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« on: June 01, 2013, 05:04:56 pm »An Open Letter to the Most Honorable Members of the MNB
Members of the MNB,
Although I respect your fervor, I must say that it is a little bit misguided. First of all, Wilhelm Solf has already established social security in the Free State of Mittelafrika. Are you already throwing away his legacy by calling his reforms nothing more than a sham just because he's dying? Never have I heard such non-sense. Without Wilhelm Solf, you Central Africans would still be forced to work in the expansive mines of Mittelafrika without pay or job security making you nothing more than slaves. Second, the German Empire has provided the Africans with education, as the Honorable Chairman Boganda has already admitted. Although we do not teach your native languages at our schools, I hope that you will see the reason behind this. First, there are thousands of languages native to Mittelafrika. If we were to teach all of them, there would very little children in each class. If you truly wish to unite Central Africa, then you must think up of a way to communicate with each-other rather than having all of your children speak a hundred different languages. The reason the colonial administration only teaches the German language is to ensure that all Mittelafrikans may communicate with each-other and other Germans.
Second, there is little reason to teach any other language than German. As far as I see it, our education system is just following in the footsteps of the American education system which has taught many immigrants and descendants of immigrants. They did not require any person to learn any language besides English. Do you see masses of people protesting in the streets of America because the government doesn't teach German or French? I don't. We are not eradicating any native languages, if you think that we are; you are just too lazy to teach your children how to speak their native language.
The Empire does provide labor to its citizens. Are you not informed of the "Iron Rice Bowl" program(s) taking place in the AOG? We gave the Chinese stable employment and income to feed their families. We seek to implement these programs within the German Empire.
Yes, I agree with Chairman Boganda that whites and blacks will, one day, live together in peace. But, if the white man and the black man live separately, then how can whites and blacks live together?
Sincerely,
Hermann Ebner.
Hermann Ebner.