plateau that they are as yet attempting
TO live.
THE GOVERNOR TALKS.
But let me continue my description
in the words of the man who governs
the country My conversation took
place in long blue iron rooted building
known as the commissioner office sit
uated on the hill above Nairob. | had
asked as to British East Africa S future.
Mr.. jackson replied:
at is all problematical. We have an
enormous territory and millions of peo-
pie. We have not yet prospected the
territory. nor have we dealt long
enough with the natives to know what
we can do with the people. We have
really no idea as yet as to just what
we can secure to exploit them"
How many inhabitants have you?"
1--WE do not know. We can get some
Idea from the taxes. for most of the
provinces have to pay so much per hut
In other places the natives have been
hardly subdued, and of no province
havo we an accurate census. The
number has been estimated at from two
to four millions, but ! believe II is
bearer five millions, and possibly more"
THE NATIVE TRIBES.
"Give me some idea Of the character
of these natives, your cNcellency,' SAID
l.
.'They arc of many tribes, each hav-
ing its own character and customs.
Among them are the Nasal. pastoral
people who deal altogether with cat
lie. The Nasal are noted for their
Nyarlike propensities, and In the past
their children were trained up to be
warriors. Then there are the Waki-
kuyu, who have agricultural tenden-
cies. They have small farms and
are industrious. They live all about
here, and you will go through their
country on your way to Lake Vic
toria. In addition there are the Nandi
and many other natives who are both
farmers and stock rearers.
Altogether these people are in low
state of civilization. indeed, it is al
most impossible to conceive how far
down on the scale of the worlds pro-
gress they are. They have practically
no wants A strip of cotton cloth
suffices for the clothing of a man, and
he can earn enough for his food in q
very short time. Before we can do
much with these people we must make
them have wants and give them the
desire for accumulation We must
begin right at the bottom, and 1t VIII
be a long time before we can turn
them into consumers of foreign goods
or into a valuable laboring class. In
deed, our natives are much worse in
these respects than those of Uganda.
There the people cover their bodies with
clothes of one kind or another They
are intelligent and many of them will
work to get money"
EAST AFRICA FOR WHITE MEN.
How about your white settlers?
Will this country ever be inhabited by
Caucasians?"
THAT, again, is difficult to say" re-
piled the Conservative governor. we
have a few European settlers already,
but whether we can make this colony
a second South Africa remains TO be