RULERS OF AFRICA

Evening Star, Issue 19663, 16 September 1927, Page 1

RULERS OF AFRICA

DU AVA R Ell AM’S PREDICTION. “There are 140,000,000 blacks and 4,000,1X10 whites in' Africa,” said Dr Warclnun, addressing tho Millions Club, Sydney, “ and it is only a matter of time when Africa will be ruled by the black man.’' Dr Warcham has had twenty-live years’ experience in Northern Rhodesia in the service ol the London Missionary Society. “ Africans are not an inferior species of people,” he continued, “ and they cannot be kept permanently in subjection. Hut they need the guidance <,f tho white man. Co-operation with mutual respect is required- Tho future of tho native may bo that of either a wage-earner, as in Kenya, and South Africa, or a peasant proprietor.” Dr Warcham .said that the greater part of the land had boon stolen from the natives It had not been conquered. and the chiefs were not allowed to sell it. In the Transvaal 500,000 Europeans held 3,800 square miles-. In Kenya 2.000 square miles of freehold and 5,500 square miles of leasehold laud had been allotted to Europeans, and to Africans none. It wa.s true there wore reserves, but they were far too small, and the Government was free to dispose of them without notice or compensation. Talk of segregating tho natives was absolutely ridiculous. Regarding health, Dr Warcham said the popular idea of the African as a burly, jolly fellow was all wrong. He quoted the saying of an experienced medical officer that if many of Britain’s population had been classed C 3, one would need to resort to tho last letter in the alphabet in classifying African Natives. This was chiefly due to their insanitary dwellings, which were infested with rats and all kinds of insects. African natives as a rule wore also underfed.