Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-14

The Sp-calltd race question. in So
ior as il is founded on color" has
It achcd world wide dimensions, and II
is not an unsafe prediction that the
relations between the white races and
he colored races will in the coming
century rank among the foremost
roblems that mankind will have to
solve. says the Springfield Repnbli-
can.
We have referred TO the complaint
by thirteen American citizens of color
that they. like the black Africans gen
elallv. are Disseminated against both
by laws and custome in the TranSTaai
colony of British South Africa. being
denied opportunities 10 enga2" III
lnSiness. refused the same accomulo
dations as white men in railroad cars
and compelled TO foreGo the privilege
of using til" sidewalks. Their ease.
V hic} has been placed b foe the state
department al Washington in an eff.
fCrt 10 secure a redress OF grievances.
NAV serve as a starting point for 4
brief survey of the color question all
over the earth. In connection with TIL"
elal ions between the whites and
blacks in South Africa a further eN.
tract NAV he drawn from Benjamin
kidd's recent article in the lndeprnd.
ent. showing the local feeling in that
part of the world;
The scene was III South Africa.
Armed with official credentials, il has
been NV lot to visit one of the largest
native kraals in the country. The
commissioner. who accompanied me.
had been trained under one OF tn"
most sympathetic British officials who
Ihad come in contact with the native
problem in South Africa. and he was
himself remarkably free from precon-
ceived opinions of any kind on tn
natives. We were received at
the kraal by the liking and
scma of his chief men. ac-
companied by a few of their work
men folk. all being cleanly and neatly
clad and surrounded by d general ai'
of simple health and comfort very d.
ferent from what one usually Sos
the sluns of London or New Yore. fhe ?
king was fine looking man. cA'ssider-
ably past middle age As as intro
duced by the commissir"nr he bowed
With dignity and extended his hand to
me. took it and We shook hands in
European fashion. saw a shade OF
annoyance pass over the face of the
commissioner. | had committed a
grave error, according to local opinion.
was afrerward told that it would take
some time to remove the effects Of my
indiscretion in thus taking the hand
equal.
The race or color line is not drawn
AGAINST the colored natives. OF late
very interesting development has
taken place in connection with the ma
tlves of India, who. some years before
the Boer war. were introduced upon
4 {. plantations OF Natal as indentured
/, laborers. and who in kruser's days OF
over found free access to the Trans,
|,eal. These indian subjects of the
'iing of Great Britain soon began TO
take. ND pe,4dling and other kinds OF
business through South Africa. Their
low standard OF living. frugality and
instinct for trading have made Them
formidable. competitors of the whit
storelleepers. Tha Hindus are not ne.
gToes. but they ar- & "co}oreI rae
and consequently they are already un-
der the ban. The South African GOV
enrmen-s treat them somewhat as W.
do the Ch;ne>e; Il anything. worse.
The East Indians aaVe 10 secure a II
CtnSeA 10 lru-t-, lily - 1c'NEtA " -
i'll specified localities. they cannot law
fully hol. rea- estate. and their move,
raents FROM one rtace 70 another ar
controlled ~ passports and photo
graphs.
Mr.. Characteristic es;den,ly is in SYM
pathy 1!tt he Pretoria chamber q
commences resolution that all Asiatie
Immigration, even when il colnpris
fritist s4bj bjacts, should be prohibited.
except il SO far as it may be permit
ted under a strict labor ordinance and
that the trading rights enjoyed by the
Hirlus soutd BE- limited. Mr. Cham
beriain, IL recent speech. declared
Nothing would be easier nothing
would he less surprising. il there was