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THURSDAY, OCTOBER
1935.
NOTES OF THE DAY WHITE, YELLOW and BLACK
AN OLD MAN'S WARNING
"Everybody is discussing dis-
armament while every nation Shall the Races Live in Peace,
Is Increasing Its armaments" ...a famous old gentleman made this remark a year ago, having been outraged by the nations' violn tions of peace pacts, by the frustra- tion of Locarno, the ignoring of
the Kellogg Pact and the threatened scrapping of the Versailles Trenty though this and other out-
of revision. He warned against worn agreements may be in need
the suleidal danger of re-armament.
Hennolessness and, indeed.
So did most mon and women. But
or in Strife?
Italy's Dispute With Ethiopia Provokes Issues That Give World- Wide Scope to Controversies Arising From 'Racist' Theories.
By Rex Miller BECAUSE MUSSOLINI'S legionaries are landing at an obscure port in the Red Sea, Harlem Negroes have been boycotting the Italians who usually sell them ico on hot summer days,
You look for a normal front rearmament went on because no axle on this new Vauxhall nation will remula unarmed as long
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others are arming. "Each take the car on the road and look country is trying to attain greater
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African summer, little yellow men · in' Vauxhall has independent fronty Sir Philip Gibbs, "so increas Yokohama are complaining that they may
of its neighbours, wheel springing which changes in the fears riding into gliding.
setting their nerves on edge, and not be able to sell their cotton cloth nor try-
to raise colton in Ethiopia. lessening the chance of peace.. It Because dusky white men are confront- is the vicious circle which is whiri-ing black men along an undefined boundary in ing us towards calamity."
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THURSDAY, Očт, à, 1935.
HONGKONG AS AN AIRPORT
of
Somaliland, sun-browned Arabs are whisper- ing revolt in the tents of the Senussi from Morocco to the Indian Ocean.
WORLD'S ACCOMPLISHMENT
To-day we can perceive a' world Because barefooted black men peer more heavily armed than at any anxiously down on booted white men who are time in history, ́ ́nutside the building roads into the highlands of Cush, a Great War years, Italy, with the round-faced, sandy-haired little man from Mos flower of her young manhood in cow-whose Government is holding classes in
the technique of Communist revolution for white men, black men, yellow men and, ~--
| Africa, standa on the verge of con-
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BELOW GANDHI protest.
MAHATMA
Joined in
Too often we quote Kipling: Oh, East is East, and Yost is West, and never the twain shall meet,
the next
The world is on trial to-day,
flirt with a million or more Ethiop-brown men gathered from, the have had no interest in events scope. More humility is called fan warriors; Germany is rushing four quarters of the globe-hasin northeast Africa. To-day, for in the attitude of one people towards equality in fighting power brought the League of Nations that is changed. The Far East toward another. with
has become a neighbour of the other European nations; Council together in Geneva.
Dark Continent. Russia has the greatest army ever
Because white Christians are Since the time when Japanese known to civilisation: France has preparing to slaughter black destroyers came into the Indian the most powerful air force the Christions in the land of Sheba, Ocean and the Mediterranean without going on to world has ever known; America is little boats manned by swarthy during the World War, to act as line, which reads: sponding more on naval building Moslems engage in gun-running convoys for allied troops on the than at any time since the War in the waters which parted way to India, Mesopotamia and Till Earth and 5ky stand prosent-
East Afrien, Japanese sen
lp at Gofa prent Judgment years; Britain; who attempted to before the children of Israel.
power has not been indifferent to
Seat. disarm alone and set an example to the world, is forced to hasten All this is merely another way the naval situation in those the reconstriction of her defence of saying that the Italo-Ethio- waters. Not far behind the on trial to determine whether its came the government shall be one of forces. And this at a time when pian dispute has called up racial Japanese destroyers every people has felt the pinch of questions involving white, black merchant ships, and to-day brotherly love or of hate. We and yellow peoples, and given a Japan has a real commercial and are "at God's great Judgment economic adversity, when trade world-wide scope to contro-property interest in Ethiopia-Scat daily. And certainly the lags and Governments are forced to versies arising from "racist" an interest which Nippon does time has arrived when East and tax and tax again in order to keep theories which in recent years not intend to see obliterated nor West, North and South, White The recent articles. In the the body and soul of the nation have been confined principally to curbed by the Italians. · and Black and Yellow, can meet Telegraph, advocating that together. Millions in money are Germany.
Japan has sent its colonists on the basis of common sym- Hongkong should welcome air spent on relief, and millions of men liners of all nationalities, with are still out of employment; yet saying that, in this shrinking receive them. There are 250,-
It is merely another way of into every continent that would pathy and understanding. out necessarily seeking a quid we still burden ourselves with this world, all races now impinge 000 in Latin America. Africa pro quo, have come to the notice | monstrous load of armaments. upon one another with a sharp-provides a field for colonisation, and there are evidences that of Mr. Harry Harper, the well-When, monu the people, shall theness which, even a few years known British aviation expert.mational leaders learn the futility ago, would have been inconceiv-Japan intends to cultivate it. His views were given at length of the system which entails this able. The principal subdivisions Ethiopia is the last part of in yesterday's issue, and they sacrifice and paralysing expendi- of the human race now live in Africa, apart from unsalubrious ture? If nations could only appre- such close contact with one an-Liberia, where Japanese colon- call for comment. Mr. Harper einte that the stronger they build other that they are confrontedists could live without coming argues that there are complex their armies or their fleets the with a great decision. Shall under the sovereignty of any Political and strategic issues in stronger must their neighbours the races live in peace, or in European state. The population volved in the development of selves are faced with the necessity yellow man, the black man must Japan than in Italy. In a sense,
build defences, until they them strife? The white man, the problem is even-more-acute in Despite The_Age_Of Some modern aviation, and contends of adding to their fighting forces decide.
present events in northeast Africa are a clashing of two that aerial rights conceded by again, and yet again, we might
The injection of racial con-tides, a white tide rolling east have some reason to hope for set- one country must be balancedtled times. But at the moment we siderations into the Ethiopian and south from Italy and a by reciprocal facilities else- have reached such a state of top-question is most unfortunate, for yellow tide rolling west where. Therefore, Hongkong, heavy armament that something is the underlying factors in that south from Japan. it is submitted, should work in likely to cause a crash which will question conformity with Imperial air progress as a whole. On general principles, there can be little quarrel with Mr. Harper's view-
miles
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echo round the world.
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BRITAIN'S BURDEN
and all the rest. The pity of it is
and
are not primarily rucial, but economic. Sir That Japan, the leading ex- Samuel Hoare, British Secretar, ponent of imperialism in recent
to
The Very Idea!
A JOKE'S A JOKE
Of Them
Clipped By Kelly
The members of a very august body were considering the terms of an address to their soverclýn, `
The address started with the sen-
Obviously Fallacious
of State for Foreign Affairs, years, should thus be brought tence: "Conscious as we are of said in the House of Commons into conflict with the European our own shortcomings... British people, foremost in re-on August 1: "A war that claim-country which has chosen
In the discussion that followed. point, but a fact of which hecovery and stability, have been con-ed to be a war between the white follow its example, is ironical, some held that the phrase did not gratulating themselves upon their and the black races will throw but it is not surprising. Italy fails to take account is that achievements lately, looking towards intolerable obstacles in the path flaunts the League of Nations become their exalted rank, others Hongkong is not a territory in another satisfactory budget surplus of reconciliation and mutual and the Kellogg Pact as Japan that some appearance of modesty
and a continued reduction of taxes. the generally accepted sense of Mr. Neville Chamberlain warned understanding." Yet it is not has flaunted them, and the result was called for. The deadlock which followed was finally broken by the the world, it is a speck on the yesterday that he did not anticipate surprising that racial and reli-is conflict between the two.
suggestion from one of the more map, with no extensive terrain the surplus which the optimists pre-gious considerations have enter-
The Sons of the She-Wolf silent members that the wording over which flying rights could dieted, largely because of the ex-ed into the problem.
penditure made necessary by nddi- First, there is the clash be- have antagonised the Sons of be altered to: "Conscious na we are bo conceded. In other words,tions to the defence forces of the tween white and black. Ethno. Shem, as well as the Sons of of one another's ahort com- wo have little with which to nation. So Britain is in the same logists explain that the true Ham. Mussolini. is in a fair bargain. Admittedly, it would boat with France, Germany, Italy Ethiopians are really a
ings white way to reap the whirlwind as a be convenient for Chinese planes that she must rearm, that although race, but there has been such a result of his pose as protector of to call at this important ship-there cannot be a sane British man strong infusion of Negro blood the Mohammedans. If King. ping port, but if they were bar- or wonian who wants to see the the very name "Abyssinia" is Abdulla of Transjordania may
"Have you a good biography?" red they could easily be necom-
nation.ga to war, the Government derived from an Arab word be taken as an authority-and mounted on landing, grounds just is forced upon us.
must prepare for war. This thing meaning "mixed races"-that to! he is well qualified to speak on said the journalist at Brewer's.
subject-the Araba of We cannot the world at large an Ethiopian | the
"Yes. Indeed, sir," replied the over the borders of the New blame this crime upon any indivi-is a Negro. Ethiopia is the only Arabia, and probably their Territory, Bome twenty oddal, but only upon the frailty of independent Negro kingdom in Moslom kinsmen of Africa and girl. "Have you read "The Wealthy
Reporter'?" humankind, the distrust and self- the world. The Republic of India, are much more eager to awaty. Moreover, the Ishness which has characterised Liberia retains n nominal in-enlist under the red, yellow and "Perhaps your misunderstood C.N.A.C. service touches at International dealings since, the dependence. but is actually green of Ethiopia than under me," insisted the journalist. “I Canton, with which this Colony dawn of what we are pleased to call dominated by American rubber the red, white and green of never read fiction." has rapid railway communica-
interests. The tribes of Africa, Italy. Certainly the Arabs of tion. It will therefore be seen
outside Ethiopia, have been sub- Libya will not be slow to take that landing rights here are not all is said and done, it is only European countries. An attack sion to renew the difficulties they to the rule of various advantage of this Eastern diver- jected of tremendous value to China natural that this should be the on Ethiopia, therefore, is inter- have caused Italy in its largest and are not actually necessary major consideration. Looked preted by Negroes everywhere African colony. A Moslem to her. When wo bear this fact at from this standpoint, there as an assault upon the last rising in Tripolitania or Cyre. in mind and also the point that would appear to be no convin- stronghold of freedom for their nalen would be a prime embar-
rassment for Italy. Macno is offering facilities to | eing reason why Hongkong race.
Mahatma Gandhi has joined the Pan-American service with should be made a preserve of . In the United States, this no question of reciprocal rights any particular British company, racial factor cannot but have his voice to the chorus of protest involved, there would seem to In saying so much, it is not to venture has thrown oil on un-ing. "India cannot ignore Benito
repercussions." Mussolini's ad- against Italian aggression, say be no conclusive reason why the be inferred that this Colony pleasantly smouldering embers Mussolini's threat against the policy of Hongkong should not would not enthusiastically wel-in American cities. In South dark-skinned people.' be to welcome air liners of all come the extension of the Im Africa, the West Indies and America complicated nationalities, with the primary perial Airways service to this Latin
And now, out of this turmoil object of developing the Colony port; indeed, the realisation of racial situations are certain to of races, what great truth
a big world airport. Mr. the prospect is being eagerly be intensified by the echoes arises? Certainly the fact that wife's after cash!
coming from the highlands of all races of men now live much Harper brushes aside somewhat awaited. But, as in shipping, Abyssinia.
too closely together to permit of
Lament brusquely the local tendency to so in aviation, Hongkong should
fratricidal conflicts. Race prob- regard Hongkong's neriál: de- be made the meeting-point of The yellow race intrudes itself lems no longer remain" neigh- New Hongkonger: velopment principally from the as many services as we can at- into the problem in a peculiar bourhood problems; they tend to Andrew's Ball business standpoint. But, when tract to our shores.
way. A few years ago, it could become almost universal in their you wear your own clothes?
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