St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-09-12
Blocks Terrorixed
In Britoin BY
Teen Age Gdngs

TO be an organized campaign in |
Britain to terrorise coloured
people. Several incidents IN diff
ferent parts Of the country give
me this impression.
For the past two week-ends,
gangs OF white men with cars have
attacked coloured men walking In
the Shepherds Bush district OF
London; and last Saturday the ten
sion which has been mounting In
Nottingham finally broke and
there was a clash involving colour
ed and white people which took the
police, with dogs, and firemen with
hoses six hours to quell. Sunday
night extra police were patrolling
the streets, because the atmos-
phere was still electric.
Expected Violence For Sometime
The Chief Constable Of Noting
ham, and other observers, say that
they have been expecting this out
burst of violence for sometime be-
cause there have been fights In
recent weeks between coloured and
white men This clash was bound
to happen because there Is a large
amount Of unemployment in the
area plus the disgust white men
feel when they see a coloured man
walking with a white woman.
Saturday nights clash was trig-
gered off when a white man and
his wife, on their way home from
a pub (tavern) insulted a PAX
istani, who retallated. This was
the light TO the keg Of dynamite.
Within minutes the street was full
of people, fighting, screaming and
shouting. At one time II was es-
timated that a thousand people
were involved In the brawl
Eight Taken To Hospitals
When It was finally settled,
eight people including a policeman
were taken to hospital. One white
man had his throat cut from ear
TO ear. and had to receive 35
stitches; two others had knives
stuck in their backs, and dozens
Of men and women were wounded
with knives, bottles and razors.
One cab driver drove his cab at a
group OF coloured people, luckily
they all got out OF the way, The
police say that they have taken
Paul, at pm, with Rev. Floyd
their own safety, but no arrests
were made The relationship be-
tween white and coloured people IN
Britain has been becoming pro-
gressively worse. In London in
particular, several coloured men
have been beaten while walking
with their white girlfriends. Many
have had TO be taken TO hospital
with serious injuries.
In the past two weeks, however,
groups Of white men have been
touring the Shepherds Bush area
in cars ostensibly 20 attack any
coloured man they find walking
alone; they beat him into uncon-
sciousness and leave him by the
side Of the road for dead. SO far
there have been no arrests, and the
police concerned at the ease with
which they can be beaten up with
out their assailants being caught
Phones West Indian Commissioner
/ rang the West Indian Com
missioner to ask him what repre-
sensations, IL any, he intended TO
make to the proper authorities
He did not speak 10 me but was
told that the Commissioner was
making no representation and
planned 10 do nothing about the
terrorism.
This man and his office seems
TO be the most impotent in the
world. II the West Indies do not
do something about 1t pretty soon.
they viii soon find that their Lon
don office represents only the
white people Of the islands and not
the coloured. II would be sad in
deed IL the Negroes here should
begin 10 resent this lack Of repre-
sentation. and take matters into
their own hands.