MEN OF TPiE TREES 



spired with confidence in the loud-speaker, it will be- 

 come a very valuable aid in the administration of their 

 country. 



Under present methods, when promulgating orders, 

 it is often necessary for the Political Officer to call a 

 "Baraza" or "Palava" — a meeting of headmen or 

 Chiefs — at which verbal instructions are given. In the 

 first place runners have to be sent out to summon the 

 Chiefs and Headmen, or District Heads, who may have 

 to come a considerable distance, with consequent waste 

 of time. Often it takes a week or ten days to assemble 

 the members of this meeting, and when it is over, the 

 members have to return again to their own Districts 

 and the whole business of sending out runners has to 

 be resorted to, only this time the people to be called 

 together are the members of the village councils. These 

 old men may not have to travel so far as the Chiefs, or 

 District Heads, but considerable time is lost before all 

 the Chiefs have held all their Councils. When the Coun- 

 cils break up, the members return to their villages, where 

 they summon together the heads of families, who in turn 

 instruct their followers. Finally, perhaps after a month 

 has elapsed, the message of the Political Officer may get 

 through to the people. The probability is that it never gets 

 through to them in its original state. It is hardly necessary 

 to comment on the possible inaccuracies and perversions 

 which may arise in consequence of the message having 

 been passed through so many people. 



Obviously the introduction of broadcasting should be 



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