The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-22
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SHAW is HAPPY WHEN
STIRRING TROUBLE

Ism, Is q gentleman 10 Tho yerynnrcr
tlps and imbued with 81 keen sense OF
and VINO has az many ana as varied
syinpathies as his friend and fellow
Fabian Bernard Shaw has preiudiccg
OWES his altogether anomalous POSI-
non IN lie colonial service 10 JoAer,Ili
Ghamberinin lie was selected BY Jo-
Se ep Glhmherlaiii rs . man without
heing thoroughly independent OF red
tape considerations, to re1rganize lie
nnances q Jamaica, which were IN g
state Of chaos, lie did so well III trat
Governor Of British honduras. show
ing much energy ana decision uf char
acier In the suppression OF native DIS
t.urbances Twice he was sent back 10
Jamaica, first as Colonial Secretary. auh
wen az acting Governor; and nnally.
wien sir Aiexander Swcttenhain he-s
camo inYolYcd. while Governor, in sNeh
an unplca san, controversy with the
American admiral who cndeaYorcd To
the time OF the earthquake that 1t be-
came necessary TO remove him, sydney
i2llyier was appointed 10 take his
II would DO dincult TO hnd any more
complete nptthess than that which
exists exist between Sir Alexander ana SIR
his removal, settled down at ST An
drews,Ha suburb OF Kingston. TO mako
MS nome there, he soon became tie
i5,i,, Of the Tory clement against
= 1
o. lenouncing his successor In tho most
Vigorous aiid picturesque illusions,
Ehlie Sir sydney contcmptuolisly re-
ferred 10 the uttcranccs OF his prcde-
ccsSor as absurd
Olivier Is a familiar figure at wash
inston where lie spent nearly. 9 year.
ABOUT decade ago, III connection with
negotia tinns for rcciprocity between
the United states and the West Indian
So d,1 81 HI has written remarkablG
Labor Issued as one Of tic series or
the socialist Library" which Is edited
~ the IA Dor Member Of Parlia ment,
Ramsay Macdonald. ana published bY
The lndcrendent Labor party III Lon
don. Tho book IS an Indirect condemn
alton Of the american treatment OF the
negroes. which he compares, to its dis
ADVANTAGE, TO the condition OF the col
ofed race In the British West Indies,
agreeing with professor Josiah Royce.
negro question. in the American sense,
Is substantially solved In Jamaica.
Sir Sydney Olivicr's salary as Gov
s"5,OOg year, and In allowances OF
one KIND ami another the sum is made
up T. about $4,000: IFS loss Of these
considered one Of tho blue ribbons or
The colonial service of Great Britain,
VIII be ainly due TO Bernard Shaw,
who has neither the Kindness Of heart,
nor the sincerity and freedom from
asfcctation, Of his friend and whose
stay with Olivier, indnlging In sar-
t''SIAH, ~ Iii,'9iiiS anu tlUIcUio al the
expense Of the white element Of jana
iea all the more intolerable because
issued from the Kings house has
caused tho cup IL overflow. They might
have put up with Olivier a BIT longer,
but Shaw rendered the position i'm
possible.
Nor is It easy to sec In what other
position tho administration at White
hall Will be able TO make use Of Sir
sydney; for, as protesting Social
ist, as Fabian, a S an advocate OF the
full equality OF blacks with whites and.
above all. as an intimate friend or
Bernard Shaw, lie is hardly fitted for
Governor Of an important British col
ony.
Copyright. 1911. by the Brentwood
Company