Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-09-09


1.-THE Outlook" one Of Americas foro
most whate weekly magazines, edited
by Abbott family, had tire followinn
editorial comment in issue of August
30th:
"GARVEYISM"
! "In the present circumstances Of
/ "Rt. Hon. Marcus Garvey--the Ne.
gro Moses and Provincial President
might find material for a play as grl,.
of the Republic of Africa'-Mr. 'O'Neil
ping, almost. as The Emperor Jones.
uptown, at Liberty Hall in Harlem
Now York City Garvey dOns robes of
green, crimson and black to preside
over his third world congress OF Me-
groes granted titles of nobility, and
divides up Africa into 'dukcdoms.'
Downtown. meanwhile, officials Of tho
United States Department of Justice
are preparing for his trial, early this
fall, on charges growing out OF misfor
tunes that have Overt,iken his steam
ship corporation, the Black Star Line,
whereby the 100000 invested bv hard
working Negroes vanished into thin
mir.
In his schemes his Blacs Star Limo
was vital a'or years now, he has
told followers that only by support
ing tho merchant marine and ,linkinb
together the fragments or 'scattere!,
Ethiopin' could they hope to liberate
Africa. unite 1t. civilize II, develop It.
arm IT, and make it u black Zion of
I refuge and al the same time a defend
er of ihlack mon everywhere. InvlI.
ably his speeches rs wolf as the state
documents issued through his news.
paper, The Negro World led I'D to
, And now word about the Black Star
Line; we must have ships-.morc and
larger ships!"
DR.. w.. e. b. dubois has gone on
, record as declaring his belief in the
mans honesty, though he long as.
foretold the consequences Of slipshod
business methods. Judge Panken, lee.
tuning Garyey in the District Court
snid: 1T seems to me that you hav,
been preying upon the guilIbility of
your own people, having kept no prop
or accounts of the money received L..
investment hut added, There IS Il
form of paraKoia which manifests It,
self In believing ones self great
man. The friends of Negro Freedom,
however, are less charitable. Their
poster. headed, Marcus .Garvey Must
Go!!!, invites men and women, white
and colored, foreign and native to
'ShufTe Inn, where anti,Garveyism
Challenges Marcus, (and the police,
every Sunday afternoon.
According to Garvey's figures, Gar
VeyVeyism the world over has 500 nd +,
heRents. According to the National AS
soriation for the Advancement of Col. !
ored People, the Belgian Consul has
been inquiring about Garvey apropos !
of unrest in certain Belgian colonies /
This has led the Association to call up
tho French Consulate, who, According
to report, attributed unrest in certain :,
French colonies to the same cause.
According to- Garvey's own published
statement. his newspaper has been ex
cluded from certain British colonies
A page of that paper is printed IN
Spanish. TO reach Spanish speaking
America? Perhaps only to reach the
now fairly numerous Spanish speak.
ing Negroes in Harlem where q
branch of the New York Public Lii
brary maintains a Spanish depart.
ment. In all that relates to Garvey
ana Garvcyism one expects cxaggera
mon. Not long ago an antiIGarveyitel
Statistloian reviewed. the Provisional
presidents figures in the light of his
FINANCES and concluded that, at mosf,
MS followers numbered 10000" T.
The writer finds in Garyey's appeal
Frlde IN Race" and one that is ad.
dressed TO the instinct of self-re,i. {
lnce.' Continuing under the capt. on
u Pride in Race" he says: at would |
)e a mistake to conclude that Garvey. Z
SIN is the product purely Of the bravo {
10 winch expresses itself i'm Garvey's !,
informs and in the gorgeous feathe .
nat adorn bis hat as he rides in
'vory or Of the equally gorgeous pre- '
entiousness Of his programme. What :
Ver success Garveyism has had has
zen made possible because there is
1t an appeal TO sound and who:s
ONE quality, though the appeal J, II
erverted and the quality exageerat. =,
II. Garvey's whole appeal Is address +,
TO the instinct Of self.reliance. With u
II IT'S Dombast and absurdity and A
mad quixotism, it is an appeal to race T
RIDE. The injury Ulrat 1t has done 10 T,