Item 01: Henry Weston Pryce diary, May 1916-ca. 1918 - Page 27
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[Page 27]
Here it appears that Brit. rule teaches the nig. that his crimes are not 1/8th as bad as the same acts of a white. A white man gets no shout at all in a judgement. This encourages the nigs. to be independent & keeps all but the worst stamp of whites out of the country. Only the French & Portugese are not under the shadow of the English administration & as a consequence these two countries do all the trade & have the goodwill of the tribes, while the Briton merely keeps the lid on from the forts & sends long reports to London every so often.
These Aureol barracks are a credit to the black troops. Each hut has its rockery garden (& its family of snakes). Lurid jungle plants mingle with black-red french roses
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