East Africa Protectorate

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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Read by Stacey M. the crisis a record of the darker races volume one number three by w e b dubois talks about women by mrs john e millholland annual report of british east africa a most interesting and instructive morning was given at the berkeley lyceum on wednesday december seventh under the auspices of the national association for the advancement of colored people the weather was bitterly cold and although the great fall of snow during the night had made getting about a not only troublesome but dangerous experience the little theatre was well filled with many well-known women in sympathy with the cause and interested in all sorts of activities for progress the chairman mr john haynes holmes introduced madame hackley who gave the musical part of the programme and did it well with her customary finish and appreciation madame hackley was trained in paris and gave several french selections with great skill mrs mary church terrell the speaker was most enthusiastically received and made as usual a most effective and touching speech to which her audience listened with not only interest but surprise as many present had never dreamed of the struggles of these women in their efforts for educational advancement without doubt mrs tyrrel is one of the best orators we have to-day she has much dignity with a very easy and fluent mode of speaking she is direct and when as on this occasion she is talking for the women of her race her enthusiasm and sincerity carry conviction to her listeners when she had finished mrs tyrrel was warmly congratulated and the enthusiastic daughter of the great orator robert ingersoll mrs walston r brown declared that mrs tyrrel must tell her story again to a larger and fuller audience in her remarks mrs tyrrel told of the obstacles which confront colored women and girls in their efforts to better their conditions often having to battle against this great evil of race prejudice which yet lingers in our land and which so often stands in the way of progress for these women not only said mrs tyrrel must she struggle with the handicap of color but only too often she gets no sympathy from the white woman who should be at least willing to give a helping hand to these colored friends who like herself are more or less looking forward to perfect freedom and all which that means for womanhood the speaker thought that right here was a big field for the american woman's activities and hoped for the cooperation of her white friends mrs stanton blatch who was in the audience made a short but forceful speech for the cause of women and thought the vote would help along quicker than anything else all reforms of this or any other nature the secretary of the tradeswomen's league also spoke and declared that she would do her part toward opening the doors of her association to all women whether white or colored after a most delightful rendering of several negro melodies mrs hackley told how she so much hoped to establish a school of music for her people no one hearing her direct simple and earnest story doubted for a moment her ultimate success in this worthy effort and she most certainly will have the cooperation of every musical member of her audience the chairman made a few remarks with his usual dignity and precision and the first musical morning was voted a real success those having boxes were mrs villard mrs e w harkness mrs paul m warburg mrs o h p mrs robert ingersoll whose daughter miss maud acted as one of the ushers mrs ida hustett harper mrs frederick nathan mrs frances r kaiser mrs charles w anderson together with many other well-known women white and colored the arrangements were in charge of miss frances blaskower executive secretary of the association the annual report of british east africa for the year nineteen o eight o nine which was issued a few months ago states that the period was not marked by any salient events but the protectorate had made steady progress in spite of weather conditions somewhat unfavorable to agriculture there had been little or no friction with native tribes labor difficulties still exist but show a tendency to diminish european overseers of the native railway laborers have proved far more satisfactory than the indians formerly employed the report says of slavery the ordinance for the abolition of the legal status of slavery has worked well and without friction during the year altogether three thousand five hundred and ninety three cases have been settled by the district courts and compensation to the amount of seven thousand fifty three pounds has been awarded section sixteen

section seventeen of the crisis a record of the darker races volume one number three this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX.ORG. READ BY LARRY WILSON.

THE CRISIS, A RECORD OF THE DARKER RACES.

Sanitation and peace only augment the problem.

Why not fill up the empty spaces of Canada, Indians have asked, or Australia or British Africa with industrious and frugal Indian coolies? Many thousands have emigrated as contract laborers to work out a term of years and return, but the white colonies do not welcome Asiatic immigration, to put it mildly, and the dominion premiers were not even willing to permit Kenya colony in British East Africa to be made an outlet for India's surplus population.

Indians resent such exclusion.

They are infuriated by racial discrimination against them on the part of South Africa, Canada, and Australia.