Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13

, negroes; and there arc also large
| number of East Indians VINO haNc
monopolIzed the retal trade
These people all dress In cottons ana
there are more clad than those saw w
Brltish East Africa. Uganda or AROUND
| Lake Victoria. Some OF the native wo-
men are fine looking, but they all mu-
tilatc their ears and many scar their
halics so that the flesh stands up IN
| great wclts The women comb their
hair in such way that they seem 70
| wear hoods They shave partings at
| Intervals OF about one inch all around
the head, blowing burrows as II were
| over their scalps. Many wear euor-
| nous ear plugs which distend the ubes
! Of the ear so that silver dollar can
be easily slipped IN and out through
them, and few have nose rings. Their
clothes arc Of bright colorcd prints
| made in India and shipped here from
| Bombay
| THE KAIsER's BLACK SOLDIERS,
Among the most striking of the ma
tivcs arc the soldiers. The kaiser has
an army OF $500 blacks to keep his mill
lions OF East African subjects In order
and so far they have done very we'll
These negroes hive been selected for
their size and they remind one OF the
famed guard of Frederick the Great
none Of whom was under six feet They
are big-framod and ad-shnuldered,
and their faces seem to me the per-
sonification of ugliness and brutality
They are dressed in khaki, with khaki
caps with aprons at the back to pro-
tect the neck. and their uniforms are
much like those OF the German army,
save that they are barefooted. These
soldiers are armed with the best of
modern guns and they know how to use
them During my stay here have seen
81 no "A hn
evolutions common to the German
army, including the famous goose
step and other military gymnastics.
] am told they are proud of their pro-
fession, and that they are loyal to the
Germans even when warning against
Their own people.
During my stay | have visited the
barracks. The natives are allowed to
have their wives with them. They
cook for their husbands and their
presence Keeps the soldiers in good hui
NOR This same custom of allowing
the women to go with the army Is
In British East Africa and
Uganda. save that there the native sol
diers aud police live in villages Of huts
which are put up for the purpose.
a TALK WITH THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL.
/ met the governor general shortly
after ! landed here He is the supreme
ruler OF the 100000 people who in
habit this great German colony and ne
has entire control of German East Az
RIGA. He has n great building devoted
to his offices and beautiful villa in n
great park some distance away MY
first talk with him Was at the govern |
ment house and | met him later in the |
evening at his home and had a chat |
with him.
The governor of German East Africa |
Is Baron Won Rechenberg. He was edu-
Gated at the University of Berlin and |
after graduation was made consul gen.
aral at Zanzibar. Later he held diplo-
matte position In Russia and was then
sent here to be the ruler of this coll
ony.
Baron Won Rachenberg excels as
linguist. He speaks seven languages
nuently and he has mastered some of
the native tongues here. He can talk
with his subjects in Swahili and he un-
derstands the African native about as
we'll as any man in this part of the |
world. He spends great deal of his |
time travelling over the colony. He has |
just returned from long safari about !
the slopes of Mount Kiimanjaro, he |
knows the coast lands thoroughly, and |
he has made many trips into the inter !
ior. our conversation was held in i
English and 1t covered "A variety of
subjects.
GERMAN EAST AFRICA.
In talking OF his colony. the COVER
nor general said
Few people appreciate the extent
and possibilities of German East Africa
rhis country is about twice as big as