African Affairs.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1922, Page 3

African Affairs.

auixbaioui and n.z. cable associationEGYPTIANS BOYCOTT BRITISH. NATIVE LEADERS’ PLANS. CAIRO, January 24. For issuing a manifesto urging a boycott of the British eight Egyptian Nationalist leaders have been arrested. They are followers of Zaghloul, the head of the Nationalists.

Their manifesto states: j Egyptian anger can find a pure y , legal outlet in passive resistance by ; means of National non-co-operation, or ; a boycott. Every Egyptian must, , therefore, cease all social intercourse ; with the English, must not serve any | Englishman, nor consult any English , doctor. No Egyptian should be al- ; lowed to form a Ministry until the British policy changes. The popula- j tion must not use the British Courts, or approach British officials regarding . the boycott. They must withdraw . their deposits from the British banks . tend must also take ca/pitai pharos in Egyptian Native banks. No Egyp- j tian must unload a British ship. Bri- j tisdi goods must be boycotted, but ; Egyptian merchants are to be allowed •six months to unload. The document appeals to all the mosques, the other institutions, and the villages, to publish the manifesto, ■ and to form committees to organise j the boycott. !

A SERIOUS POSITION. ! (Revived This Day at B. SO a.in.) I CAPETOWN, Jan. 25 j The Miners Federation again aiming at the essential services in the mines, j requested the Officials Association to, take a ballot regarding the continu- 1 ance of work. Buckle, President of j the Chamber of Mines, opened the j case for the mine owners at the Con- j ference and stated that as a result of, the natives leaving, the mines will be seriously hampered at restarting, and , lie doubted whether it would now be ■ possible to carry on the Chamber’s j original terms. Buckle thought also; that owing to flooding, it may not be j worth while reopening some of them. ■ Generally speaking, it was difficult to , say on what terms it was worth ieopening some mines. There was a . great difficulty regarding re-employ- , ment and if the strike lasted only a short time longer, more and more mines would be found unable to reopen, and thus there was a most serious difficulty in coming to an agreement.

THE GOLD MINE TROUBLE. (Received This Dav at 10.15 a.m ) CAPETOWN, January 25.

At a Conference on the gold marnea question, Buckle affirmed the Chainljier had never any idea of removing the colour bar in seeking to terminate status quo agreement at the mines. The main desire to retrench the rebundant white workers. The Chamber was prepared to give guarantees ns to the ratio of whites to blacks. Sir Evelyn Wallers reiterated that the cancellation of the status quo did not mean the removal of the colour bar. The position of the industry made retrenchment inevitable the strike made greater retrenchment unavoidable. Gemmell emphasised that seventeen mines in December made a loss and the rest of a negligible profit. Half of the industry was now at the point of call. With reduced costs, hundreds of millions of tons of low gradie ore could be worked.