New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
1.-THE WHITE MANS BURDEN. y
A LECTURE BY G. LOVES DICKINSON AT
COLUMBIA.

number of people gathered yesterday afternoon
IN Schermerhorn Hall. Columbia University. to hear
G. Loves Dickinson, NJ A. lecture on The White
Mans Burden Mr.. Dickinson, who is an English
man. said that the relation of white TO inferior
peoples is d problem OF profound Importance for
which an adequate solution has vet TO be found
and he reviewed the various methods by which 1t
has been sought.
History has brilliant record on that point,
he affirmed. The two favored methods have been
determination and slavery. slavery being refine
ment determination that came in when white
people discovered that they could get out of
the natives by keeping them alive work for them
than by killing them
Mr. Dickinson briefly reviewed the history of
slavery and said: The abolition of the name did
not abolish the relation The natural and obvious
attitude for the white assume in reference
TO one of inferior is that of master, and
this fact makes problem with which governments
will have to deal"
In speaking of national expansion, the lecturer
asserted that ii often impossible to prevent it
England he said. has actually tried to limit
her territorial acquisition but her merchants and
traders would not be restrained. and eventually
the government compelled to follow" He gave
several instances of this in the century just ended
notably the South African case
The speaker expressed his belief that the best
method of dealing with inferior races is TO treat
them like children. and extend a kindly, protecting
care 10 them. By inferior peoples he explained
he did mean such the Chinese ana
HindOOS. who have q CIVILIZATION as Ole anu III
many respects as advanced the European races,
but the savage tribes from whom the acquired ter
ritory is generally taken.
'New-ZeaIaEd d of unwilling bat uTl-
evoidabel expansion Mr. Dickinson said, ana
the method of which I have spoken has been tried
there with admirable success The Maors are
governed directly by the home government, with
intervention of the settlers. and have been SO
We'll treated that they intensely loyal. Basuto-
land another crown colony-that is. governed hy
| rgSfE n
African desert of misery and oppression. No spirits
are allowed to enter the country; no man IS per
mitted to trade there without supervision: no one
passes the border without a permit The people
are happy. and are prospering in the way OF CIV
iIzation Their chiefs rule under the authority OF
the crown commissioner. and their only anxiety Is
lest they should be under the rule OF tle
settlers who wish TO utilize them for labor.
''he first step IN dealing with the inferior races
is TO admit the fact that they are not equal and
| that they best prepared for civilization by
kindly guardianship Otherwise they left unpro-
under the mcCkery Of laws that assume them
| TO equal. II is probable that many Americans
now c0ncede that the pretense Of political equa4ity
| for the Southern negro a mistake"
Nr Dickinson pointed out that it often IS neces-
sary labor certain extent. as other
wise their natural mode OF life having been al
tered the black races with their dislike for work
| would sufTer physically and morally. The labor
! laws Of British Guiana idesl.' he said The
! contracts for coolie labor made by the gov
! erument commissioner and the coolies. when they
/ reach their destination. are met By government
that ta Ia bCrers are we'll treated At the end Of the
| indentUred period they at liberty 10 go home.