NEGRO EDUCATION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18187, 25 September 1924, Page 9

NEGRO EDUCATION.

PRAISE FOR AMERICA. [9X CABLB-PRESS ASSOCIATES—CO?I*»HST» (RSUTBS'a TILEGRAWS-) (Received September 2-ltli, T.lO p.m.* NEW YORK, September 2:!. Tho Kcv. Mr Kidwell, from Johannesburg, who has been touring Canada and tho Vnitod States for the apeei»l purpose of studying tho conditions of American negroes, sails for London by the Bcrengaria tu-mprrqw. Interviewed by IJouter, he loudly praised tho negvo educational institutions.

"In this country the negroes are being educated en masse," bo said, "and are becoming good citizens. I've beard much about so-called Marcus Garveyian>, but the cry <Africa for tho Africans' Is a bubble that soon -trill be pricked, Educated negroes ridicule the idea, and regard the leaders of the movement as misguided fanatics." Discussing Prohibition, Mr Kidwell declared it was firmly established in the United States, and said that ho regarded the present outburst of bootleggiag and illicit drinking as merely a temperary evil that would eventually die out. 110 was much impressed by the senti* nient of tho American people toward* Britain, and declared that tho United States is mora sympathetic, towards the British Empire than are three-fourths of tho people of South Africa. [Garvey, who is a University graduate, is the leader and originator oi ;i religious-political movement among American negroes whoso tive is to drive white won out of Africa, and establish there W great negro republic Ho has an extensive and modern organisation at work.]