Mr. Roosevelt, who was entertained at a public dinner at
Nairobi on Tuesday, made a brief but sensible speech on the prospects of British East Africa. Few people, he observed, realised that here under the Equator—excluding the coast regions and the far interior—was a real white man's land, suitable for a population of healthy, prosperous settlers, which it would be a calamity to neglect, and which was the most attractive playground in the world. He applauded the enter- prise shown in the construction of the Uganda railway, and spoke of the encouragement to which those who were attempting to open up the Protectorate were entitled. Finally, he dealt with the relations between the white and coloured races, and maintained that in his own interest the white man must do justice to the black. " There must be no brutality ; there must be no sentiment; indeed, the latter was probably more harmful than the former." All classes should work together, and they should not forget that the permanent success of the country was dependent upon the success of the farmers.
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