LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
NATIVE OPINION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—I am venturing to send you the copy of a letter, which was published a few days ago in the Natal Mercury under the heading, " Why the Natives are Loyal." The writer is known to me only by name, and, as may be judged by his letter, he is far better educated than the majority of natives in this country. But it expresses what is, I believe, the opinion of the greater number of the native people, whether educated or uneducated, in this part of South Africa. I have read with much interest what you have written and what has been written by your correspondents on the South African question, but I have seen but little reference to the opinions of our enormous native population, who are becoming every day a more important factor in South African politics, and. whose interest and welfare it is our duty to protect and promote.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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