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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1930)
« MIHI lutti»' ). M *< /< H HlMiH d e n n Fiction Humnn Interest Feature* ÒNMKiK'K K>M .K Jt*Kl>CM. M M j M X KTMfM M M flit t • iWi I» «t . |4tflll»in| Kr^ii>*rnUII»ri True Stories Achievement The Advocate ILLUSTRATICI) FKATURK SECTION May 31, 1930 HH-iure* nud du S t o r i e s * « X X-JOOJCXnClOOOOCX »X B O O f in th e lllu s tr s le «! Kent o re ftectton » e r e po*#f1 n ot d e p ic t p rin c ip a ls unless so ca p tio n ed <TJ ] H» S l»A V IH Jr I sa tu re E d ita r TV « A Master of Strat egy, He Humbled the British and Routed the Boers 'ibove sea -level. Moshesh establishro !tia capital there and fortified and contented people Not even the Zu- l’.ts excelled the RuMitort in physique skill, and warlike daring As to torsemanshlp they would gallop down steep inrluirs oh their sure-fooled pontes or pick their way through the loeks and mountain-passes without saddle o bridle What the Indian was to North America, that is the Basuto to South Africa Attacked bv the B e e rs But Moshesh was not to enjoy Ms splendid Isolation for long ' The Boers c Cape Colony, pressed bv the British, began their great trek of 1B3H, and coining Into territory that belonged to him or his subject tribes, founded the Orange Free Slate now tk-ange River Colony As to the real ownership the Boers gave little or no thought to that Were they not Christians nnd white men while the Basutas were onlv blnck men and heathen? M e s l d c s had thev not rifles and artillery whlle the Negroes had only spears!1 Nevertheless the Boers were soon to feel the might of Moshesh foi sending Ills Impetuous horsemen Into the plains he would raid their farms and drive ofl their cattle to increase his own herds For six years also had the governor of Cape Col ony. Sir Harry Smith, to arrange a treaty hf peace with him for them. T o this treaty. Moshesh readily placed his mark. But In doing so he had decided that he was going to keep his word onlv so far as his own Interests could be served The wily black monarch saw that It was to be a three-cornered battle of wits. Boers and British were fighting each other for supremacy, but at bot tom both being white men, were op posed to him and when It served ihelr purpose would unite against him In fact, at the signing of the treaty Moshesh had seemed more amused than anything else at the antics of Sir Harrv Smith, who snored one minute and wept the next. This wvs the governors way of illustrat ing to the Basutas what would hap pen If the treaty was made or not made The snoring signified the sleep of peace, the weeping, the lass of loved ones in war Brought Rrllgion Contact with the white man had also taught Moshesh a very valuable lesson He learnt the important part that religion played In the white man’s politics T o beat an enemy it is sometimes necessary to use his own tactic* Moshesh decided to have religion, too, the white man's religion, and sent n white friend of his 6000 head of cattle to bring him a missionary Besides, he reasoned, that once his people had become Christians the Boers and British could not so easily justify their con duct against him. The missionaries came, and he gave them a settlement at the foot of his fortress He ordered his peo ple to follow tfleir teachings, and seeing the ravages that alcohol had wrought among the other - i t Ives, gave strict orders that none of It was to be brought Into his country. O f course, after their warm wel come. the missionaries published the most glowing reports about him and his pieople. considerably- strength ening his prestige and good name in Europe This naturally made the Boers angry against the missionaries, and later led to their destroying one or two of their missions This, of course, made the missionaries all the more partial to Moshesh and his tieople Moshesh. a Pagan But as to religion, Moshesh. him self, although he used to quote Bible texts as frequently as any ot those who were hungering for his land, remained a pagan Indeed, to- wards the end of his life, his veneer of Christianity quite left him. His atm through all was to preserve the integrity of his kingdom and he felt 'h a ' ‘ he means Justified the end T " strengthen his position the craft? black k" 'g did not select mts- sumarles from one white nation but lrom three English. French and ®wbls Knowing that the white men tieaty or no treaty, meant to oust him sooner or later as they had done »'h e r tribes, he meant to'beat them u their game Soon after 8ir Harry Sm" h had left. Moshesh began his hostilities against the Boers, taking care flrs; *° k,'°P the British en- t"**™ tn their own region by intrtgu- lug with tribes near them One Zulu chief was planning a raid into B rit ish territory and he sent him aid In the raids that followed, .nashesh took 10000 cattle and 2.500 horses from the Boers The British and Boers uniting, sent an expedition the Boers almp\v could not reach him. Even iirUlicrv proved useless against the rocks ‘ he would send thundering down on their heads t.ucky it was fo. him h< had bull! his home on that dlzzv height In 1843 the British found It to Attacking one of the Basuto f. Ier-S,- named Molitsane. at /iervoct. w en signally defeated. The b . . was fought on an extensive lat -,0PPed mountain, edged with perpendicular rocks The Basutas. f e ' s " “ ™"!. • h e ^ M Ä ' Ä ' i f "Those t»hu «Itti not fftll bv those § n r s p o in s e r f hurled to on the dr4th ««fu i The »lory of Mtw»h- r«h in »ne of the most d n n u tir and i| s below .** hit I T — ting °f Ih r “ Cireat N r ir o f»“ m *- rle* now beine con tributed by Mr. Rog er«. The career of thin black genius is a !•'rce part of the his lory of the great continent of Africa. Moshrsh defied the most powerful dy nasties of Turo pc to save his people from cruel and inhuman domination bv un scrupulous tyrant < The story is t< amazingly alive to escape the attention of Illustrated Fea ture Section readers. Ry J. A. ROGERS UK RAlSUTOS of South Africa enjoy the reputation of liciiiK the only dark-skinned people in the world to defeat a itritish army and remain unbeaten. The Iluilt Own N 'tliin credit is due to Moshesh, their kiiiR, one of the ablest jfen Horn about 171*0, the son of a cap- lain In a i Insignificant tribe. Moshesh era Is and shrewdest statesmen of all time. at mi early age showed hts genius After defeating one of Ktigland's best generals on the as a master of men At that time rehnl-.a /.ulu king ai.d one ol the field, he turned, and almost in the same breath outwitted greatest conquerors the world has him in intelligence in an instance that has since become ever seen, was devastating South A f rica. Moshesh* tribe fled lo the <a mous. mountain.* where other itigluves Jollied thrm reectved them Whether in war or in diplomacy Moshesh was more than hospitably, and Moshesh Irom the wreck of a match for any combination of his opponents, white or these petty nations, built up the powerful llusuto nation. black. He played his white opponents one against the other Basutoland Is very mountainous flantl defeated them. As to the black allies of the white men. It Is railed the Switzerland of lou th Alrlea Us climate and air ..re un he ate them up as a tiger would a cat. excelled: and the land Is fertile and No member of the darker races in their struggle dor sur especially fine for grain, and the vival against the white has covered himself with greater raising of horses and cattle. Selecting a broad, flat (able land glory. known as Thaba Boslgo r>ono feet htm* am f "th e *I^ t^ r o m litt^ s o o n 'a N ° f ter tinder the proteetkfn of England « ^ P * « ^ _ T h . r e a desperate Continued on Page Two