Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-03-05
VOLUME. XXXVIIl, NO, "
NaR. y. II. BRUCE REPLlES II
PRINCE DENlYI.
February 10. 1921.

February 10. 1921.
Editor, The Iaanet,
Richmond, Virginia
If Madarikan Deniyi was Locked ,l'
y rooom with q chair. table, writins
materials and $500 bill and told TO
write the article Appearing over his
9,ame u the Planet, for February 10Th
Ind take the money for his trouble,
he would DO IN the room several
months and tho lcttr wonEd not oe
written. Dcniyi has boon i'll this couh
4ry for, how long nobody exactly
knows. posing as an African Prince,
Ind raising money by appear 10
churches and other organizations TO
! ,et back TO Africa by delivering az
Elresses in broken English In such
churches and halls as would give
lin all opportunity to work them
: He has appeared in gorgeous
! robe. and turban Vt times. and when
! he u. n. /. A. Convention mex here
\ n August last no was resplendsnS III
4 Ibis African royal toGgery and march
! ed with tho mnrchers with hcaving
! breast and tho pride born OF fiction.
J. Ills staSus mt home, who will insist
hat HIS blood Is royal. when no
knows In his heart that IT Is merely
he connInonest pAehan fluid VIII lilo
about other people, And this is exact
whot Prince Dcmlyi. has done In
I ais attack on Nitrous Garvey.
I have in my possession two letters
rom Lagos, from n gentleman who
ought 10 know, which brand this
Prince IA fraud and an ndventurer
! ind says that he Us unknown in La
COS. In tho Circles in which real Ma
! i've Princes move or TO the Lagos
Public.
This man like n good many other
Africans who have come to this coun
Try and posed ns the sons Of nntive
Kings or as princes. or as the relntiv
5ts Of prominent merchants and trad
ers. has rnnny imitators oil over the
country. There IN one OF this typo
who ia now the forced guest Of tho
pity OF Hnrrisonburg, Pa. This Afri-
nm came here some months ngo and
opened an Office in N. Y. City and
Established warehouse, in Ibng Is
and City. where his cargoes Of ivory
mahogany, hides. piassava and so
forth wore to DO stored. on the.r ar
Fiva1 by ship from the Gold Ceapt.
rom which he hntls. Now for tho
F1nall sum OF ton dollars this resource
(ful. progressive African genius got
himself tangled up with the law by
I$harp practice and Is tree bonrtier
II ono OF the city hotels In Harrison
burg, Pa Ie de- mighty fond of the
american dollar and can cxpe1 words
almost as fast as q horse can trot.
eflfns HIS story about his life in Afri
a which ds varied according to the
ype Of his audiences and IL about
Pre- part truth, and nine parts lies
fe Is IA bland as q heather Chince
Then tel ing It, and his voice ia usra.
y fnled with tears which evoke vol
mes Of sympathy from tender heart
u women on whose emotions no Gun
tirgly plays and some soft-hearted
nen who like 10 separate themselv-
$s from their surplus coin. Prince
#leniyi takes himself very seriously
Put re Is monumental joke. and the
etter appearing under his royal
anne In the Planet is not his work
Put the work OF others more skilled
"a the use Of the Kings English than
: be ever was or ever win ne.
4 They arc imply hiding behind Afri
ian silk robe Of this gullible, plastic
nd influential African Prince and
i re attacking the Garvey movement
ke the brave men ~ moral COW
i rds are when thew have been out
pointed in Mans Game.
= The Yarmouth is not an old wooden
) ulk nor 10 It rs old ns the Princess
3ccomplices in their tissue Of mistate
3lents allnge to he. There nre n great
& nany ether Misrepresentation in
i his remarkable outgiving which do
OF deserve the dignitive OF denial or
ahe courtes yof explanation because
hey are inspired by pure venom born
envy and n desire to tear down
hat which neither the Prince nor his
ccomplices In tho conspiracy to dis
Credit Mr.. Garvcy, coud rebuild in a
= ,oNaand years, II there manda cious
i nd nlalevolent and vicious scheme to
olson tho minds Of the public by
! hose blackhand and black hearted
Methods could avail. TIE Garvey
lovement has gone too far and
cAieved too much in spite Of the op.
j. oH1 tton OF white men and the black
toolTigeona OF white men to he af-
'ctel by the insane 'yawpings' Of
fictitious African prince who cannot
correctly speak or write English az
i she Is spoke" and whose responsible
y for his alleged uFterances stand
qs and abuse and misrepresentation
aYhen established would show him to
e bankrupt and peripatetic beggar.
Fe came to the u. NJ I. A. Conven-
i on last August as did a. good many
y Their selfish race patriots with re
eptive mfnds and itching palmB with
He hope and desire in his African
i rsoAst that the convention would
|seneoa him to represent the u. N. I.
In sodae offioial capacity. But he
nd al sueh as he were weighed IN