Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-02-19
.L|BER|AN LIBERTY LOAN
Negroes Arc Selling ThcEr Houses
and Farms to Make Marcus
Garv,y Rich in America.
(By Madarikan Dcniyi. Native Of
Lagos. Nicgcria. West Africa.

(By Madarikan DCniyi. Native or
Lagos. Nicgeria West Africa.
New York. january 29.--'rhc great
est money making scheme ever ~
tempted by any black man III the
United States is tho latest "lihcrlan
Liberty Bond" which was signed by
Marcus Garvcy and the Universal
Negro Improvement ASs+ociation i'll
New York City Il few months ago,
without amy seal OF l.ibrrian Govern
meItt on it. President KING ana tho
Legislatures in Liberia. West Africa
did not ;luthori2c Marcus GaiNcy TO
sell such Il bond to poor and needy
i Dcoplc in The United Str,tS and Cana
\ dA. Many ignorant NcElpcS are sell
ing their farms and houses in Canada
to buy this Liberlan Bond and re-
deem Africa when the president O!
! hhc Universal Negro improvement
Association himself couldn't redeem
the Negroes in British West Indies,
. who are getting cight,>n cents day
for hard labor. Some OF the Amrr.
can and West Indies Negroes had
bought los .: bonus tine Cn',HI
State hut only God knows when Mur
Gus Garvry and the Universal \, $40
/ Improvement will br able to pay
these poor and needy people back
their money because the L.lb"rian
Government is uot responsible TO-
this money making schrluc OF Marcus
Garvcy according TO my invest iigaNon
II through secret messages from West
Africa.
k mn ~
cs in Liberia are not ignorant Nc
grorS because they were educated i'll
the best colleges and universities i'll
Europe and America. They studied
The African. European and American
laws and know how to use ucm to
improve the black Republic of Liberia
better than Marcus Garv,N who has
never Travelled in any part OF Africa
to study the condition III that CONT
nont | do not believe that they viii
depend ON tn" poor and needy ~ gro
IS IN America to loan thc.r money to
the liherian Government. 1t Il true
lat .abricl johnson, the Mayor o
Munrovla, Liberia. West Africa wa&
elected rs potrntatc oil the L. y. |.
\. in New York city last August 1920
but il would be Impossible Tor him
such Il l!ibrrian Liberty bond to the
Negroes in the uni,cd Sta,cS ant Can
lda withoul tho consent 0f President
Ming and III" Legislatures. ! discover
I'd through my invest i&ation in New
\ ork Gay that the L. y. |. y. is to
can lhr Iibcrian Government Two
III .lion dollars, tT-,oOu,0Uo. TINS
money is u be used for The purpose
: u huilulHg h,uulilul houses, streets
ailroadS telegraph lines. SuDwayS,
rollcy r"TS automobile factories,
schools machine suurS. colleges elrC
ric plants; c.ah.c4run Ines. univcrSi
les and ummuu.tlon factories 10 Kill
Il II tn, whit people il llncr!a.
TO my seat surprise, read in
ONE ui the American ncWSpu purs
hat Marcus Garv,y YVES born at st.
.nn, Jam"ica, British Nest indies
loul 1850. How can hc .ruln ihr Ill
az cane plantation oi these Islands he
bic to redeem Africa and Establish
new black republic Tor the /. y. |.
F.. IN Liberia. West Africa? viii the
resident ANA Legislatures stand for
uch conspiracy in Liberia? | should
~ no because they wont S,and Tor
lc unbridlrd audacity OF this Marcus
arN,y. The grcuIcSi trouble for him
nd his followers is that they talk
20 much. That's why lot; oi Negroes
Isl their good positions in New York
u account OF Garvcy's conspiracy
ut il seems 10 me that Marcus Gar
y is SugcriuS for cerebral spinal
inigiti@, and needs Il specialist to-
! .hminc his cranium cavity.
1t has been published and adrcrtis
in the Negro World that The Black
tar Lime Steamship corporal! on
ould send a ship to Liberia this Jan
Try 1921 but January is almost gone
I'd the steamship Yarmouth is still
oke down at the dry dock in New
nrk When will this corporation Quit
'ing the mails to dcfraud poor and
:cdy people in Africa by selling
en- their shares" | am not opposing
c American and West Indies Negro
for having their own ships to car
people to Africa but will oppose
~ steamship corporation in Amerl
that will use the mails to deceive
natives in Africa. Therefore I
II advise the natives i'm Africa not
buy any more shares in the Black
lar Line unless Marcus Garvcy preSi
Mt of the corporation can prove
them that he bought and paid for
e steamship Yarmouth. This ship
m old wooden ship ana too old to
IKE any safe voyage from New
Prk city to Liberia West Africa on
high soas. The Black Star Line
aamship corporation had sold
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