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Ch. 19: An Uplifting Power

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AN UPLIFTING POWER
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southwest border of Matabeleland. Thus was the first grip of civilization secured on the rich territory which now bears fitly the name of" Rhodesia," in lasting commemoration of the grand foresight and enterprise of its redeemer from barbarism, Cecil John Rhodes.
No sooner was this entry effected than Rhodes's untiring energy sought further extensions of British control. By treaty with the native chief, Umtasa, the neighboring Manica was brought under the same protecting power as Mashonaland, and
a footing was gained with the like expedition in the native prov­ince of Gazaland. It was obvious that no extended develop­ment of the resources of this territory or stable colonization could be effected without railway connection with the Cape, and Rhodes at once undertook the provision of capital for the es­sential extension of the Transcontinental Railway through Ma-feking to Mashonaland. He raised the money required, besides drawing heavily upon his private fortune, at the same time, for the Beira Railway extension. He contributed also four-fifths of the capital of the Transcontinental Telegraph, and, all this
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