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A WHITE MAN’S COUNTRY 
good for mankind; and my plea is that the civilized 
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 the 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 
