The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-29
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Edwin Barclay, secretary of state of
Liberia, reads as follows:
"The government OF Liberia, ire
Vocably opposed both in principle
and fact to the incendiary policy Of
the Universal Negro Improvement
Association, headed by Marcus Gar
Vey, and repudiating the improper
implications Of its widely advertised
scheme for the immigration of
American Negroes into the republic
under the auspices Of this assoeia-
ton, which scheme, apart from not
having the sanction Of the LlberIan
government, does not appear to be
bona fde and has in addition a ten
dency adversely to affect the ami
cable relations Of the republic with
the friendly states possessing terri
tories adjacent to Liberia, desire to
place on record their protest against
this propaganda 80 far as Il relates
to Liberia, and to express their con-
fldence that the government Of the
United States will neither facilitate
nor permit the emigration under the
auspices of the Universal Negro I'm
proVement Association of Negroes
from the United States with Intent
to proceed to Liberia"
"Free" Negro Republic Small.
The Stree" Negro republic Of Ii
IBERIA, settled a century ago by Ameri
can Negroes, is but a tiny patch on
the west coast of Africa, but as land
ing place on the African continent out
of their control, the European colonial
powers have long considered it dan
gerous. The Great Powers have for
many years been slowly stealing mile
after mile of her territories, bulldozing
and threatening with armies and ma
vies when the weak little republic
protested.
England is now fighting armed re-
bellion in the Sudan. Spain is suffer
ing military defeats in Morocco; the
Spanish army has almost been driven
from African soil by the great indie
pendence movement among African
natives. Africa has, since the world
war, because one Of the main sub-soils
into which the weakened capitalism
of Europe is trying to sink fresh roots
of colonial imperialism. The new
postwar French empire has become
utterly dependent on holding and
strengthening the conquest of great
hinterland in Africa. An English war
ship rushing to Egyptian waters testi-
fies that the British empire cannot
Withstand the shock of an epidemic
of native nationalism In Africa.
Those who cannot see a spark until
1t becomes a bonfire might smile over
a mere meeting of Negroes in one.
story Harlem shack; and even wise
men will smile over the fantastic
"canonization of Jesus as Black Man
of Sorrows" and at the equally fan
tastic and cruelty fraudulent idea that
the American Negroes troubles will
be solved by wholesale transfer of
the black portion of the American pop
ulation to African soil.
But the colonial offices in London
and Paris, and their allies in the
state department cannot
afford to smile about the slightest
touch between the African continent
and any Negro nationalist movement,
not even in the fantastic garb that
this one carries. The result is that
the Great Powers, Disgusting their
voice behind the person of Edwin Bar
clay, secretary Of state of Siberia, of
which government they have gained
control thru military threats and
financial pressure, have fired this lat
est shot at the Negro convention.
Thru 40 Years Struggle.
Particular attention should be d.
rected to the words in the document:
"a tendency adversely to affect the
amlcable relations of the republic (of
Liberia) with the friendly states pos
sessing territories adjacent TO Ii
beria."
The friendly states" referred to are
the British empire and France. 1t will
be remembered that for nearly forty
years the little Negro republic has
been struggling to prevent its exter-
mination by France and England.
About 1907 France stole 1000 square
miles of the best of Liberals territory