The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-31

a staunch patriot ON the spot. q loyal
servant in Mackenzie. the missionary
at Kuruman.. This shreWd ciefic
perceived the Vaccinations going on
about him. and endeavOrcd, through
Sir Bartle Frere and Cecil Rhodes,
to rouse the Imperial Government to
a full appreciation of the threatened
danger. This staunch. though unrec-
ognized empire maker with infinite
labour and self sacrificing perseVer-
ance, obtained his facts first hand.
He discovered that Germany was
sending emissaries to LObensula in
Matabeleland, and to all the northern
chiefs. obtaining grants and treatieS;
that Bismarck had troops In Damafa-
land ready for use if necessary; In
fact was ready to swOop down upon
the helpless African lamb and snatcn
It TO the bosom of the German eagle.
Mackenzie did not hesitate. He
came home to England and bearded
the Government. only to find hIn1seIl
confronted by GladstOne's determined
OprOsitiOn to Disraeli's policy OF CO.
lonfal expansion. He would not lis
ten. He seemed to hate Africa and
everything African. Fortunately there
were two sympathizers i'm the Cabinet
In w. E. Forster and Lord Derby, ana
i'm the end. it was due to the whoIe-
hearted support of his demands DIV
these two Minister'S, that, in face OF
EladstOne's strongest dfsapprOval, Sir
Charles Warren was dispatched with
5000 troops to raise the BRUSH nag
in NafelSing and sweep the country
clear of IawleSSneSs And the expedf-
ton was only just i'm tho Lick OF time.
A few months more delay and the
German eagle would have flown over
Bechuanaland
Tn every drama i'm real life there is
always to be found touch OF hu-
mour.' if we only look for 1t So there
was i'm this matter of Bechuanaland.
The expedition was partially maze up
of troops raised in tht, colony. and
when the recruiting began and the
E~eehooters heard of it, MANY Of the
latter promptly went down colony and
Joined the forces that were coming up
to suppress them
s.The Compact" outside Of its set
ting. has MANY historical incidents in
it. The capture of arms on the des.
ert road is one: SO is the burning OF
F'erman ElwOOd's farm. and the
Freebooters' attempt ON his life. Much
OF the detail of the conspiracy OF
Four is taken from the TACT, al
though it is largely fictionized to suit
the narrative
None of the characters are real nOr-
traits. The missionary. John YER
Kicker. is in nOwiSe q portrait OF Mac
man. although he carries out work
similar to that performed by the lat
ter in real life. An attempt to por-
tray that wonderful man's character
would fall far short of the reality: he
could certainly not be done full JUS
tfce in fiction. ElwOOd, too. is a mere
creation of fiction. one that embodies
the spirit of LOYALTY which actuared
a section of the British settlers In the
country at the time. The other char
acters are merely sketches of the
types OF people that moved through
Bechuanaland's little drama. There
Is only one other to be spoken Of
Jerry Boyle, the trader Of Sitlagoli.
He too is purely fiction. and the fact
that hiSnstOre is stationed at SftlagOli
is simply because it is necessary to the
do with. nor is, i'm any way, pOr-
story. He has nothing whatever to
trait of any trader that lived OH that
barren ironstOne kepjee.