The guardian., 1952-02-02

BOSTON
BAKED
By MABE KoUNTzE

By MAbE kOUNTZE
I'VE who have suffered most
from racial prejudice must fight
against it where ever it shows
It's head.
J DIR. Mary McCloud Bethune.
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EGYPT, from Biblical times,
has been a land of profound pro-
phecy. And to-day, regardless of
any temporary suppressions, the
people of Egypt forecast the ulti-
mate end of Western colonial
rule in Africa. No amount of
planes, guns and tanks will
change the future. It would seem
more proper to recognize the
signs; to retain all Africa as our
friend.
AFRICAN LOYALTY in two
world wars helped save the West
from enemy destruction. In each
war, both Kaiser Wilhelm and
Adolph Hitler had the Prussian
plan to conquer Europe and win
Africa as bridge to the Berlin
to-Bagdad" Empire. From Afri-
ca, with its large uranium de-
posit, the Germans planned to
seize Latin America, and then
the United States. But in both
world wars, the native African
hurled back the Germans.
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THE FRENCH Senegalese
troops rocked the Germans back
in the first world war so savage
ly that Hitler wrote about it in
his book. World War II opened
with one small army of ETHIO-
PIA taking the first blows for
the West, with us. colored air.
men fighting as volunteers. When
France fell, the African Free
French natives under Gov. Gen.
Eboue, and aided by us. actress
10 Baker, held the fort.
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LIBERIA, established as Re-
public in 1847, but actually
limited in growth by some west
ern powers, has continually help
ed the Western world, not only
as navy and airbase, but also
in vital raw materials, including
rubber. Officially, this nation
has sent military advisors to
Liberia, including the famous
Colonel Young and Brig. Gen.
Davis.
COLONIAL POWERS, faced
with the loss Of Asia, to-day look
to Africa and the Latin Ameri-
cas- for raw" products and
wealth of exploitation. THE
ROYAL FAMILY of England
may move His Majesty's govern
ment to Africa should Europe
fall. Africa, even now, is being
developed as a fibre and food
source for the Continent" Afri-
cas- great wealth, her potential
cheap power from the sun, from
her atomic minerals, her rivers,
is no secret,
COLORED DIPLOMATS as
signed to work for better East
West relations are, of course, a
pressing need at this time. DIR.
BUNCHE proved the merit of
the case, but there are still some
hard heads at London, Washing
ton, and particularly DR.. Malan's
South African slave state who
refuse to see the light. They
must awake soon. Asia and Afri-,
ca can remain our friends and
offer us aids. But not if we chal-
lenge their liberty.
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DR.. MARY BETHUNE, along
with other Tan Yanks, including
editors, made what ordinarily
may seem a routine trip to Afri-
ca last month to attend the
second Inauguration of Liberia
president, WILLIAM TUBMAN,
who, in spite of obstacles, has
been working toward progress.
This trip by colored Americans
was a patriotic mission. As news
developments continue, its i'm
portance will be better judged.
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THE FACT that Or. Bethune,
at rs yrs, risked her very life to
make this trip and had to be
hospitalized, shows the error in
our Western policy of having too
few and, almost too late source
Of colored diplomats to be sent
to the troubled spots of Africa
and Asia. The U. S. Congress and
all the Western Powers should
Immediately remedy this fault |
if we wish to compete with the |
Soviet in the East
CLEANSING