British Colonialists must Answer

What about Uganda, Nigeria, the USA and Britain? Yes, many of the defenders of the racist system in S. Africa forget the last two countries when they try to divert our attention from the main issue to other things.

Between the USA and Britain, they have been responsible, directly, for the deaths and sufferings of millions today.

Our letter concerns Britain and we would like to set the records straight on certain facts which New Zealanders conveniently forget on behalf of their kith and kin.

Britain is directly responsible for the development of the racist system in South Africa, and Rhodesia. In its imperialistic plundering around the world Britain has been responsible for the genocide of the original people of Tasmania, and many of their counterparts in the Australian mainland millions of others elsewhere who fought back against British invasion. Millions were killed by diseases brought along by their infected British hosts. Millions have been starved to death because of British economic and colonial policies.

As to the last fact we point to two recent examples: the Great Irish Starvation 1845-9. the Bengali Starvation 1943, A conservative estimate for the number who starved to death in Bengal, India (by the Famine Inquiry Commission) was 3½ million.

We welcome further discussion on this subject so that we can expose further the bloodied hands of the British.

To conclude, New Zealanders (pakehas) what about the thousands of Maoris your anc ancestors slaughtered? Are your hands clean? In any such issues when we scream about the barbarity of others, let us think about overselves first, as we always do in other things.

Come With Clean Hands.