. Review of reviews and world's work . er white men. Therehave been occasional charges of cruelty andoppression, it is true, but the Germans them-selves have been quickest to call the responsi-ble ofificials to account. Besides, we should rerhember that the administrative job inAfrica is one of the hardest in the heat and the rains, the isolation andprivations of the white mans life, and thedebihty that comes from frequent feversdrive the amiability from most men whowork within the equatorial belt. IMoreover,the official is expected to work miracles witha primitive and sluggish peopl
. Review of reviews and world's work . er white men. Therehave been occasional charges of cruelty andoppression, it is true, but the Germans them-selves have been quickest to call the responsi-ble ofificials to account. Besides, we should rerhember that the administrative job inAfrica is one of the hardest in the heat and the rains, the isolation andprivations of the white mans life, and thedebihty that comes from frequent feversdrive the amiability from most men whowork within the equatorial belt. IMoreover,the official is expected to work miracles witha primitive and sluggish people—and theAfrican is at times the laziest, the stubborn-est, and the stupidest creature ever fashionedin the form of man. After observing the white men of many na-tions at the task of regenerating Africa, onecannot escape a conviction that the Germannative will rise as high in the scale, if nothigher, than any other within the same the same time, were the present writer anAfrican he should prefer to live under theFrench A MISSION SCHOOL IN WILl lELMSTl lAL, GLKMAN LAST AFRICA(Singing lesson conducted by the minister who is seen on the right)
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