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

.c,l in several cplorcd newspapers. Tie
statement concerns tn" return OF Mar
CHS Garvcy to Che United States OF
America The statement in one paper
reads Us follows:
WILL. CARNEY GET BACK?
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"rhcrc is strong suspicion i'll these
parts thar one Marcus Carney, VINO mas
a Negro propaganda which Is junction
ing like mono other, Will he unoHlc 10
yet back into the United states AFTER
his sojourn in the West Indies. lie i'll
tends to return here in April. GarVcy Is
not Il ciaiHcn Of the United States but
u foreigner. 1t would be comDnrtlVo
ly easy for the United States Govern
ment ii there was any disposition to
do so to keep Carney out of the UniI
ell States on the ground that his pro
pagnnda is stirring up American Ne
groes as they have never been stir
ed up before so constituting him ali
undesirable alien.
ION the other hunu II Is pointed out
that the Garvcy movement has many
strong lieutcnanis who arc American
citizens and that even if the leader,
Marcus Garycy is kept out Of the coun
try. his propaganda will only he in
creased in effectiveness by the advcr
tiscmcnt which such q movement
would receive.
'Garvey is expected in Washington
in April as provisional president Of
the colorcd peoples Of the world. Ilo
is TO open headquarters in the Blacb
House at the Whitclaw Hotel and pro
coed to function KS president of all
the black people everywhere"
We do not know the rourcC from
which the Associated Negro Press do
rived its authority,but we are in,
clined TO believe that, the wish is fartb
or TO the thought. but before we take
up the main issue we desire to correct
some misStat emcntS.
We desire to say first that His Ex
cclloncy the Hon. Marcus Garvcy is
not the provisional president Of the
colorcd 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 Garvcy
Will not open headquarters in Wash
inEton, ID. G., to function as president
OF all the black people everywhere,
kut the Rcv. J. w. II. EaSon, tho
American leader, will open up head
quarters as Il leader of American Ne
grOcS.
Now to the question ut issue Wo
have thoroughly read and rcread 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 (and We have heard the fam
Gus William Graham Summer of Yale
University, Dean Robinson OF the
Catholic University and DR.. Phelps
U. 5. Minister to the Court of ST.
James, comment upon it, which for
bids American citizens going to Afri.
ca as missionaries. educators, mpol.
tcrS, exporters. or commercial dcvcl
opers or colOui2crs. If the rcprcsou-
tativcs of inc Associated Negro Press
know Of such clause or clauses, We
would he grateful for such informnt--
ION. We "rc not legal experts and ave
always glad for light from legal gem.
uses.
III" R"m1n Catholic Church with
organizations in every civilized coun-
try in the world. with the seat OF pa.
pal authori " in Rome. Italy. shows
that an organization on-poli,'cal NAV
function in several countries without
disturbing the political equilibrium of
the countries in wsich it functions.
The statement that we are discus
sing says that Garvcy's "Propaganda
is stirring uD American Negroes as
MS they have never been stirred up
before, 50 constituting him an unde.
sirable alien"
Yes. the Hon. Marcus Gnrvey has
st1rred up the American Negroes as
they have never been stirred I'D DO
fore, but no whaS he stirred them M
lie has stirred them up to stop vast.
ing their money in gay and rio.ous liy
ing ana expensive clothes and invest
IL IN business enterprises. He has
SlifIeu tnem up to form Il Worldwide
organization. He has stirred them M
10 organize Negro Factories Corpor
atlon. lie has stirred them up to or.
snnlZe a steamship line. He has STIR
GU lhem up to start Il Universal Con
H'rhctloh Loan. the purpose of aiding
cohhihercial and Industrial devotion.
hleht OF Liberia. He has stirred them
up 10 sec in Africa not continent
OF Jungics and deserts, but a land TEEN
ing with unbomdcd vegetable and
mineral wealth. He has stirred thom
up to see in the African not u sovapc
or cannllAt but Il human being gro
ated N the divine image, with infin
lte capacity for spiritual growth and
oe'elopmcnt. lie has stirred them
up to see that by tscir deeds and
achievements they must write new
page in tho worlds history. lie has
Sthled them mp to gee that the t;;d
~ nature does not draw the color
me but estimates man by his sonl
anu measures man by his mind 3.
J., we tall TO see. that there is a,,y
thing in tho {so.called Garycv nova
meht contrary to the Declaration OF
american Independence, the Constitu
ZION OF the United States the IAN,
l4tn ana 18Th amendments, Lincoln's
NT Il,