KENYA.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1923, Page 4

KENYA.

All A11>lr;! lia 11 I’npm'h The . omplica-ti'-a of illi.■ -i c>tam iron, t In 1 eked. w.-vn the whit.- n nil,,mv.l ran" Cl the world him atta i>il, |>. rlia11 . a- nm-t -miou- i"rm l i;,. |!nt i-h;mu 11 colony ci Ivoin a. Kn-; A 1 run. So ml' t!ii- A'l’a! •' |,l,cannn ha- mmU.nl n - hr.l lilt lull, that wo haem m'. etiimd.v t ‘" < a[ them is proved, firstly. hy cur av.iu l.clvi in ilia nnen-sit y iur a "\\h Au s i raliaami. -nncmily. hy I | recent \ i-il to out- share- ci .Mr > I ,-i. ;he i ene yni nil represent ali\ e Imiian nimmieniil Ki.ii, "hi ; - in; j -1 1 jar iin.lv Imm n- but 11 the rlilpli'- cl 11- ( -I! 1 ! all n 1 Ulltn!'- 11l nimln 11. cur -hern-, ha, eNpericuc !•:-I I lv I lii.im.il Ih" V, erne- create,l 1 ii.,i innvi in, is . ami i here is mf iea-mi 1,, h, !have ; hut neither I' tji n A list! alia, ha,-, heard the last of the Hut in Kenya tim trciiilile is arm and im ~i.ini cm may well a Heel t v, !mle Umpire. It i- |imhahln that l whole < 11:. -s t i 11; t will he threshed <> at l!ie I nrt lieeiii i ti;r Imperial (mil. mine, and it i- ene, tlinrejiu'e, that 111 very littiiiely ilitnre-t II- to-day. The conditions in Kmiva are unitpi It is. a- we have -aid. a t row n ci iiny. and. as such, a- povenie,] direct I’roni Whitehall. alihmiLth cstcimi! | ii , |,".- -m ini- internal afciir- arc a i miiii-leretl I,\ a (Inveriior, ui.h ! a -si- ta m e c| a l.cyi-la t! ve ( omiti part l v elect e. I and pa rl ly iimninnie I !: i a u idle i-lanit in a -ea of Mae I ter mu it t ine tor tin- mommi i i lie I I ill;,!! inni.wr.-l 111 - -aeenrmmi t" the ee mu m i P'J I I lie ; i clll l a; inn cmisi -!.- . III!,: 1 ell 1 lion -a nd 'mi opeiiu . a I ni'Hi !y i hri e miilimi uni - ; ,\I rtaati 'i in- alone v. mild mahe Kon\ a a -i i mis pi oMem ; 1 ai; ;!;c pr- :Mnm i- m i pi ica !e; I i,, aii ahn i-1 intolerable il arc, liv ilc pre-ene •in the colony over lu. n.y-tuo ihoii-aw! Imiian ' 1 ill -I -1I ]- a Cl I ;; 1 la:; 111 e j <■i •• ] it - . -Il oi uinan (iiiv■ ■ ftinrm■ mlieial■■. :ii t i-an it- "! I mills ml-” v> ha |. i ever ~ n i,: < of about cm -i\t!i , f tlmi . t t lie eiiti: '■'dony i- in.pi. ;d. the .mi a i III! Ik tci - iii j ilnviioli I I;., mm m i: ain I 11 i■ . i harm mv, iuo-t cm imn 1 1 y -to Im| Pm i in- ini hi i - and rci|iii ra nn-Il 1 - ci Ihe iduel; i;u i - u lai iiii;i, miin, 1 - iiior.nl I i m. l have p-pM la ird ii . It i - true ilia! ilia 1 ' 11 in. hhi m I enjoy. hy roa-mi m ila-ir ahiiialc. a I, nirmilr cli ilia !e ; hill till- vi'l'v tact. I,r Ihe ell eft - ala- my mil cl this ia- i . serve hill 1 1 ai mill calc tile cr iliicm. Km 1 , m U 'I-, a inn , t Ihe H. iti-ii : '■eiTmient rc-n iciml urn ill- ci' land in chuon v. liich Ini' m-vr la mi ioversell, ahhoimb nmeh i ( uc-i mma!. Il pi.c th" Indian ■tiler-. v.i„, ,ham under it- mo In omn-t elau-es. ami re ,;er<! : j a - mi ti n ia-i ami un tic. ■ ar , pm a ,■: elm- - I, 1-lal imi. II; lam re-Il ii 1 iom end diiSermil iai i .us there am. i.m. mine’ll call ihe Tuoin.il sciilcr-. Vhav

t-eir! eua led mill 'l•] :u l';i! c i[i-1■ I■ -1 •n ihr m inimis ui >imil:itini! s ,,rj ;l ('nvi’iii,•Hi-" : and i In-v nre duiiied Iha '>!ll'i -,; iii ayr hmli 1 Is- European’f,.i‘■>'- 'I iln i|i'cstiii|i hi i In. |-,.st rirlim ‘I Indian iMi liiinra Imu iaim a.'Uic, Tin so arc I he' main plaints i]ic Inno dir.n < -•• ; I lie pleas nil nail. ill ef tin n . nlher Mile mint a! -n he bi-mlly 1 t..,|. i he Europeans eiaim that limy are Ihe ;,1 I'ii'iieers lit | 1,.. ~(,111111 V : I iml e |imii!y ... in power ami of lilt- would ""II n absolute -li hj ert ii, a 1,, I|m iiimiilirani Indians ; llm; maj.mii v of lhe la iter are person ; v. In, have im , | 'l'.ialilicai inns on nhnli in lame 11 n■ i !■ v claim to the suli'raye : ami that, in v I act, a Rival proportion of i liotn would - "ii* h.e a 1 Inu'oil to exercise o even in In.lia. Ai" 11 e all. they say that they ale l!’.c t ril - tee* ef the coinitry. 11l a "eiise. ini tho nai i\ e African popuhil ion. Tiny pnini out that, ilie Indians tether: that the fi.rmer have never fairly will! tim native-, hut rather tho reverse : and that it would he m the hi.whes! decree dangerous to allow of a 'tivided nun ml in • m-h a mat ter. e«- 1 j pifially when the two pa I ties p, that I eii.uiie! ditior s.v. i<!--!v m habit-, traditioiis. and desire-. It. is true that this "mu:ve' 1 Isum 1 in the Kenya 1 troidile ha.- otdv lately heen imrodueed ill!,, it. tile original muter m tim -ml having heen overlooked in the routest tint:!, a- a eynii recent h remarked. W wa.s found miri-able to urge hi- interc-t- a- a .spurious and eonvament plea. Hitt. whatever the re.i .'on. hot h Indian, and Kiironcaii- alik • I' eiaim that ati mler regard for the -'lrtean is one m tho main feature- if 1 heir case : and. a- tim Airiean himself i- ii'.cajaihle ~r unde.-iroti- of being heard, tan matter hum he decide:! j without his evidence. lhat is hmv the- matter stands i,j j j day. and three main facts -oem tu cnier.ee Irom its confusion. The first I- that it j-. after all. the natives of the soil wli# should be mainly ot>n-> sidereal ; the second, that it would he hotter for those natives to be submitted to the control of the proven and benevolent power of the European: and the third, that the leaders of the ' Indian movement, are determined to make ot Kenya a te-t case on the matter of their status throughout the Empire. It is this ln-t fact, perhaps, which is the most imjHirtant and significant of all. And if the significance be' sinister, as may well seem to be the case, it is all the more important that every citizen of the Empire should understand the true nature of the problem which is now so rapidly approaching a crisis. j