9 September J. R. Ralph Casimir in the Negro World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xiii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS xxix
4. MAPS xxxi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxiii
6. INTRODUCTION xxxvii
7. HISTORY OF THE EDITION xlvii
8. EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES li
9. TEXTUAL DEVICES lvii
10. SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS lix
11. CHRONOLOGY lxvii
12. 1921
13. ca. 6 August “100% Negro” to the Negro World 3
14. ca. 6 August Article in the Negro World 4
15. 7 August Henry O. Mattos to the Negro World 6
16. 7 August Percival C. James, General Secretary, UNIA Céspedes Division, to the Negro World 7
17. 8 August Arthur Geo. Burkley to Osiris de Bourg 11
18. 10 August N. C. Frederick et al., UNIA Majuba La Brea Division, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 11
19. 11 August Alonza Lynch, General Secretary, UNIA Cristóbal Division, to the Negro World 13
20. 12 August Reprint of Dominica Guardian Article 14
21. 12 August Jabez L. Clarke, General Secretary, UNIA Havana Division, to William H. Ferris, Literary Editor, Negro World 21
22. 13 August Article in the Workman 22
23. 15 August Circular Letter from Winston S. Churchill, Secretary of State, Colonial Office 24
24. 18 August J. C. Wyke et al., UNIA Dominica División, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 26
25. 18 August John H. Pilgrim, Secretary, UNIA Colón Division, to the Negro World 27
26. 18 August James Fraser, Secretary, UNIA Santa Marta Division, to Fred A. Toote 28
27. ca. 20 August I. S. Lahoodie to the Negro World 29
28. ca. 20 August J. A. H. Thorpe to the Negro World 30
29. 20 August Article in the Workman 31
30. 26 August Gilbert E. A. Grindle, Assistant Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office 32
31. 27 August “Iconoclast” to the Workman 34
32. 31 August Richard A. Bennett to Wiliam H. Ferris, Literary Editor, Negro World 36
33. 2 September F. A. Ogilvie to the Negro World 38
34. 3 September “An Onlooker” to the Negro World 39
35. 3 September Reverend Joseph U. Osborne, Executive Secretary, UNIA Puerto Padre Division, to the Negro World 40
36. 3 September Editorial in the Workman 41
37. 3 September Memorandum from Major G. M. Kincade, Provost Marshal, San Pedro de Macorís, to the Chief of Municipal Police, San Pedro de Macorís 43
38. 5 September Thomas Duruo, et al., to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 43
39. 7 September UNIA and ACL Santo Domingo Division to the Crusader 48
40. 9 September J. R. Ralph Casimir in the Negro World 50
41. 10 September “Iconoclast” to the Workman 55
42. ca. 10 September James Benjamin Yearwood, Assistant Secretary General, UNIA, to H. R. P. George in the Workman 56
43. 15 September Fernando Escobar, Royal Consulate of the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Ramsey, Officer in Charge, Department of Justice and Public Instruction 57
44. 16 September J. R. Ralph Casimir in the Crusader 62
45. 18 September E. Brice, British Consul, Santiago de Cuba, to the Municipal Mayor, Santiago de Cuba 66
46. 19 September Fred A. Toote, Secretary General, UNIA, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 68
47. 21 September C. A. Reid to the Workman 69
48. 23 September Harold D. Clum, U.S. Consul, Santiago de Cuba, to John R. Putnam, U.S. Consul, Havana 70
49. 24 September Luis G. Guzmán, Permanent Secretary, Industria Lodge No. 3551, to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 72
50. 24 September “A Genuine Friend of the Negro Race” to the Workman 74
51. 26 September Alfred Dunbavin, et al., to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 75
52. 26 September P. Premdas, Acting Assistant Secretary, Black Star Line, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 77
53. 28 September Robert S. F. Blake, Chaplain, UNIA Banes Division, to William H. Ferris, Literary Editor, Negro World 78
54. 29 September Philander L. Cable, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Havana, to Guillermo Patterson, Subsecretary of State, Cuba 79
55. 30 September Eduardo V. Morales, UNIA Commissioner to Cuba, to William H. Ferris, Literary Editor, Negro World 80
56. 30 September Philander L. Cable, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Havana, to Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Secretary of State 81
57. 30 September Rowland Sperling, Assistant Secretary, Foreign Office, to Auckland C. Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States 82
58. ca. 1 October Rachel E. Butler to the Negro World 93
59. 1 October “Iconoclast” to the Workman 94
60. 4 October Circular Letter by Winston S. Churchill, Secretary of State, Colonial Office 95
61. ca. 8 October Article in the Negro World 99
62. 8 October Philip Van Putten of UNIA San Pedro de Macorís Branch No. 26 to the Negro World 101
63. 8 October R. H. Thompson to the Workman 103
64. 9 October P. E. Plunkett to the Negro World 104
65. ca. 10 October W. Stennett in the Negro World 107
66. 11 October Cyril V. Briggs to J. R. Ralph Casimir 109
67. 13 October W. Noel Robinson to William H. Ferris 112
68. 17 October Lieutenant-Colonel William C. Harllee, District Commander, Eastern District, Dominican Republic, to Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps 112
69. 22 October Eduardo V. Morales to M. A. Figueroa, Spanish Section Editor, Negro World 114
70. 24 October R. M. R. Nelson to the Negro World 115
71. 25 October Ezel Vanderhorst, Secretary, UNIA Santo Domingo Division, to James Benjamin Yearwood, Assistant Secretary-General, UNIA 116
72. 28 October Lieutenant-Colonel William. C. Harllee, District Commander, Eastern District, Dominican Republic, to Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps 118
73. ca. 29 October Charles S. McKenye [McKenzie] to the Negro World 121
74. 31 October H. Leonard Ivey, Secretary, UNIA El Porvenir Division, to the Negro World 122
75. 31 October Letter from UNIA Penal Division No. 260 to the Officers and Members of the UNIA Roseau Division 125
76. 1 November C. K. Ledger, British Chargé d’Affaires, Santo Domingo, to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Ramsey, Officer in Charge, Department of Justice and Public Instruction 126
77. 5 November J. L. Linwood in the Negro World 129
78. 8 November Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Navy, to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 130
79. 11 November Augustus Luis, President, UNIA St. Thomas Division, to the Negro World 132
80. 12 November Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to Ezel Vanderhorst, Secretary, UNIA Santo Domingo Division, et al. 133
81. ca. 20 November M. A. Labega to the Negro World 134
82. 23 November Article in the Panama Star and Herald 136
83. ca. 26 November F. Gregoire to the Negro World 137
84. 26 November Article in the Workman 138
85. ca. 26 November J. Gilman Horsford, Acting President, UNIA San Juan Division, to the Negro World 148
86. 1 December Samuel Percival Radway, et. al., to the District Attorney, Camagüey Provincial Court 149
87. 3 December Article in the Workman 150
88. ca. 10 December E. A. Scarlett, Third Vice-President, UNIA Morón Division, to the Negro World 157
89. 12 December John Sydney de Bourg to the Senatorial Commission of Inquiry for the Dominican Republic 160
90. 13 December Attlee Pomerene, U.S. Senator, to John Sydney de Bourg 178
91. 16 December John Sydney de Bourg to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 179
92. 17 December Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps 180
93. 19 December John Sydney de Bourg to Lieutenant- Commander R. M. Warfield, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Immigration 181
94. 20 December H. S. Blair, Division Manager, United Fruit Company, to Victor M. Cutter, Vice-President, United Fruit Company 182
95. 20 December Edward H. Bouello to the Negro World 183
96. 21 December J. R. Ralph Casimir to the Negro World 184
97. 29 December Statement of Joseph Thomas 186
98. 29 December Lieutenant-Colonel William C. Harllee, District Commander, Eastern District, Dominican Republic, to Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marines Corps 188
99. 30 December Second Lieutenant James E. Whitmire, U.S. Marine Corps, to Lieutenant-Colonel William C. Harllee, District Commander, Eastern District, Dominican Republic 193
100. 31 December Telegram from Henry Clay von Struve, U.S. Consul, Antilla, to the Black Star Line 194
101. 1922
102. 3 January Richard S. Dunbar to the Negro World 195
103. 5 January “G. F. B.” in the Clarion 196
104. 5 January Eduardo V. Morales to the Negro World 198
105. 5 January Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps, to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 200
106. 5 January Frederick G. A. Butler, Finance Officer, Foreign Office, to C. K. Ledger 202
107. ca. 7 January I. Augustus Brown in the Negro World 208
108. 10 January Brigadier General Harry Lee, Acting Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to the Department of Interior and Police 209
109. 14 January Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Ramsey, Officer in Charge, Department of Justice and Public Instruction, to Fernando A. Brea, Procurador Fiscal [District Attorney], Macorís-Seybo Judicial District, San Pedro de Macorís 210
110. ca. 14 January Joseph E. Gadbsy to the Workman 211
111. 14 January Telegram from Marcus Garvey to Edgar West 213
112. 16 January Edgar W. Bridgewater, Reporting Secretary, UNIA San Pedro de Macorís Division, to John Sydney de Bourg 214
113. 17 January Emiliano García B., Chief, San Pedro de Macorís, to Fernando A. Brea, Procurador Fiscal [District Attorney], Macorís-Seybo Judicial District, San Pedro de Macorís 215
114. 18 January Lieutenant-Colonel William C. Harllee, District Commander, Eastern District, Dominican Republic, to Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marines Corps 217
115. 18 January Brigadier General Harry Lee, Acting Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to J. I. Bowman 218
116. 18 January Juez Alcade [Town Judge], San Pedro de Macorís, to Fernando A. Brea, Procurador Fiscal [District Attorney], Macorís-Seybo Judicial District, San Pedro de Macorís 219
117. 19 January D. Erastus Thorpe, President, UNIA Tela Divison, to the Negro World 220
118. 19 January Fernando A. Brea, Procurador Fiscal [District Attorney], Macorís-Seybo Judicial District, San Pedro de Macorís, to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Ramsey, Officer in Charge, Department of Justice and Public Instruction 221
119. 20 January Juan Félix Peguere, Governor of the Province, Santo Domingo, to Emiliano García B., Chief, San Pedro de Macorís Police 224
120. 20 January Juez Alcalde [Town Judge], San Pedro de Macorís, to Juan Félix Peguere, Governor of the Province, Santo Domingo 225
121. 20 January Emiliano García B., Chief, San Pedro de Macorís Police, to Juan Félix Peguere, Governor of the Province, Santo Domingo 226
122. 26 January J. A. Keloo, Executive Secretary, UNIA Banes Division, to Eduardo V. Morales 226
123. 27 January A. B. C. in the Listín Diario 227
124. ca. 28 January Louis I. Gonzales to the Negro World 228
125. 28 January Editorial in the Workman 229
126. 31 January Brigadier General Harry Lee, Acting Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Navy 231
127. 31 January John Grayson-Carey, Charles A. Henry, and W. J. E. Butler, to John Sydney de Bourg 232
128. 4 February Oshbourne E. Moodie, UNIA Talamanca Valley Division, to the Negro World 234
129. 10 February S. J. Josephs to the Negro World 235
130. ca. 11 February J. R. Ralph Casimir to the Negro World 236
131. 11 February J. L. Barnes, President, UNIA Tampico Division, to the Negro World 237
132. 15 February “Civis Africanus” in the Negro World 238
133. ca. 18 February Amy Broaster, Emily Chandler, and Caroline Gray, UNIA Puerto Barrios and Los Amates Divisions, to the Negro World 239
134. 18 February John Sydney de Bourg to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 241
135. 20 February Mrs. Anthony, Acting General Secretary, UNIA St. Thomas Division, to the Negro World 248
136. 23 February John Sydney de Bourg to Warren G. Harding, U.S. President 249
137. 24 February Jabez L. Clarke, General Secretary, UNIA Havana Division, to Marcus Garvey 251
138. ca. 25 February Joseph Crooke to the Negro World 252
139. 25 February Article in the Workman 254
140. 27 February John Sydney de Bourg to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 256
141. 28 February Agness Holness, Lady President, UNIA Havana Division, to Marcus Garvey 260
142. 6 March Petition from John Sydney de Bourg to Warren G. Harding, U.S. President 260
143. 9 March Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to John Sydney de Bourg 264
144. 11 March Article in the Workman 265
145. 13 March John Sydney de Bourg to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 267
146. 14 March Report by Brigadier General Harry Lee, Commanding General, Second Brigade, U.S. Marine Corps 268
147. 14 March W. L. Hurley, Office of the Under Secretary, U. S. State Department, to William J. Burns, Director, Bureau of Investigation 268
148. 17 March John Sydney de Bourg to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 270
149. 20 March Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, to the Department of Agriculture and Immigration 272
150. 21 March Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, to John Sydney de Bourg 272
151. 21 March Declaration by Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 273
152. 22 March Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to John Sydney de Bourg 274
153. 23 March Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic, to Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Assistant Secretary, U.S. Navy 275
154. 29 March W. L. Hurley, Office of the Under Secretary, U.S. State Department, to William J. Burns, Director, Bureau of Investigation 276
155. 31 March William J. Burns, Director, Bureau of Investigation, to W. L. Hurley, Office of the Under Secretary, U.S. State Department 278
156. 6 April Colonel L. H. Moses, Officer Administering the Affairs of the Department of the Interior and Police, Dominican Republic, to Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, Military Governor, Dominican Republic 278
157. 8 April S. Philip to J. R. Ralph Casimir 279
158. 20 April Draft Letter from Winston S. Churchill Secretary of State, Colonial Office, to Wilfred Collet, Governor, British Guiana 282
159. 20 April H. N. Huggins, President, UNIA St. Vincent Division, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 292
160. ca. 22 April Sidney L. M’Lean to Marcus Garvey 293
161. 25 April Minutes of UNIA Meetings in Panama City 294
162. 18 May H. N. Huggins, President, UNIA St. Vincent Division, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 296
163. 20 May Editorial in the Negro World 296
164. ca. 27 May Article in the Negro World 298
165. 31 May F. Gregoire to the Workman 299
166. 3 June Article by Casper Holstein, President, Virgin Islands Congressional Council, in the Negro World 300
167. ca. 10 June Article in the Negro World 309
168. ca. 17 June Gustavius Timothy Marigot in the Negro World 311
169. 17 June Mary Philip to J. R. Ralph Casimir 313
170. 17 June Mary Philip to the UNIA Roseau Division 313
171. 17 June Article in the Negro World 314
172. 24 June Poem by J. R. Ralph Casimir 316
173. 6 July Wilfred Collet, Governor, British Guiana, to Winston S. Churchill, Secretary of State, Colonial Office 318
174. 11 July José Martinez in the Negro World 320
175. 15 July Casper Holstein, President, Virgin Islands Congressional Council, in the Negro World 322
176. 15 July Antonio Beltrán Rentas to the Negro World 326
177. 17 July John Sydney de Bourg to Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. Secretary of State 327
178. 21 July Enid H. Lamos, Corresponding Secretary, UNIA, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 332
179. 25 July Lyllian M. Galloway, Manager, Universal Publishing House, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 333
180. 28 July H. N. Huggins, President, UNIA St. Vincent Division, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 333
181. 28 July Alfredo Prince, Ex-President, UNIA San Juan 334 Division, to Enrique Colón Baerga, Editor, 334
182. 30 July Article in the Savannah Tribune 335
183. 2 August Article in El Mundo 339
184. 5 August Casper Holstein, President, Virgin Islands Congressional Council, to the Negro World 340
185. 8 August E. G. Adams, Superintendent of Agriculture, United Fruit Company, Panama, to H. S. Blair, Division Manager, United Fruit Company 342
186. 10 August Jaime A. Bishop, President, UNIA San Juan Division, to Romualdo Real, Editor, El Mundo 344
187. 12 August Article in the Central American Express 345
188. ca. 14 August Article in the Workman 347
189. 14 August Conrado Rosario, Secretary General, UNIA San Juan Division, to José Coll Vidal, Editor, La Democracia 348
190. 15 August J. D. W. Ross to the Negro World 350
191. 15 August Editorial in La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico 351
192. 15 August Editorial in La Democracia 353
193. 15 August Article in La Democracia 359
194. 16 August Jaime A. Bishop, President, UNIA San Juan Division, to Salvador Brau González, Editor, El Tiempo 360
195. 16 August Conrado Rosario, Secretary General, UNIA San Juan Division, to José Coll Vidal, Editor, La Democracia 361
196. 18 August J. Ananda to El Mundo 362
197. 22 August Article in La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico 363
198. 26 August Editorial in the Workman 364
199. 28 August E. E. Mair, Circulation Manager, Negro World, to J. R. Ralph Casimir 366
200. 31 August Article in the Labour Leader 367
201. ca. August Poem by Prince John 368
202. INDEX 371