The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-04-29

you see them going in a trot as a
horse. In one case l saw young ma
tive pulling his cart along with the
white woman in it and one of his
feet badly swollen and he was linn
ing along in this. a condition. in orr
country a man to have driven n
morse under such conditions would
nave been arrested for cruelty to api-
mais, where such societies exist 7 wa
tod that when any public work was
needed, they arrested large number
Of men and impose fines on sniff
rent number to do the work and al
low the others to go. They have two
courts, one for whites and another
Tor natives-the natives are restricted
and 'n in t rhigRt Of appeal to the mayor
lowed to have a lawyer. The natives
are not citizens under their law and
are not supposed to contend in n
court with a citizen.
They have in This town a pub,ic
school system and am Informed
t tnat quite a number Of children at
only. no teaching Is allowed in arv
other language-the authorities 90
determined to make French of these
people as far as human influence Fan
be eXerted to that end. I have h Aard
much of the slave drivers during the
period of American slavery, AID in
many cases these slave drivers ware
themselves Negroes. and wher, this
was me case they were just a, cruel
as the white slave driver, I stood and
looked at a black man unloading n
large quantity of sugar-jn boxes I
Judged weighed about hundred
pounds each and the way he was
to make the heart sick They 20 from
SIX in the morning until six in the
eyening-which a this season is
about from dawn to dark. 1t Is the
liked purpose of he French officials
to prevent any light from the outside
world from coming in upon these peor
pie and penetrating this gloom The
real problem Attending the African
situation-it is so far removed from
d influence OF Christianized public
strictive measures, that an effective
bulwarS is erected around any light
or hope that might penetrate-bt t
God will not allow it to emain Sc.
this town over night as / have state
ed, but had to go to the govern
ment authorities. and the-pelfce au-
tborities and spend almost a half day
before could get permission to buy
may not leave without that permits
sion-which as you see at q glance
dooms the native to one condition.
win TINS letter l bid farewell to
French Africa.
As stated above am now on Brit
ish territory This is among the old
est colonies along the West Coast of
Africa, and 1t has made steady pro-
Eress down tho years Froetown Is a
city of more than forty thousand in
habitants but there is a sprinkling
Of other notions of the white race. The
city is situated at the base Of a
chain of mountains, and in many cases
houses have been constructed well up
to the top of the mountains. You find
find here some splendid residences
among our people--most of which are
Of stone cement and wood construc-
ton. A large part of the city is greatly
the case of many of the
lent. Religiously the city is occupied
French towns. bat on a whole things
are more in keeping with modern pro-
conditions are excel
by all the denominations. Each
church doing work here has a school
attached. some of the stronger de-
have separated school
apart from the church. but
most of the schools are taught in the
church.
In fact, until the present governor
took charge of affairs. these were the
only schools in the province, but he