Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-04-16

.ed in several cplorcd newspapers. The
statement concerns the return of Mar
eng Garycy to the United States OF
America. The statement in one paper
reads as follows:
WILL CARNEY GET BACK?
So
"rherc is strong suspicion in these
parts thai ono Marcus Garvey, VINO mas
n Negro propagandn which Is junction
ing like mono other, will be unable TO
get back into the United States after
his sojourn in the West Indies. lie in
tends to return here in April. Carney is
not a ciaizen of the United States but
Il foreigner. 1t would be compnrtlVo
ly easy for the Unrtcd States Govern
ment ii there was any disposition to
do SO to keep Carney out Of the Unit
cd States on the ground That his pro
paganda IS stirring up American Ne
groes as they have never been stir
ed up before so constituting him an
undesirable alien.
"On the other 1lnnd 1t Is pointed out
that the Carney movement has many
strong lieutcnants who are American
citizens and that even If the leader,
Marcus Garvey is kept out Of the coun
try, his propaganda will only be III
creased in effectiveness by the adyer
tisemcnt which such movement
would receive.
'Garvey is expected in Washington
in April as provisional president OF
the colored peoples Of the world. IIe
is to open headquarters in the Black
House at the Whitclaw Hotel and pro
coed to function as president of all
the black people everywhere"
We do not know The courcc from
which the Associated Negro Press do
rived It's authority,but we are in
clined to believe that, the wish IL fartb
er to the thought. but before we take
up the main issue we desire to correct
some misstatemcnts.
We desire to say first that His Tex
cellency the Hon. Marcus Garvey is
not the provisional president Of tho
colored peoples Of the world He is
President General OF the Universal Ne
gro Improvement Association and Pro
visional President Of Africa.
Secondly. the Hon. Marcus Garvey
will not open headquarters in Wash
ington, d. c.. to function as president
VI al tiic cfSIS WuSIc,
but the Rev. j. w. II. Eason, tho
American leader, will open up head
quarters as leader of American Ne.
groes.
Now to the question ut issue. Wo
have thoroughly read and reread tho
constitution OF the Universal Negro
Improvement Association and finding
nothing therein that conflicts with
Constitution Of the United States Of
America. There is nothing in TIE Con
stitution of the United States Of
America land we have heard the fam
Gus William Graham Summer of Yale
University, Dean Robinson of tho
Catholic University and DR. Phelps,
U. S. Minister to the Court Of st
James, comment upon ID which for
bids American citizens going to Afri
Gu as missionaries, educators, Impol.
tiers, exporters, or commercial devei
opers or colouizcrs. If the represen
tatives of the Associated Negro Press
know Of such clause or clauses, we
would be grateful for such informat.-
ion. We pre- not legal experts and are
always glad for light from legal eeni.
uses.
- Thr Roman Catholic Church with
organizations in every civilized coun-
try III the world, with the seat OF pu-
pal authori " in Rome. Italy, shows
that an organization nonpoli''cal nav
function in several countries without
disturbing the political equilibrium Of
the countries in wsich it functions.
The statement that wc are discus
sing says that Garvey's "Propaganda
Is stirring uD American Negroes MS
as they have never been stirred up
before, SO constituting him an unde.
sirable alien."
Yes. the Hon. Marcus Garvey has
stlfreh up the American Negroes as
they have never been stirred up he
lore' but no whas he stirred them up
lie has stirred them up to stop vast.
ing their money in gay and riotous liv
ing and expensive clothes and invest
IL IN business enterprises. He has
stlrred them up to form worldwide
organization. He has stirred them up
10 organize Negro Factories Corpor
alton. He has stirred them I'D to or.
game a steamship line He has stir
Ell them up to start Universal Con
structlon Loan. the purpose of aiding
commercial and Industrial devotion.
ment OF Liberia. lie has stirred them
up TO see in Africa not a continent
or Jungles and deserts, but land teem
ing with unbounded vegetable and
mineral wealth. He has stirred them
up TO see in the African not q sayapo
or cannibal, but human !beIng cro
ated in the divine image, with infin
Tue capacity for spiritual growth and
development. He has stirred them
up TO see that by tscir deeds and
achievements they must write new
page in the worlds history. He has
stri ed them up to sec that the t;nd
I" -, nature does not draw the color
me but estimates man by his soM
"ha measures man by his mind !.
we fail TO see. that there is any
tiing in the lso-called Garyey move
iheht contrary to the Declaration OF
american Independence, the Constitu
Iron OF the United States the 18Th,
t4th and 18th amendments, Lincoln's
GeQtJ]bUrg ssSeech md oy.pro,fdo,t