THE BLACK PERIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1071, 6 March 1913, Page 4

THE BLACK PERIL.

NKGRO INVASION OF LONDON.

“The wave of indignation now sweeping over the United States against the recent marriage of the negro pugilist, Jack Johnson, to a young white girl in Chicago, is nothing compared to the storm that will burst in this country it Englishmen do not speedily awaken to the real peril of the black invasion that has been going on steadily for the past two years,” said the manager of a London detective agency to a representative of the Evening Standard. “Our numerous investigations on behalf of certain associations which are fightiujg the white slave traffic have brought us into more or less intimate contact with this steadily increasing danger, and I am glad to have an opportunity to give the heedless public a timely warning. “When I speak of the negro, I mean the African negro, more particularly those from the United States, who have acquired a sufficient degree of civilisation to appreciate flashy clothes and a passion for rag-time songs. No matter how much you educate this type of black man he will never be anything but a negro, with all the unrestrained and brutal impulses of his savage ancestors. He seems to have no sense of right or wrong. He is lazy and improvident, and will not work if he can avoid it, but he will often risk his life to steal some coveted object rather than earn it at the cost of a few hours’ labour. negro characteristics. “Brutality and force, too, are often his favourite means to gain a desired end, especially when dealing with women, and when thwarted his uncontrollable rage frequently leads him to murder. The resort of Americans to lynch law, which is so greatly deplored in this country, was the effect of the negro’s freedom from slavery. In the days of bis bondage the negro knew his place, and had a wholesome respect for his white masters, while' he had nb ambition' above his lot. But the present generation of school-taught negroes show a significant change. These men have learned just enough to resent their handicap of colour, and seek to remedy the disadvantage by forcing their attentions on white women.

“For the past twenty years it has been unsafe tor any woman or child in the Southern States to go abroad unprotected after dark, or even to be left at home during the daytime in the country districtsFear is the one restraining influence they know, and imprisonment has no terror for them. COURTING TRAGEDY, “A few States, of course, still permit inter-marriages between blacks and whites, but in those isolated cases where some deluded woman marries a negro her life is inevitably wrecked, and usually ends in tragedy. In fact, 95 per cent, of such marriages invariably end in the suicide or murder of the woman. It is a mystery to me how any white woman, presumably possessed of the natural refinements of femininity, could so abuse herself as to mate with a coarse and essentially brutal black man, with whom, perhaps, even her brother would hesitate to shake hands because it would leave behind a sense of uncleanliness. “The traditional tolerance of Englishmen toward all differences of race, colour and creed, has blinded them to the danger which now threatens them. Eondon is a paradise for a black man, and the American negro has found it out. Every ship from the other side brings fresh arrivals to swell the large colony already here, where they are treated on an equal footing in lodging and boarding houses, and sit at the table with white men for the first time in their lives. Moreover, they are permitted to mix socially with white women and act as their escorts to places of amusement. This has already led to many legal and other unions, vyhich can only end in calamity in a few weeks or months. And the condition is growing worse every day. “The Jack Johnson scandal, however, may serve to awaken the British public to their danger, for considerable feeling has already been aroused by it here, especially in sporting circles.”