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good for mankind ; and my plea is that the civihzed 

 nations engaged in doing this work shall treat one 

 another with respect and friendship, and shall hold it as 

 discreditable to permit envy and jealousy, backbiting 

 and antagonism, among themselves. 



I visited four different British protectorates or posses- 

 sions in Africa — namely, British East Africa, Uganda, 

 the Soudan, and Egypt. About tlie first three I have 

 nothing to say to you save what is pleasant, as well as 

 true. About the last I wish to say a few words because 

 they are true, without regard to whether or not they 

 are pleasant. 



In the highlands of East Africa you have a land 

 which can be made a true white man's country. While 

 there I met many settlers on intimate terms, and I felt 

 for them a peculiar sympathy, because they so strikingly 

 reminded me of the men of our own western frontier of 

 America, of the pioneer farmers and ranchmen who 

 build up the States of the great plains and the Rocky 

 Mountains. It is of high importance to encourage 

 these settlers in every way, remembering — I say that 

 here in the City — remembering that the prime need is 

 not for capitalists to exploit the land, but for settlers 

 who shall make their permanent homes therein. Capital 

 is a good servant, but a mighty poor master. No alien 

 race should be permitted to come into competition 

 with the settlers. Fortunately, you have now in the 

 Governor of East Africa, Sir Percy Girouard, a man 

 admirably fitted to deal wisely and firmly with the 

 many problems before him. He is on the ground and 

 knows the needs of the country, and is zealously 

 devoted to its interests. All that is necessary is to 

 follow his lead, and to give him cordial support and 

 backing. The principle upon which I think it is wise to 



