The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-22
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IN ERNAID SHAW Is never SO happy
X as when stirring up trouble,
ID oither BY his writings or his Ut
tcrnnces. lie las rccently been
visiting his brother Fabian ana fellow
socialist. sir Sydney Olivier, the cover
nor and CHptaIn-Gcncral OF Jamaica, a I
.ne Nhls mouse. OF ,hat colony, and,
as psunl. has left i wholc sea III dis
epFh ana rnplcasantncss IN his wake:
80 much 80, that il is doubtful whether.
sir sydney VIII De aba Ia contirue in
oiiicc, as the representative OF his sov-
ereign on tile ISLAND
81 al Great Britalns oversee de-
nrndeneicS. there is perhaps none that
- rhre old-fa4hioned, more conycrya-
tive ana more fanaticully Tory, thRn
Jhln, l elsa, with rs historic past. II IS
pcfhapS the most intensely conventional
81 ~ English colonies. ana nowhere do
,ornlalitiea and etiquette play q more
important role.
Nauraily, While Bernard shaw wax
saying AZ the Kings House with Sir
S$dney Olivier. he, in accordance with
mis usual practice, sought by every
sentlment the wrong way. and 70 ridi- :
CUE and nathcmatizc nll formal!ty and
conventions. and the fact that l!e tii /
this from the Kings house. that is Is
SAY, from the scat of Iir!tisl sovcrci.pg
" IN the island, and from beneath the
ROOF oi thc Governor General. had the
., 81 working the major part OF
the white population up 10 the boiling
pom, not only against Shaw himself,
but against Sir sydney Olivier, whose
recall is being demanded and who Is
DcihS subjected 10 & social boycott that
y not precisely conducive to the digni-
y OF his office in the eyes OF the large
colorcd population.
Sir sydney is perhaps the only coll
onial Governor who abstains from at
tending any form OF religious worship.
ne 49,. neEei. goes 70 church, either private
~ OF PUBLICLY. lie has & horror OF
every kind 81 official fuss and cerefnon l.
declines attendance by tho customary
aldes-de camp In uniform with glitter
Ing gold aiguIlettes, ana refuses ID ,.y1e
in an elaborate barouche viii, four
hofSes, prcferrins 10 drive himself
alone, in q very unassuming American
pnuggN lis dress is IN keeping with
ms manner that is decidedly careless:
ana Ills shaggy untrimmed beard and
ms mostly unkcmpt hnir have little Of
nc Wcll Sroomed appearance that one
n ~ personages, the Governors
OF Great Britain's colonies. Most OF
them insist on every one rising, and on
the playing Of the national anthem IN
their honor. whenever they appcar at
any public gathering; whereas Sir sgd
ney, olivior endeavors 10 clude any
such attention, and If he finds il neces-
sary to speak III some meeting, usual
~ cndcavors 10 make his entry unob-
served, and 10 take his seat among tile
hoi polloi, from which he says what
form.
Worst OF all. IN the eyes Of Tic old
fashioned colonists Sir sydney pro-
ffcsses to sec entire equality between
the handful Of whites and the very
large population Of Blacks doctrine
which II IS all very well TO cnunciate
on lecture platform in London. or
even in some American cities, but which
Incomes very dangerous, and subversiVe
cf order, III a country where tho supre-
macy of the whites is "A condition Of
empire. and whore the black popula-
ton outnuinbers tho White by ten, fifty,
Or even hundred to one.
For Governor to do away in such
colonies as these with forms and ccrc-
monies. and with the absolutely essen
tial trappings OF high Office. is calcu-
lated to damage, PERHAPS irretrievably,
the prestige OF sovereignty.
Sir sydney, who, despite his social