The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-26
AFRICA TO BE BOOM CONTINENT"

Washington, u. c. Aug. 25.--"Ihe
war il over but the necessity for
learning strange sounding names or
new lands and peoples Is far from
over" says bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic society. In Wash
ington, which predicts that THE spot
light which has brought to view such
little known peoples as the Czechs.
the Croats. and Ukran;ans In Europe.
now will he turned, In part. on Africa.
Through the redistribution OF
colonial possessions and the removal
of the blight of German domination,
nent' of the twentieth century"
With this introduction the society
announces a series OF bulletins deal
ing with colonies OF the erstwhjle
Dark Continent" First of these
Mozambique which. 1t is explained.
is a Portuguese colony to the south OF
what was German Enst Africa, now
released from the imperial designs OF
German African expansion. and
more conspicuous part in African de-
velopment.
A description Of Mozambique based
on a communication from o. W.
Barrett follows:
"A country as hlg as the Atlantic
states from Florida to New York.
with the capital near the southern
boundary and half dozen smaller
towns scattered along the coast; more
than 5000, 600 Inhabitants. of which
only about one per cent are white.
one of the Oldest Ct all European
possessions and one OF the richest in
agricultural possibilities. at least, but
one OF the least known countries In
the world Such Is Mozambique.
-Four or Ave good ports and as
many bad ones; five towns and a
small but up-to-date capital city, and
a generous number ct military posts
and outposts, few Of which are in
the real raw interior; millions of acres
OF the finest alluvial soil fairly aching
to show the farmer what big crops
may be grown: waterways like the
Zambesi. the impopo. and plenty OF
smaller ones to allow cheap handling
of products; no deserts, no salt sinks,
no large swamps, no mountainous
wastes, no impenctrable jungles: out
of some twenty only one or two tribes
that objected seriously to paying
taxes to the government. now that
they realize that the tax collector is
a vital organ of the white tribe. which
objects to any one tribe discriminating
another in the good old war; for.
wicked az a bush policeman tries to
be, he must needs fall far short or
the unrestrained chiefs induna'
1.-THE early history of this strange
section of East Africa should not be,
even II 1t could be, written. We know
the old-time black was as bad as a
barbarian can be, and the endless tale
OF persistent, widespread. and contin-
uous butchery would not be- good to
read.
The Zulus have had for centuries
a superstitious fear Of salt water. and
so. when Chaka, Dingaan, and their
brother tends had devastated prac-
tically all the country between Zulu
land and Inhambane,, wiping out
Kraals and even whole tribes by
scores. they came to a long chain OF
lakes 1.-THE lower Inharrime) parallel
with the coast, and there they stop
ped. thus saving one tribe OF true.
pure-biood Kafirs who had ned over
onto the dunes and low. bushy hills
between the rosary OF brackish
lsgoons and the Indian Ocean. This
tribe the M'chopis. ID >the purest II
not the only unmixed Kafir tribe now
in existence.
AT Quesaco We had the good for