Barbados Migrants

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30110, 19 April 1963, Page 6

Barbados Migrants

Sir,—Mrs Margaret Cody may have promised to consider the ethnological history of the British, but I suggest that she give it somewhat deeper consideration. The races of which the British stock is composed are all closely kindred races Surely no intelligent person supposes that there is any racial difference between a Cornishman and a Scotsman, in the same sense that there is a racial difference between either of them and a negro, a Malay, a Chinese, or an Eskimo?—Yours, etc., B. B. THOMPSON, National Organising Sec.. League of Empire Loyalists (N.Z.) Ashburton, April 18. 1963

Sir,—So apparent!, the fall of Home was caused by imagination.' Perhaps Mr Thompson could elaborate on hU

theories, since I can find little evidence for it. The descendants of this disastrous "dilution” seem to be doing quite well in countries formerly part of the Roman Empire Moreover, the case of Brazil rather misfires, since that nation affords an excellent example of racial harmony And what exactly does he mean by the “maelstrom" of Mexico? If he is thinking of the poverty that exists alongside intermarriage in these countries, then I can pnly say that such does not necessarily imply a cause-and-effect relationship. Since Mr Thompson fails to take account of the power of education in removing racial prejudice, but rather naively believes in the “inevitability” of racial friction, he unfortunately lays himself open to the charge that his real concern is not to avoid racial strife, but rather to seek a glib excuse for continuing segregation.— Yours, etc.. A.M. April 17, 1963.

Sir, —..AM.’s" statement that ‘‘our fair land is already riddled with racial bigotry” is perhaps a sufficient reason for sparing the feelings of coloured migrants by excluding them meantime. The writer has had happy and daily contact with Japanese, Chinese, Jamaican, Indian. Egyptian, and other peoples overseas. “A.M.” well says: “So naturally, since these people are the basic cause of the problem, we cannot permit them to arouse our prejudices." Precisely.— Yours, etc., P.M. April 11, 1963.

Sir, —May I quote from a speech by that great humanitarian, Abraham Lincoln? ‘‘Our progress in degeneration appears to be pretty rapid. As a nation we declared that ‘all men are created equal.’ We now practically rea« it ‘All men are created equal except negroes.’ When the ‘knownothings’ get control, it will read, ‘All men are created equail, except negroes, foreigners. and Catholics.’ When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty —to Russia, for instance where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."— Yours, etc., COLOUR-BLIND. April 17, 1963.

An average elephant takes 14 seconds to lie down and 20 seconds to get up again, a Swiss scientist discovered by carefully timing 17 of the animals in a zoo.