The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-30
RISING TIDE OF COLOR
STRIKES JAMAICA
Natives, Resentful Of Dishonest and
SuperciIious Governor, Send
Him Packing--Action Slap
az Garveyism

Kingston, Jamaica Dec. 28-(Cru-
saoer Servicc)-That the rising tide
OF color against white domination" is
not confined TO the East, but is reveal
ing itself in the West as well, is proved
oy recent actiono Of the IA elected
members of the Legislative Council in
unanimously voting the lack OF conf
dcnce OF the natives of Jamaica in the
administration OF the present governor,
Sir Leslie Probyn. The electorate is
overwhelmingly Negro and with two
or three exceptions the elected Council
lors are members OF the Colored race.
The drastic vote was occasioned by
the action OF the governor in granting
Major Thomas, the newly-appointed
Director of Railways an honorarium
OF ll700 without the consent of the
Council, which act is clear violation
of the Constitution granted the island
by Lord Derby in 1884 The situation
was aggravated when the Colonial Sec
rotary, Col II. H. Bryan, deliberately
sought to deceive the people by omit
ting to read to the Council the COM
munications bearing OH the matter that
passed between the local government,
Major Thomas and the Secretary of
State for the colonies, Mr.. Winston
Churchhill This clumsy piece of trick
cry was discovered and its authors
were denounced by the legislators, led
by Barrister J. A. G.. Smith, H. A. L.
Simpson, d. l. Whit and Rev. G. L.
Young (all colored), With undaunted
courage these men treated His Excel
lcncy" the representative of the King,
to severe dialectcal castigation and in
vited him to cease polluting the COM
munity by betaking himself to some
place where his talent for dishonest
methods might have full play. AL
though at no time the race question
was raised, still it is easy 10 realize that
the denunciation of the Colonial Secre-
tary and Major Thomas, particularly
the latter, who is lately from South
Africa, was due to their contemptious
attitude towards Negroes Having had
their first contact with Negroes IN 'Af-
RIGA, these men have sought to treat
Iamaicans with the supcrciliousness
and irresponsible methods that have
characterized white officialdom i'll that
unfortunate continent.
The action OF the elected members is
unique and will have a bearing upon
the future OF the island inasmuch as
these same men (natives) were the re-
cipients OF enconiums from the Under
Secretary OF State for the Colonies,
Major Wood, who recently headed a
commission to the West Indies and i'll
his report advised the granting of a
greater measure of political sclf-rule.
Not only was the administration de-
nounced but no longer did the natives
show the usual timidity and unnat-
ural Difference to Europeans. The lat
were told to Shut up" sit down."
you are wasting time. with turbulence
that bodies good for the manhood of the
race and gives the lie to ignorant and
misguided mountebanks who tell Ne
groes that they must give up what
rights they have in the Western world
in order TO get greater rights in Africa.
Intelligent, far-sighted West indians
like Marryshow of Granada, Nathan
OF ST. Kits, Jackson and Francis OF
the Virgin Islands OF the U. S. A., and
Smith, Simpson and Young OF Jamaica,
see the harmful character OF such tao
tics and refuse to sell their human
birthright for doubtful and perhaps
chimerica mess of African pottage.
Intelligent, farsighted Negroes of the
Americas are determined to contribute
their share to the rising tide of color
so that white misrule shall have to de-
fend itself at every angle.