New Britain herald., 1922-11-20
LAND FLOWS WITH
 MILK AND HONEY
So Says Traveller Who Has Just
 Returned From Africa

New York, Nov. 2o.--Africa as the Continent of Great Misunderstand- ings, rather than the Dark Continent, and as a land flowing with milk and honey instead of the Last Frontier for romanticists athirst for wild thrills. is the theme of a report pub- lished today by the Phelps-Stokes Fund for an international commission which has just returned from ten months investigation.
 The immense and varied physical resources Of Africa are virtually un- known to civilization, says pr. Thomas Jesse Jones, author Of the report, because previous researches were made for private or government al use. and the results were not pub lished. He regrets that the popular 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 possessing precious metals in commercial quan- titles and possibilities in agriculture, animal husbandry and water-power that scarcely have been touched.
 Misconceptions
 Four general misconceptions are limiting investment of capital in Af- rican industry and agriculture; ham, pering the efforts of colonial govern ments. and discouraging the support of missions, Dr. Jones continues. The first concerns natural resources and scenery, the second the health con- ditions of the continent, the third the improvability of the people, and the fourth the European and American influences.
 'The most unfortunate and unfair the African people do not gi'o s.om- 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 com mercial organizations"
 Africans" he goes on, occupy positions of importance in every col ony visited There are physicians, lawyers and ministers who have completed the requirements of Euro pean universities, and, while the number Is small, it is sufficient to prove the capacity of the people.
 African Men Estimated With Tasks
 "The clerical tasks of government industry and commerce are very largely entrusted to young African men. The mechanical operations on railroads and in construction are more and more being taken over by Afri- can workmen. Every mission gives emphatic testimony to the value of the native teachers and ministers.
 'Nor are the possibilities of the Africans to be judged only by those who have entered the ranks of civili- ration, whether in Africa, Europe or America. Their folklore, their handi- craft, their native music, their forms of government, their linguistic pow ers all are substantial evidences of their capacity to respond to the wise approaches of civilization"
 Evil influences 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 white mans advent
 Ignorance, injustice, unrest in Af- rica will always disturb the peace of mankind elsewhere" he concludes. "The only cure for the so-called 'ris- ing tide of color and the revolt against civilization heralded abroad with such anxiety by some alarmists of the present time, is in the devop- ment of genuine and sincere co-opera- ton of peoples of all races, based upon an education of the native mass es and native leaders in the common essentials of life"