Show PRESENT WAR JOB those of the readers of this thia paper who carefully perused and still remember an article on gold hunting in africa published in the Evi EVENING wiNta NEWS of september w ill III have a much clearer understand ing of the causes caused difficulties and probable termination of the present war in that thai section than they could possibly obtain from the telegraphic dispatches the article was written by mi joseph W ford then thenia in this city anti and gave his personal experience in matabele laud lanti together with an account of a visit to king L monarch and fighting oui ertain of that warlike ulbe he predicted the very result that mat has since actually happened the attempt of the british to conquer the natives and take possession of their country and he quite prepared his readers to behave that this would be no childs play for the Eu duglish Eug glish which conclusion has also been lully fully verified the campaign of 0 the invaders has been by io 10 means brilliant thus far earlier successes successive siVa having been followed by un dented but meagerly described disaster it seems to be admitted that taking all the natural difficulties into consideration a larger force than the whites now have in the field will be needed to complete the conque conquest bt the Matabele Mat abeles 8 are brave numerous numero usand aej bloodthirsty and they have bave most powerful allies in a natural rampart keown as the hills aa a d in the floodgates flood gates of heaven which within two or three weeks may be expected to open to their aid the granite rAkie alluded to stretches away between the most populous part of lo lio kingdom and tile the british adv nou ince la 18 pierced by but a mingle pass through ubah which a mounted army could by any uy reasonable means force a way the savages will soundless dementi this desperately and meanwhile the rainy season draws anu anti nearer which is unhealthy for europeans and makes broad deev deep rivers out of small creeks and vast swamps out of level plains delay means disaster to the whites white and at least a respite to the blacks but more than a respite it will scarcely be it if unsuccessful this year the grasping foreigner will try again next year mind and perseverance will eventually result in this case as it has in all like oases cases in the past in native subjugation it is a sign of modern boosted boasted civilization that thai to covet the country of a barbaric race is but the shot t prelude to its conquest though at every stop step of that conquest man must revel in cruelty and aad wade through blood |