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Show g SOUTHERN 7 I 1 RHODESIA t pnr. ... 't:TiTm man Vy ' ' ' ' nils OTpura ny in kuiohai utosrfvnK ,.. cltly, iruhlncun, D. U) Southern Ithodesln has becomo om "African Nowfotmdlnnd," politic ' , by the recent vote of Ita people mr to enter the Union of South Al '" 7 but to become Instead n separate In the Hrltlsh cmplro. Adjoining Union on tho north, the region 1 1" como to bo considered In this cou l,nj' as having something like the st seT 'of our one-tlmo territories; nm wns thouglit to be a foregone cot ma slon Hint Just ns the United Htati .ry' generation or so ago, reached ou tho west and mndo Its territories 10 stntes, tho Union of South A! CB!'" would reach northward and ln ,np", rnto IU troutlcr regions. Technic WM the Union ban no definite clulm or f nn Hrltlsh colonies, protectorates Z rcs,m,s moTO or ,css under Ilr mrt c,,ntrol thnt lie to tho north; hi bos 'boarded thnt It Is "heir tc nntl Soutli Africa," nnd even though Hr lout em Ithodesln stnys out, It Is not ncn probiiblo Hint other regions In nvo neighborhood mny Join In tho fui ivas Ithmlcsln Is In mnny wnys In a ln" dlllon of development twmpnrubl 1 Hint of somo of tho western pr ,0 stntes when they entered our U: bus 0n)y trunk-lino rnllronds havo I reo constructed, for the most part: close network of the wclMcveh nt country Is yet to come. Hlghw !go too, nrc mill few nnd poor. Both dtictton nnd markets nre largely "n developed, nnd t!ie farmers nnd ra uro men necessnrlly live tho somev nds bard nnd primitive lives of Hio f bin Her. In recent years, however, hi torln (cnpltnl of Southern llhodei icd. nulnwnyo, Salisbury nnd other tc Hie havo developed Into modern tnu lay . politics with nil tho convenience! reo the western world. om Still other similarities bet Ho Southern Khodesla nnd some port iob of the United Stntes lie In phyi nJ conditions nnd cllmnte. Tlie cou lm In a plateau region, dry nnd hot bt- Ing tho southern summer, but wl he reasonable rainfall, usually du or other portions of the yenr. IJul ion times It has Its severe droughts. ,0 Owned by a Corporation. )n1. In ono way Southern Ithodcsli without pnrallel In the United Sti ,,b for nothing nppronchlng owncrshl 'y an empiro by n commercial corp Hon lias ever como up In our hist ,f In foct, In Hie extent to which i wt control has gone, Southern Hhodi together with Northern IHiodesIa nd adjacent territories, stands alone iey In Hrltlsh experience, which cont nd tho stirring history of tho Bast Ii I Hi company's exploits In India. Ids The region, nearly half n ml bo squnro miles In extent, beci In- through concessions from n nn nr- chief, n roynl charter from Hie Url he crown, nnd conquest, virtually the ml vnto property of the Hrltlsh Si lit. Africa company, of which ( k; Ithodes wns the moving spirit, nd company, ns might bo expected of ied developments enterprise, sold I ho lensed mineral rights, nnd built ho rondB nnd other engineering wi ns Ilut besides all this It actually In- enied tho country, though In Ho yenrs the Imperial government hni ho sumed some measure of conlrol m- tho company's governmental nctlvl pe- Now n mining, ranching nnd ngr ico tnrnl country, Southern Ilhodesln nlso hnve a future ns a mnnufh Ing region. On 'Its northern be flows tho Zambesi river with Its torla Falls of great volume, more m' twice the height of Ningara, prom nbnndant power. Not fur from ,rs falls nre extcnslvo coal fields. " Its People and Topography. "' Tlio nntlvea of Southern Itliod or nnmhcrlng some 800,000, nre in ,n8 nnomnlou8 position of having no m' clnl political status. Tliey hnve d ed. or llko Topsy, havo "lust grow Into their present condition. 1 hnyq never been formally made I 0 so. They might almost bo considered sun- , .vaj , tie Jccts of the Hrltlsh Bouth Africa com ally, Pni,y T,1 compnny huh nil nlong laid - 1 not cm,m ownership of the lands on frlca w"'ch tho natives live except Hie t ,,1 unit nrcns recently set npnrt ns rescrva- m , ,, tlons, Tho white population of the :M had conmry numbers about 80,000. m intry Tbough nt present sepnrnto goverB- tatus mentnlly, tho two Ilhodcslaa demand M j consideration together. Thoy repre- ncju. sent together Hie field of ncU.vlttcs ot ' C9 n Cecil Ithodes South Africa company Jt't0 nnd have considered uniting, though Into for 1,10 Pru8c,lt nt ,cnBt tho Idea tins 'jj Wen ,,ecn UP- T,, two UliodeslnSi -Jfl orn(. make up n region shaped like a hut- v m :nlly tcrfly. Southern Ithodesln fonna the- .yt 1 t),g left wing, while Nortlicrti Hhortesta 'jR nn(, forms both tho right wing nnd tho tall 'M rltlsh ,l10 ,n,t,'r atrctchlng up to tho rcgloa f ut of Africa's Orcnt Lakes. "t J n,J Both regions He wholly within the i nntli- ,rPlcs' u,,t Northern Ilhodesln ex- v ta t Im tends farther into tho theoretical hot the c0"""" wlng to Its high altitude, ture ''"wover, Its tempcrnturo la not so J ' high ns might bo expected, con- whlIo Poutharn jumdosla has a - nlrle w,," P0Pu,"tlon "f about IW.000 and "'"e a native population of something over $1 7r.0,000. Nortlicrn Ilhodesln has lets I thnn 4,000 whiles nnd nearly n mil t lion blacks. It is still the hnppy hunt. A invs ,nB Bolln,, for 1,13 linninn geographer, ' .1 nro! where he mny study the effeefs of a J tin n,n,cn" tfn upon remote tribes that . inch ,mvo ,,een n,rct'te(, ly tho en- ' cronchments of tho white man. ij frnn The Illusion that nil snvngo peoples vie" (, r,rut,y mucl' ns ,,,l'y I'lfwe l dls- J Hill?" ',c,,cd unon n C"rory cxntnlniillon of ', 23 n legal system that hns penalties of ' $ int I ,n,1t"nl,on fr minor offenses, whose ' lcl' Judges must fold Ihelr hnnds In a ccr- , M 01 tnln wny when they try cases, nnd JjhJ where every nnllvo ntolo Inevllnbly ' ft, 'fCn becomes something of n lnwycr, since , ' j 1,on" tho dally public trlnls furnish the ' ' H SICnl nrlnrlnnl vlllnna - Timifcc uiTuiiinxe menus. " Cuetoms of tho Natives. - 'I ih n" 1110 nwlin nt woman's extruvngnnco J ' , " In dress, nnd the vnrloblllty of modes, '' t ring Wj,,cj oftcn prov(Jo t)l0 Jnov1tiil?o $ 1 01 topical song nt Amerlcnn muslcnl shows, find their prototypes In tho minstrelsy of o Wcmbn swnln whose "il ' metrlcnl plaint Is, "O vomon, you are s , Hcs, iujo n greedy wnglnll, pecking up nil . Ii of you can get." But a ,,motllcMnlnw, ""f ora- Joko In this trllns would result dlsns- ory. trously for Its perpetrator. So grent mch s tho reverenco shown this relative a hi. thnt n huhbnnd must step nsldo out 4 und of the path If ho meets her nbrond. 4 :ven Should ho come upon her unnwnrM, alns he must bow his head, cast hli eyes . udla upon the ground, nnd not dare look u $ nt her. Nor mny ho address her at lion nil until nftcr his first child Is born. 1 imo, Women nnolnt theJr bodies with ens- . '-'j tlve tor otl, they whiten their faces with IHsh chnlk at new-moon time, but the vn- " pil- riety of ways they dress their bnlr ' mth nlso Is a subject for nntlvo humor. 4 Jecll Deformation of their teeth forms nn- , tf The other ndorpmcnt; but the prnctJce 'wjiv nny which their husbands complain nlmut '-'laBSl' - and, Is their penchant for acquiring rings '""'aBL' fnll- nnd bracelets. Tho latter range from 'WmW irks, bonds of copper to spirals of metnl WjfP' : gov- Hint reach from wrist to elbow, nnd V " . Into similar devices used ns nnklets. ns- With tho ever-Increasing overflow of over cjvlllzed peoples, Northern Ithodesln Itlcs. soon mny be pre-empted by cnlonlstn, Icul- Indeed, Hie movement of natives to tnny reserves may Indlcato Hint such an In- , ctur- flow already Is tuklng place. Tlioitgh irder It lies ncross tho equator, tho Vic- Rliotlcslnn plntenu Is adapted to the thnn wblto man by reason of n climate that Islng has no extremes. Moreover, Kh boom the cities of llulawnyn nnd SnV'sbury pns- Bess hotels, clubs, business bouses nnd npartments, built In the flush of hope esla, that It would ho a second Band. ' tho Much of Northern Ithodesln Is cult- "; ofll- ablo for farming; there nre vast tracts I rift- of grazing Itind. Malzo and tohncco ed," are at present principal crops. Wheat, 'hey cotton and citrus fjw'fl n,ay lho sraw |