The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
TRAVELER SAYS
 MILK AND HONEY
 FLOW IN AFRICA
Varied Resources of Continent Virtually Unknown, States Author-People Eager
 to Learn
Rx Ansorlnted Presa

New York, November 1s.-"Africa as the Continent of Great Misunder- standings" rather than the Dark Com tinent, and as a land flowing with milk and honey instead of the Last Frontier" for romanticists anthlrst for wild thrills, Is the theme of re- port published today by the Phelips- Stokes fund for an international commission. which has Just returned from a ten months investigation.
 Tho immense and varied physical resources of Africa are virtually un- known to civilization, says pr. Thomas Jesse Jones, author of the were made for private or govern mental use, and the results were not published. He regrets that the popu- lar conception of Africa was derived from journalistic accounts.
 He found evidence to convince the most skeptical that Africa Is the "undeveloped treasure house Of the world" with every colony pos sessing precious metals in commer- cal quantities and possibilities in az riculture, animal husbandry and water power that scarcely have been touched.
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 Four general misconceptions are limiting investment of capital in African industry and agrieulture; hampering the efforts ef colonial governments, and discouraging the support of missions. Dr. Jones con- tinues. The first concerns natural resources and scenery; the second the health conditions of the conti> nent; the third the improvability tf the people, and the fourth the Euro pean and American influences.
 "rhe most unfortunate and unfair of all the misunderstanding is that the African people do not give prom ise of development sufficient to war rant efforts in their behalf" Dr. Jones reports, adding that the con- trary is shown by their response to the missions, governments and commercial organizations"
 Africans" he goes on. occupy positions of importance in every colony visited. There are physicians. lawyers and ministers who have cont pleted the requirements of European universities. and. while the number is small. it is sufficient to prove the capacity of the people.
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 "The clerical tasks of government. industry and commerce are very largely entrusted to young African men. The mechanical operations cn railroads and in construction are more and more being taken over by African workmen. Every mission gives emphatic testimony to the value of tho native teachers and ministers.
 Nor are the. possibilities of the Africans tc be judged only by those who have entered the ranks of civi- lization, whether in Africa Europe or America. Their folk lore, their handlcraft, their native music, their forms of government, their linguistic powers, all are substantial evidences of their capacity to respond to the wise approaches of civilizations"
 Evilsinfluences originated with the white explorer and still persist. but Dr. Jones Is convinced that the na- tive has gained more than he lost through the whits mans advent
 'Ignorance, Al injustice, unrest in Africa will always disturb the peace of mankind elsewhere" he concludes The only cure for the so-called rising tide of colcr and the re- volt against civilization, heralded abroad with such anxiety by some alamicsts of the present time, is in the development of genuine and sincere cooperation of peoples of all races, based upon an education of the native masses and native leaders in the cC mmon essentials of life"