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here in America.
Primitive
He feels that the chances for a
dark civilization supplanting the
present white, is good. But he like
wise states that at present Abyssinia
Is still largely primitive. He de-
scribes his impression of that coun-
try as man with one foot implant-
ed in the twelfth century. and the
other in the twentieth, all the while
attempting to drag his foot from
ages back to the present. The feudal
system is still in existence there.
Yet they have recently introduced
electric lights and few of the
more modern conveniences.
Il would be extremely difficult for
trained colored man of this coun-
| try to go over there and make him
self content to settle down and help
the country progress along the lines
of modern civilization.
Over there" said Mr.. Rogers.
there is nothing for a man to do
in the evening but go in doors, and
after 1880 in the evening only priv
ileged officers are permitted on the
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amusement
Ghosts Are White
lover there, too, their ghosts are
white, and every white face frigh7
tens them. For a white man to put
in his appearance, is the signal for
every member of a household, ami
mails included, to Immediately scurry
to cover.
I'm Abyssinia living standards are
very low. Four men can be found to
work day for as little as thirty
cents.
THE West Indian is making a
pronounced Roadway abroad" he
acknowledged.
As for the present civilization as
we Americans know 1t, Mr.. Rogers
AYERS white civilization is built on
commerce, and now that its COM
merce has failed it is failing, too.
1.-THE American idea of high pow
cred efficiency is speeding her to
her downfall.
Millions Out Or Work
"In England, there are 30,000,000
unemployed who are receiving, the
equivalent of from 81 to $40 week.
ly maintenance from the govern
ment. But when you take into con-
sideration the wives and families
some of whom have as many as
seven children in one family, it is a
conservative estimate to state that
the government is providing for
about 100000 of its unemployed
group"
This dole system, he feels, will
probably be the only solution to our
present situation in America.
England, he added, is probably
the only country outside of America
which has in some degree the four
com plexes already mentioned.
"Of course, here in America. this
distress is mainly periodic. But in
Europe, when those countries go
down, it is so very difficult for them
to recover"
American he pictures as rather
pathetic country with its people
throwing out the true employment of
the beauty of life and living in its
feverish endeavor to accumulate ma
terial wealth.
1.-THE first thing that impressed
me so VlV1dly upon ldHuiHB III ills
country last week, was the absolute
stolidity of the American. He is be-
coming more machine than human
being, 1t is cramping him. spiritually
and emotionally," he complained.
The beauty of the American col
ored man lies in the fact that he
has not been keyed to that degree
of high-powered efficiency and can
therefore still give expression to his
innermost feelings and reactions, at
which the white man marvels.