St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-03

AA poAE@ ana ttpopai VAIN era
/ planes, tanks and dogs hunt
gangs in the hills and Is tba
afau SIan are changing their
methods Of attack By staging
hoid.upg aud beat-ups IN tho
towns Thousands afe flocIang 70
the reserve where there % not
sufficient land and water for
their sustenance. me withdsaNal
LOT such large numbers o. ngrl-
cultural and other workers ~
having an adverse effect upon
agricultural and other fields az
the economy Of the country
Both the News Chronicle end
Manchester Guardian publish pea-
almlstic reports from Kenya, but
tho other newspapers, including
The Times, Seem to condone WI
their silence the current methods
adopted BY the authorities IN ISen-
70.
Tho evil part Of those methods
ia that Africans are hunted ard
shot simply bcraiiae scfae while
OK black men have declared thera
to be terrorists
No Judge or court has tried
them: no dccrec BY tho governs
ment has placed them outaida the
law outlawgd tlism nnd Fdaad
nen ten no taiesn So tha1a who
arc killed ~ mo Police. troopa
auxiiisries or anybody elss who
claims 70 have killed q EIau Aiaat
man or woman have carried tho
truth with them to another world
and another fudge,
There were over 100000 lAi-
lsuyus IN the tribe Those who aEe
Imarldng KilSuyV Down y tires es
a BIRD as the Doors used 70 say
that Is. free to be hunted alsp
Dangerous anlmalA Only 4 sew
| Of the police speak KiIriyti fl,iefst-
liz. There are many white settlers
who believe. like Colonel Grcgan.
who has been ID Kenya for 30
years but stiI does not UNDER
stand the natives, that there
should be proniscuous hangings
o. Kikuyu in patches Of 25 just
to @larn sem.T
There arc thousands Of Kenynn
white settlers who are bitter
colorphobes-a s bad as the late
lBllbo Of U.s.A. And there are
thousands Of Kilruyu and other
tribeamen who win denounce their
relations even to stand Ia wen
with the white men, 70 make o
little extra money and easy mon
ey, or to settle a private grudge.
Only after one has spoken Afri-
| can languages very wen and cx-
perlenced Africans reactions TO
similar situations can a white
man Judge whether a strange
African (strange to the white
mani should be screened. IN no
case should o strange African %
condemned to be hunted and shot
without the production Of cvi-
dence.
Britain IS sanctioring the very
methods she condemns IN other
oountrsas---in Russia and IN Nazl
GERMANY fornerly--by permit
| ting the ruthless and proniscuous
aIanehtering Of Houtlawed" tri-
cans without any proper evidence
Of their guilt.
Britain Is killing Africans, not
onlv by police and troop shoot
inrs and native aussillaries' stab
blngs, but by herding them into
INADEQUATE reserves where thou
sands Of children are sure % aie.
Kilsuyis are now faced with inc
avgf,,l danger Of being denounced
ana killed without a chance q
DENYING their guilt. Many faced
Win that danger viii take up
ar,,a tn their own defense, rea-
ocning that II they are going 70
be hunted and killed, II IS better
Ito have arms; for without any
thew stand no chance at aii-
! s. v. Cooke, member Of me
Renya Legislative Assembly, re-
GENTLY condemned the British
methods. africans are beginning
10 doubt British justice" he SAID
They already have reasons for
ldoubting British justice not only
lin Kenya, but In other parts Of
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