Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-08-24
tBy CaSc!y IIayford. RarriStcr-at
Law. Sc[oudo. Gold Coast.
West AfriCa.l


The world is called upon to face
great issues. The issues are bigger
than the times and tn" men OF the
times. Except here and there, thcrH'
are very few who realize what the
issues are. or have amy clear idea as
to the correct indication Of the times.
Generally there is Il haZy idea that
great changes are pending, hut Ill
VIVA, direction th"y lead. or why they
are at all necessary. few have ven
turCd to inquire.
At n time when the plans Of Al
miuhty God were complete to work a
revolution in the opinions Of mrn.
Germany lot loose th" hell or war;
and there are some who Judge that
Germany may he the S"ourE" OF
proyidrncc to bring mon 10 higher
convention Of duty to follow men.
Before the war. when the civilized
world, %0-rallrd. spoke OF man ana
ones duty to man, thcr" seemed - he
y certain amount of mental r%S"rNa-
tion in 50 far as the darker races
were runc"rU"3.
put rhr nttitudc Of civiliZation
in tuiS .mHttcE H"% been @r"trh~G
II WIS &cutchrd in the ltuS"ni"paH
csc war. II will ho NOR" greatly
affected nl The present war. In IN"
case of i@p@r. for IN" hr%l tim" ~
modern history. Euror" and America
were taurhi that the monopoly Oh
successful warfare did not belong 10
them. ANA lhat. given opportunity,
. the East could measure swords win
tho West. said distinguished Jap,
anrSC Attcl (nc war III the JAPANESE
House OF Peers:
'"rhc sncrcd duty Is incumbent ur
nm Ms. Ms ,iu. lcadin@ state OF A$iaitc
proarr&S. to stretched n helping hand
10 thiuu India, and Korea. to all the
\gl;ticS who have COniidcnr" III Us,
and who are capable OF civilization.
As their moro powerful irirnd. W"
desire them ali to I've free from TN"
yoke which Europe has placed 'nl''n
them. and that they may hereby
prove to the world that the Orient
j. caunblr Of measuring SwortS Wl1N
the Occidcnt on any field of battle.
japan had riser to hrS Glass
power. Japan remains frs, claS"
power, and her voice Is heard. ana
heard with respect, in the counct,S or
the Nations. still the Japanese oh
iect lesson had no, gone far enough
with the dominant groups or nan
kind. rhry were wont still to as
sumo Il patroniZing air with othrT
darker races, including black folk.
They assumed the power TO dlrcc.
then destiny.
They laid down rules and rcgula'
tionS for their condnct. They iNrd
bounds beyond which they must not
so. In some eases matters haH
reached an acute stage when the
present war broke out. 1t ought to
alter many wrong point OF view.
In an age Of steel, machinery and
mcchnmcal appliances. man has NOT
reached lhc stage, nor does ii appear
he ever will, when he can Whol!N
dispense with man-power.
And. SO. when it comes to the
pinch civilization, either in war or
peace, is bound to press into service
the dark races Of mankind. as am
writing, black folk ia different thea
tres OF the war are shedding their
blood in saving civilization from the
dcadlicst blow that could be struck
at it by n power which had hcld 1t.
self out as the most civlliZrd or all.
AS write. the burden Of civilization
is upon tho shoulders Of millions OF
black folk. who. throughout the
world. by muscle and brain. are con-
tributing labour Of a most nS"fnl
kind.
But, in the face OF all this, the
dominant groups arc still inclined TO
entertain disparaginG sentiments to-
wards the black man. There are
degrees OF this sentiment. 1t ranges
from positive violence, espionage, cX-
ploilation. to Il nauScouS patronage
blighting in its influence. 1t Is not
confined to any particular class of
the groups in question. In one form
or other ii is exhibited by the most
vulgar as. we'll as by the most cul-
turcd ana enlightened.
70 sum mp, it suggests that the
black man Was expressly created by
Cod for the purposes and the benefit
OF the white, and that that being his
destiny, the latter IS entitled to lay
down the doctrine OF his evolution,
which must be strictly observed.
That is an idea to be combatted and
cOmbattcu wherever found. General
SHUTS OF the South African Dominion
has recently made two remarkable
speeches in London. one at the House
OF Lords dinner in his honor, tho