The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-04
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Southern Rhodesia: Recruit to Az
rica's .sUnited States

southern Rhodesia: Recruit to Af-
rica's s.Unifed States
Entrance Of Southern Rhodesia
into the Union OF Sourh Africa will
supply still another parallel be-
tween the United Staets of america
and Africa's United States !. says
a. bulletin from the Washington. ..
c.. headquarters Of the National
Geographic Society, in regard 10
the region, made famous by Cecil
Rhodes, which has. practically com-
pleeed arrangements for casting It's
lot with the older provinces Of the
union.
Just as the United States. asgen-
Grafton or so ago. reached ont TO :
the west and made its territories,
one after another, into states, con-
tinues the bulletin, $50 the Union
OF South Africa is reaching north
ward-it is that direction that the
the course Of African empire takes
its way-arid is incorporating the
frontier regions. Technically. the
Union has had no definite Claim
on the, British. colonies, protector
ates and regions more or less u1a-
der British eontrel that lie TO the
north: but it has beasted that it is
4.neir TO all South Africa" and ia
aiding Southern Rhedesia il seems
to. be collecting the first install
ment of its patrinony.
- Like .Onr Prairie States
.Rhodesla is in many ways IN 9:
condition of development compar-
able to that of some OF the Wes-
! tern prairie states when they en-
tered our union. Only trunk line
railroads have been constructed
for. the most part: the close network
of the well developed country is yet
to come. Highways, too. ssrea easfiH
few and poor Both production and
markets are largely undevefoped.
and the farmers and rancfn1en nee
essarily live the somewhat bard
and primitive lives Of the frontier.
In recent years. however Victoria
! Capital of Southern Rhodesia1
Bulawayo. Salisbury, and other
towns have developed into nodern
municipalities with all the con-
/ veniences Of the western World
..Stil other sinlilarities between
Southern Rhodesia and some por-
| tions of the United States lsseS ia
physical conditions and climate. The
country is q plateau region. dry and
hot during the summer. but with
| a reasonable rainfall usually dur
j ing other portions OF the year: slsts
at times il has its severe droHghts
/ which parch crops and aecinate
/ herds
An Empire Owned sby . Comraaas
..In one way Southern RhodesIa
] is without parallel in the United
States, for nothing appfoaching aTS:;
ne ership sof an emp pire by q con1I1zerss
:. cisli corporations has ever come np
in cur history Ins fact.. in ti1eses-l
/ tent TO which such control has gDn.,
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