OUR COLORED BROTHER.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1920, Page 2

OUR COLORED BROTHER.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Many thanks for your timely protest in this day's News anent the admittance of blacks and yellows. The crux of tls whole matter was contained Jn the concluding paragraph, namely: /'Would any of those who talk so glibly of allowing his black or yellow brother to come here like him for a brother-in-law or a son-in-law?" My reason for writing you is not only to thank you for vour forcible protest but to ask you to reprint the following verses from the Auckland Observer, which puts the position much better than' I could ever hope to do in prose, The verses are:— ,

lii good old days that used to be We sang a sohg at every spree: 'Britannia always Rules the Waves/ And 'Britons never shall be slaves' We treated every "Brit" as Brother And did our trade with one another. But In these day's of competition Wo get a. constant exhibition Of how Britannia Rules tho Waves By letting in a lot of slaves. Who, working hard and living mean Are coming in a constant stream. These variegated sons of Ham Are not concerned the slightest Damn With Fancy Rules of Arbitration, And thought out schemes of Legislation Where every worker with his neighbour Shall be assured of decent labor. And while we sing "God Save the King," And think we are "the only thing,* The Allen builds his habitation By means of Peaceful Penetration And notwithstanding scores of "Diggers," Tho'.public buys its fruit from "Niggers." When circumstances later suit The ''Dago" not stop at fruit, He'll try his Peaceful Penetration, To change the color of the nation, And when you find this thing come true, We'll have to look for pastures new. Away with mad Procrastination t Don't wait for Fancy Legislation, Nor ask for Parliamentary "Bills," To settle with imported ills!, Shut tight your teeth—close up the door, And let them lrnow—We'll have no more. I am, etc., ANTI-COLOR. New Plymouth May 14.