‘… the trend of this thought in political action is well shown by recent events in Rhodesia. To sum up the story briefly, first, deliberate war was forced on the Matabele in 1893 by Dr Starr Jameson, who promised to each of the six hundred filibusters who rode against the natives, 6,000 acres of native land conditionally redeemable at £9,000. Secondly, in 1896, the Mashona, oppressed and subject to Forced Labour, heard of the collapse of the Jameson raid and rose against their oppressors.