The New York herald., 1921-08-28
House of Assembly has become so wide

i solve the House. They even went so Tar
as to say that should thero be signs OF
mutiny after such a radical step that X
would mean Crown rule anyway; that a
{. -ership might be expected and the COM
rfiander thereof would read the Crowns $
manifesto from the Government House
steps.
And that, they declared. would mean
the end of the free for all rum running.
| BY the same token it would mean the
end OF this current prosperity. That
had its effect. The members Of the
House of Assembly became trifle more
conciliatory. Their political bosses. be-
ing directly or indirectly interested in
assuaging the dryness of America, let
! il be known that 1t might be well TO look
into the future before going too far TO
the side. At any rate. rum profits over
came political ambitions to certain
necessary extent But still there linz
gered the soul of the trouble-jealousy.
The Crowns representatives out from
England move together. Their social
life is their own. They are exclusive to
degree that might be understood in
Beacon street or Rittenhouse Square. but
hardly elsewhere on this side of the At
antic. Outsiders are cordially received,
beautifully entertained and left with a
| deep impression of the charm and cul-
ture of the English in Nassau. But
these delightful people mingle with and
open their hearts to the native white
Nassauvian with all the celerity and
warmth that the native white Nassau
Wan does to the native. black.
Whites in Two Social Sets.
The native whites. therefore, move In
their own sets. Presumably they have
no more or no fewer cliques and sets
than folks elsewhere. But they are
forced into a sort Of middle class. They
will not admit themselves to be a middle
class. They contend that they form the
real upper class and that the foreigner
| (for such is the Englishman called by
the more bitter white Nassauvian) is a
grade lower socially. The unhappy
feature of it is. however. that this for
eign element refuses to take the posi-
ton of middle class and, banded to-
gether, freezes the native white with a
cold contempt
| OF course the blacks fall by common
consent into the inevitable lower class.
They form. as has been said, the bulk
of the population. They perform about
95 per cent. of the mod!cum Of work the
| colony does
There will be those, of course, who
will take exception to the statement that
of the exclusiveness Of the Crowns rep
resentatives and the inability of the
native whites to impress the former.
The statement is true, nevertheless. 1t
! is apparent In the current skirmish be-
tween the Nassauvians and Gov. Cor
deaux, a skirmish that has developed
from an incident that seems amazingly
trifling to the outsider but which has
created unbelievable hatred between
members of the two widely separated
| factions in Nassau.
| The Nassauvians say that William
Fletcher Albury is a victim OF persecu-
tion that he was selected for crucifix-
| ion; that he represents Nassau and
that he was chosen by the Crowns rep
resentative as symbol of Nassau that
was to be held up to the world that the
world might know how little the present
Government thinks of the Nassauvian.
Hero Arrested by Negroes.
Albury was the first Nassauvian to
enlist from the Bahamas during the late
war. He is quite popular. He was and
still is employed In the local offices of
the Bahama Islands Import and Export
Company an American corporation deal
ing in American whiskeys. On March
IA Albury was arrested publicly by
with certain activities that to say the
least. argued a lack Of good taste. The
colony was properly shocked. for II
wasn't a very nice thing to talk about,
although nobody In Nassau has talked
about anything else since. There's a
paucity of topics In Nassau.
Edgar Ernest Turner, the commandant
OF police, swore to the warrant on which
Albury was arrested. Joseph Nervyn
st. John Yates, acting sttpendiaFy and
| Circuit Magistrate (plain police magis-
trate In New York;, sat in judgment
when the popular young Albury was
arraigned Much conflicting testimony
was taken. Alburys legal representa-
tives said that the case should be dis
missed as not proved But Yates de-
cided that 1t had better go to the
| Supreme Court, where 1t subsequently
went. only to be dismissed.
| Albury, II seems, had been blackballed
when he was up for membership in the
local club. Nassauvians became enraged
and accused Turner and Yates, both
Englishmen. Turner and Yates denied
having blackballed Albury and insisted
that their personal feelings toward Al
bury had not inspired their attitude in
the subsequent arrest OF Albury. Now,
Albury being released by the Supreme
Turner and Yates from membership and
promptly electing and admitting Albury.
The native House of Assembly forced
the suspension of Turner as Comman-
dant of Police. The Governor appealed
to London. and the Colonial Secretary
| called upon the House OF Assembly 10
reinstate Turner Immediately. The
House Of Assembly refused to do so.
The Governor raved and threatened dire
things, such as dissolving the House.
He was informed that the identical
House would be elected again. 80 that
it would be n great waste OF time.
Then the Colonial Secretary In Lon
don let 1t be known that it was expected
of each colonial governor to be suf-
flciently astute politically and otherwise
to insure the permanent abode within
his baiiwick Of that unity. peace and
concord that must exist IL the British
Empire Is to remain the British Empii e.
And in the meantime the rebellious and
half victorious Nassauvians are calling
upon the Governor, his executive and
legislative councils to resign that Mas
sau might be governed in Nassauvian
interests
The only thing that holds the situa-
tion together Is the existing liquor trade.
The Nassauvians hesitate to 70 too far
lest they kill their current prosperity
Tho Crowns representatives., realizing
! that their personal success and pros
perity fail when those qualities flee the
| colony. hesitate to take radical meas