French Expect 100,000 Soldiers From West Africa
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Paris, Nov. 16 (By Nancy
Cunard for ANP)—“L’Afrique
Occidentale Francoise— French
W’est Africa,” the Offirially
^ Controlled Fr nch radio finally
told us, “is able to furnish 1,003,
000 black troop?.” Those men art*
of course not yet translated into
soldiers, but he count having
been made there the first figur s
©f the sort of number of Negro
fighters who will, defend France
are no wavaiiable to the public.
This number, not.:, is only tha
■foo- the French colonies on jhe
West African coast, the lands of
the Senegalese, the Ivary-Coast
ians, the Dahomeans, the Suda
Tio? .
Declaring “We know the Ger
mans since our childhood! We
know just what they are!’ a very
lai *ge number of Cameroonian
men flocked a few days ago in
the call srnt out by the head chief
of Yaounde who had asked leave
of the French government to
found a Cameroonian legion to
fight on the French fibnt. He
hah been a professor in th»
School of Oriental Languages in
Berlin!
Cameroon will never forget-,
and nover forgive what the Ger
mans did there in the years be
fore tV- World War—floggings
and executions, imprisonments,
and murders; ail of these while
the country was independant. Al
though passing, by these very
means, ireio the power of Ger
many.
The eldest son of King Rudolph
Manga Bell (paraimaumt chief of
the whole country who was shot
by the Gen-mans just before the
great war) was the fiitst to vol
■nfceor. Legally speaking since
Cameroon was never conquered,
Hie should at present bo the king
of the Duala division of his
country..
"the "Petit Parisien” writes:
Since the first days of mobiliza
tion the Cameroonians have ex
pt-ehsed their (sentiments towards
France and tiheir actions are in
accord with these. One chief has
ordered to furnish the families of
the m: bilized men with all the
foads raffs as they may ne:d.
Member • of tribes in the western
part of -he country have already
hr /ight Iby stocks of potatoes,
t-gg. and chickens to ‘‘the ladies
wlros i hu-Sands have gone off to
defend our heads." 1 think these
word11 deserve to become i n -
mortal; one would like to see
them written into a world-his
tory in th ir own tongue.
Such, and many other demon
strations for France, do show
this; rrt only are the German
brutalities ever present in mem
ory, but also he Germans were
incapable fundamentally, with
their creeds of racial domination
(which have merely increased to
“Aryan superiority'’ under But
ler) to govern or administrate,
even from their own point of j
vi:w. Af icr all, remember that, j
as a Cameroonian told me in
Paris: ‘‘For us as a mandated
people, there i* not conscription. 1
But we can volunteer." And they I
have!
Money too, is coming to France
from French West Africa; the
latest contribution for national
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defense being the sum of 150,000
francs sent by a group of foreign
tradesmen ex ablished there.
Brridxh-African pap rs were
telling us in July that nearly
one-fifth of France’s »ran-power
is in Africa; rapid transport
across ihe Sahara in giant torrie
capable of holding several hiund
n men an! having a special re
sistance to sand wer impor.an
points mentioned, and it was
though l <.e journey 'from
northern . gal cen, re* would
no, take nit- h more t!\n two
days with these special lorri s.
Whatever be the truth a 1 rout th s
lightning raobili l tion < rf huge
numfbem the fact is that general
mobilization, not only at home
but in and from all France's
colonies has been carried out a«
has tha of 'the transport from
England of the British forces to
France.
Tho colonial commission Of the
French senate has felicitated
Monsieur Marid -l, colonial minis
ter, f»r this effective achieve
ment', and bras fltMdaeaed “i‘.H af
fttlonate greetings and grati
tude, officially, to the native
soldiers an<l native chiefs.
Madagascans are continuing to
send war sub .criptions to France.
Over 360,000 francs have come
just recently. It would seem tha ,
•‘wherrae recruiting was not al
ways easy in 1914, today the na
tives are flocking to defend the
French flag,” according to a mes
sage received from the capiat,
Tananarvie.
As for British Africa—see
I what sort of interest the Negroes
were taking before the war even
began:
Only July 20 we read: “air mid
pamphlet will soon b? translated
into Yoruba.” Yoruha is one of
ihe languages in Nigeria. The
demand is so great that the gov
ernment is distributing the pam
phlet free! And chiefs in Lagos
will distribute it, as the electri
city company to its consumers!
During tSie World War dome
of the Gold Coast chiefs provided
aeroplanes for '.the defense of the
British empire. The “West Afri
can Pilot,” of Lagos, Nigeria,
wrote on August tf. “News has
reached here of the proposed aim
of the United government to es
tablish an auxiliary air-fores re
serve in the Gold Coast colony,
i' e potentiality of British West
Africa is being considered along
with the question of the defense
of the British Common Wealth of
nat kins. However, we deplore the
siwggestion that only iKuropeans
will be required as reservists. We
are proud to say that Africans
will gladly u fend they? shores.” .
In August also the sum of $4,- I
100,000 was allocated for the de
fense of Uganda. Tanganyika,
Kenya, Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sier
ra Leone and Garrlhia.
Quoted' in an English paper is
a letter from Aina Onabolu, from
Nigeria; “Gr at llr'J lin and
Franco are fighting to protect
the weak and to stop unjust ag
gression. The sudden and unpro
voked attack on Poland by Hitler
has no parallel in history.” It
seems opposite hero to add a quo
’ation from a West African pa
per: “The African colonial peo
ples any wide awake regarding
their constitutional rights and
any attempt to contradict and
restrict '.those is to make the soil
fertile for Nazi propaganda.”
The paramount chief of Bastu
land in South Africa and the
queen of Tonga in the Friendly
inlands, have pledged the support
of their countries in the war
against; Nazism. Commenting on
the massed sympathies of the
eololried subjects of France and
Great Britain, “New Times and
Ethiopia News,” of London
writes: “Underlying the wide
support of the colonials is their
hatred of Nazism and all it
stands for. They have no illusions
about Chamberlain's position and
policies but want to see Hitlerism
crushed.”
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lowing on persist .<n& reports that
1 German submarines were cruis
ing about the Caribbean sea such
jovc&uti'in-s have been taken that
these latitudes so nils tan' I from
fcfurop, are fil ed with patrols
and. with “passive defense,” as if
th?y were another war-zone. A
“state of emergency’’ is in force
with censorship and curtailment
| of me.ting., and free speech.
A British paper speaks of
William Patterson’s express'd
I views: “Is it a Black Man’s
War?” This Negro leader points
l out that “those in Amsrica who j
| hate and persecute N gross are
j tho friends cf the Nazis. The
I ornrr 1 »ffj of the Klan in the
American legion, are bbrrbwing
from the Nazi’s racial theories.!
Tho flri.nds of Nazism are the
enemies of Roosevelt and of the
| New Deal policies. No, this is not
' a white man’s war alone. The
! Polish pec,pie must have ad pos
sible support from the N gro
people.”
The Polish people -Today Po
land is a conquered country. Many
tens of thousands of Poles, living
| in France aie however be'ng
I -to into a s ns rate arriy which
will fight on the French fron*
and tno minis.o,- of public work
do Mcnzie haa jus', made public
hommuge to their great leader
! and patriot Kosciusko. Kosciusko
| should be the,,, concern of every
j Negro throughout the world: for
it was he, Thaddeus Kosciusko,
who went to fight against the
domination of England in the
American War of Independence,
Washington chose him as his
aide-de-camp. Hie received the
grade of general, the Order of
Cincinnati!*, the title of “Citi
zen of the USA.” So highly was
he tibough'J of. He was then 38
and returned to his own country'
where, in the Revolution of 1794
he held out: against the King of
Prussia fod over four months,
was wounded and made prisoner,
and later lib:rted by the Tzar of
Russia.
Da Monzie said: “Like the
Black Virgin of murdered Czesto
chowa whiah escaped '.the German
bomb last September, the soul of
Poland escapes always. It is dif
ficult to overrun her; impossible
to daunt her.” This is how they
have teen fighting in parts of
Poland against the Nazis. The
uhlans of Colonel Pilsowski at
tacked the armed tanks with
lances at the end of which were
burning brands which they tried
to thrust into the tank’s open
ings. Sixty Polish cavalrymen
were killed before the 61st was
able to accomplish '(his.
Polish workers never forget
Kosciusko. There is one in my
own village and he said to me as
we wire di hiking coffee with an
American colored friend of 'trine
who knew no French: “Tell him
I am of the land of that great
man, Kosciusko, who fought for
tdvj liberation of the colored
slaves of America.”
Disgust and sorrow were felt
by the Polish pa1 riot at learning
thaS the*e slaves wee? not to be
freed by the very fact of their
having fought for the liberation
of white Americans from the
English yoke. He did what he
could. Ho recognized tha!,i educa
tion is a means of liberation and
of progress; and he left Thomas
Jefferson the Bum of $20,000 for
the education of Negro children
when he died.
A vei<y different type of man,
the first lord of the atbrrdraly,
Winston Churchill, rwlp is half
American, made an excellent
cptn pairs ion the other day for
which we salute him. His words
were to the effect that no matter
what the courage and skill shown
by the confederates in the Amer
ican Secession war the fact re
mained that they “could not free
themselves from the hoa-rible
stain of slavery.” Today the Her
man people could be compared to
them in that they were poisoned
by the monstrous thing that is
Nazism.
As I end these lines the radio
hays: “There are tens of thou
sands in Kenya, British East
Africa listening spellbound to
wireless broadcasts in their own
languages, of news from England
and France. White settlers, men
folk, are trekking to Nairobi in
great numbers. The womenfolks
have taken over the running of
the farms.” Who knows what sort
of progress may come out of
this struggle of the white powers
to the black millions the world
over? “We would like to see the
African being given his rightful
place in the scheme of things.
Wo want a safe and contended
British empire at peace with the
world, but we claim that Afri
cans must be given a chance to j scheme.” May these words be as
play their own role in that j well heard as they are well said.
Nancy Cunard Covers War
Negro Press from
French Front
Paris, Nov. 16 (ANP-—Chief
war correspondent from the
French front for American Negro
newspapers is an Englishwoman,
Nancy Cunard, whose Associated
Negro Press dispatchers on the
part colonial troops are playing
in hostilities have already appear
ed in this newspaper
A daughter and heir of the
founder of (fchie |famou*s Cunard
White Star steamship line, she
bears the title of Lady Nancy
( unard but prefers being known
an plain Nancy Cunard. Desert
ing what she considered th
“shams” of nobility many years
ago, she has since thin lived de
rm, ra ical.ly. For more’ than eight
years Miss Cunard has 'been chief
correspondent for th Associated
Negro Press in France.
A large part of her time is
I spent in proi • the cause of
Negro art am re. She has
met many of ,.iu_ . . u>st Negro
artists and writers and several
years ago edited and compiled a
large and comprehensive antho
logy which enjoyed a worldwide
sale. On her infrequent visits to
America she generally stops at
Harlem hotels. So enthusiastic
has been her interest that she
has been condemned by the more
conservative and snobbish Euro
peans.
Miss Sundard is able to get in
formation on Negro participation
in the war thrioug hcontaets es
tablished Iby \ >ng resilience In
France, not available to other
correspondents.
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