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JHTEF LUTULI HAS IVJffi A GREAT SACRIFICE.
H? HAS DEFTE© THE GO VERM ENT ANT) W S T
HIS CHIEFTAINSHIP.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TOR HIT? EYs-
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HELP BUILD A DT'OCRATIC ^OITH AFRICA!
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OUR CHIEF SPEAKS
LLY N NTS B U T
V:V.
OW 'EDNESDAY the l^tir*""
’'Jovwr’bcr 1952, t h 9
Native Corrds3ioner
of St anger announced
thct Qi*nf A .J .Lutuli
w i diurdssod by the
'oTOrm ant fron his ___
position as CTiiof,
In September Chiof Lurtuli was
; f : celled fro Pretoria and given
: J s ar» ultinetun to resign aa Chief
: Tlj ^r give up his position as
: Presii’.ert o f the African Nation-
i Congreae and hrve ncrthii^ *
: ••’tIc.tever to do with the Defiance
^ vfrf Unjust W n Ccrrpr.ign.
£ CHIEF lutuli refused.
LONG L I W CHIEF LUTULI1
ISSIHTD ET
Afri ccn National CfniTross
raid Natnl Indinn Congress
P .O . Box 2299 - Durbtn
t i e r o a d t o f r e e d o m
IS VIA rHK f-HOSb
I hAve bee* « i a l M * d from tho Q u o fta in s h lr of the Abase-
Uokolleni Tribe 1 » the Groutvillo Misrion Reserve. T presume
“ h-: tale hr.e boon done V the O o «r .,»r- 0 ....- n l in h j . c.pn-ity
„ SuproW Chief of th«"tetlv<T people the Union of S o u t h
Africa save then* of tho Capo Prov i h m . I »n * d**nJJ-re-ieolly
o ^ c t e d to thi- position in 1935 by tho oeoplo of G r o a t W e
|tisalon Reserve and was duly approved a M appointed b y „ h o
Governor-General*
Pn t.h of koderation
■tremendous ^ ^ o n i ^ e l n t f o n a with other
Union of S o u t h
liberal minded
p :?« k : r ^ ^ r j o “ c u ' ; ? s ro i “ fr fctt.
S o i n ^ c u n e i l ' of European. end Afriejfl* nftd the-no. dof.net.
Motive Representativo C o un cil.
In »o far 1 3 snininK oiti.enohip righto „nd opportunities
f „ tho u n f e t t e r e d development o f tho Afrtcon people, .h o -rill
♦%.«+ thirtv voors of my l i f ° havo boon spent- knocking i n
^ f n . ^ i e n J S ! — - » » « * • <*““ * ™ d ‘ " m J
door?
•vat hare been tho f r u i t , o f my iriany y«ars of moderation ?
H cb there boon any reciprocal to leran ce o r moderation from the
Government, be i t N a t i o n a l ! * or United Tarty? No. On tflo cois-
the n»ist th ir ty yeare he vo 3een the gronteft number o.
^ ^ r i ^ f n g S r r t g h t . and progress until tod,y wo havo L*W3 r 8 - . have almost no rights at a l l ; no 01-
roac v-jd a s -MS ^ tn, our only a s s e t ,c a t t le dw indling
oqu*te i n * Rnd remunerate ve a ^ o y r a e n t ,
no bo^url T t 0 , fr «e d o « o f taovonorrt throngh p a ss es ,c u r few
re g u la tio n s , in f lu x control m e a su r e ., in short w* have witnessa;
faro of ray people and for their h a n n o n id J W
sections of our multi-racial aocioty in t g E
A frica . In th is effort I always pursued
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setter who stands in tny way, 1 stall fight for freedom In th is
country” , he p r o c l a i m in h is fine woice. " I n e k yoa to defy
You are eit>* r with Bhengu or with Albert Ltrthull. And^ t h o
people gnve him an instantaneous answer. "ALHSh - L^HILI .they
ehouted hnrfd^. cries of AFRIKA. They gave vent to the*r feel-
lt.M> in no uT.certeiii manner.
- » ;t does no*. * *-ter who stands in rey way'’ said A l b e ^
Urtuli iVien. Luoer.ow we ’enfrw and urd e stood whn* h> was erqr-
irg and to whom h«j wa* piviijr tVda forth right reply ,
,1, tho Hear**J o f Hie Pocpie
— W e r.now o u r C b i e : , find t h o u g h t h e G o v e r n ® r .t d o n o t l i k e
h i n , w e f o l l c w h i m . Tt i e fcrt r i g h t t h n t t h e G c v w r a n e n t s h S u l d
n e t i l i k e h i m , 't< ecam * t h o G o v a - n m o n t d o e s n o t r e p r e s e n t u e .A r j d
w o w o u l d b e s o r r y 1 ? o u r C h i e f w e r e t o f o l l o w t h e G o v & r r a n e n t .
W e K n o w A l b e r t J o h n L u t h u l i , a n d h o i s n o t o n e t o b e n d h i e
k n e e b e f o r e a r v i h l o s c tm d t y r a n n i c a l r o g i n e . H e i s a m a n o f
h i o p e o p l e f r i k h e l i v o s n n d w o r k s f o r t h e m . WVvat m o r e w o u l i a
p e o p l e H B k o ? t ve i r l e n d e r ?
HV. KNOW O'JK CHIEF, pnd i f wf nr.y, in a ll hunril'ty.para -
phrase thj m*rde a' Goro^ini tJaldui
"T^EY MIGfr DIS1CSS OUR CHIEF. Tn{fT:' ’flGHT TAKE
CHIEF TO THE JTUDST ErlBS OF "*£ jiART i
PIT HIS DESTINATION REMAINS TJNOUNGKD IN T‘iS
HEAFfTC OF friS PEOPLE fHO APE T T !EIRS
A.MD THE STEWARDH CF HIS L'ATCHLSSS DKEAMS AND
AND HIS KXTCKLE3S U S D S " .
A F R I K A1
i • ^, My view nos boon, aud s t ill i s , that n Chief is prim arily '
a eorvnrrt of his people. He is tho voi eo o f his pooplo.He j«
i!hc voice of his people in locnl a ffa irs . Unlike a Native
Coi^piooionor, ho is part and parcel of the Tribe , nnd n^t a
loeal QRnirt of tho Govoronerrt. Within the bounds of loyalty
it is conceivable that he nay voice and press the c l a i m of
hia people even i f they should be unpalatable to the Covorn-
nonrt of the day.
He nay use oil legitimate uodom techniques tc get theso
donends satisfied . It is inconceivable hew ChiufH could e f f
ectiv ely serve the widor and crinr.on intorost o f their own
tribe without co-operating with other leaders of tho poopla, both the natural leo4 «r s (Chiefs) and lenders elected d*-
'm ocratirally by the p 4 ftple themselves.
* Must. Fighrt Fearlessly
It was to all^J|for these wider ass o c iotione intended
to pronote the conanoiv national interests of the people up
against purely lo c^ M fcntarest s that the Government in making
T ules governing C h i® s 'lid not debar them from jo in in g pol
it ic a l associations tffr long as these associations had not
boon declared "by the Minister to be mibvorsivo of or pre
jud ic ial to constituted Go -/eminent." The African National -
Congress its non-violert Pne^ive Resistance CorapnigA may be
o f nuisance value to the Government ,but it is not eubvorci v»
since it does not seek to overthrow tho form and m achinery
•o f the State but only urg» s for tho inclusion of all sections
of tho conmunity in a partnership in tho Government of the
country on tho basis of or;ur.lity«ILows nnd conditions 'hat tend to debase human person
ality ,.i a God-given force - be they brought about by the
Stato or. other individuals, must be rolentlucsly opposed in
tho spirit of dofiance shown by St.Potor whun ho said to tho
rulers of his day "Sh all we obey God nr man?" No one can
dqrry that in so l’nr as non-Whites are concerned in the Nhi on
of South Africa, lews and conditions that debane hurnun per
sonality abound. Any Chiof worthy of his position mint rirft
fearlessly • against such debasing eoirHtl.tnn an>l 1< vn.
\t the Govemmont should resort to dismissing such "Thi' ■>, '
cav find it s e l f dism issing many Chiefs or causirg peopl *0
aiaciss from their hoarts chiefs who arc indifferont t; ,
noode of the people through fonr of dismissal by tho G / r ,~
menr., Surely tho Governnorr. cannct placo Chiefs in sucK
unconfortftblo and invidious position.
Ever. Death
As for nvsclf, with a full senso of responsitf. lity r.nd
a cloar convictior., I decided to remain in tho etruggl > for
extending democratic right? and responsibilities to all sect
ions of the Souh African cccmunity. I have embraced the
vi< .lent Pas si e Roeistonco tochnique in fighting for freedom
because I nn convinced it is tho only non-rovolutionoj'y, log"
■ttimato an. way that could bo used by people denied,as
we are , <.** fnctivo constitutional moans to further asp?ir-
ati ons.
T H wisdom or fo ^lish n o tfe ^^th i s decision I place i r.
the hfv"-$ of tho Almighty.
What tho fiituro has in store for mo 1 do not know. i t
client be riaiculo , imprisonnent, concontrotion camp,flogging
barisJimont nr.d uvur, death. I only prny to tlw Almighty t o
strerthen.my resolve so that none of those grim p o ssib ilities
nay :eter cd frcn striving , for the sake o f tho good none of
our beloved courtry, the Union of South A fr ic a ,m k e it a true
democracy* and a 'run union in fora and spirit o f all the con- ni»nitiea in tho land.
My only painful concom at ticBs i s thai 0 f tho welfare
of qv family but I try even in this regard, I n a spirit of
truHG and surrender to God's w ill aa I see i t . to say.* " G o d Tr ’ 1 pi'o vi d o . ”
t is inevitable thrrt in wrrking for Freedom s o m e In- di vj Jin] 3 ana sort' f n n iH o * take the l.-nd nnd m m * :lho
Rood to Freedom Is Via The CROSS.
m a y i b u y e :
a f r i k a : a p r t k a :a F R I K a :
n n _n i— symbol cri
Vu UJ — ccn ANCt 9o
AliSCKT JOHN LtTTULI ha* become a familiar and inspiring figure
io thousands of non-Europeans who hnvo regularly attended m e n
-fillies and demonstrations called by the Congresses.
»o know him for h is simplicity and charm of manner.You woAld
m ss him by in the street ( i f you did not know him) without
oalisirg that you have just passed a very great man. But then,
eirmlicity is the hall-racrk of ALL greet people.Our Chief dr«*»s
almplv, and speaks am ply - he speaks the language of the pecplo
S T . M « person, ho »ynboll»«s the k rrd»- dceire of our popfe
-tebe free, "EE FREE, BE SLAVES NO M3RE? i? what ho tells u s .
GROW )UT of ycrur "J in " end "Utafaan" montality.
« . know our Chi of for his br illiant rhetoric,has wnimexhuber*
an«e and a liveliness of spirit that is possible only with a*
non _ike him. Ho gives l ife to any platform. He has a fin, sfwio
huaour, and ho con sing, tooi
Mnyibuvo A frik a
.nd h o . to con singl Hoi n ^ n g it 1= to H o ton to hiB -urf
.it h h ia , the s ir g . cf fl-oodoo. H o . wort or fo 1 it is o tar
tin 8lnc ®*yibuye Afriko or SlfGnn Inkululoko. I f only« u £ l »in£ o . our C h l a T l o . . . ho would kn ... tho nooning
3 f Freedom.
But Dr. Union oiJigo * Aforthoid ond a " ^ . 0rryn-nrv The Dooplo however, do not sirg with him, U Dr. Mai on
S T Z k e •peofc os, so can our Chief. But nnkirg 13 nt
a ll . Our Chief has a tc ssn*» that is as cl *9 t?.thuli flings buddha aw! imho® d . ’’Lcvo Thy Neighbor is what Luthuli g
about.
rv _ cv.tftf wfl„ perhrps at his best when in a groat cpooch it
UUZABALAZC SQUARE (o » W t o . (hrlrto nod ™
Wednesday 24th September, he woleored Durban a f.
resistors in the D e f ia w s o f Unjust Laws Campaign. It does rt*
V
in these years an intensification of oar subjection to entire av5
protect white Supremacy.
A Hew Spirit
I t i 8 with th is background and with a full sense of respon
sib ility that, under the auspices of the African National Congress
(N atal), I have Joinod my people in the new spirit that moves thae
today, the spirit that revolts openly and boldly against in justice
end expresses i t s e l f in a determined and non-violent manner.
Because of my association with the African National Congress i n
this new spirit which has found an effective and legitimate way of
expression in the non-violent Passive Resistance Campaign, I was
given a two week limit ultimatum by tho Secretary f o r Native
Affairs calling upon me to choose between t h e African National
Congress nrri the Chieftainship of the Groutville ttisFior. Reuervo.
He allogod that my association with Congress in its non - violent
Passive Resistanco Campaign was an act o f disloyalty to tho State.
I did not, and do not, agree with this view. Viewing Non - Violent
Passive Resistanco as a non-revolutionary and, therefore, a oost
legitimate and humane political pressuro technique for a pecplir
doniod all offoctivo forms of constituti onal st.rivirg , T saw n o
real conflict in my dual leadership of my peoples leader, of t h e
Tribe as Chief nnd political leader in Congress. j
Servnnt of People
I saw no cause to resign from either. This stand o f mine which
resulted in my being sacked from the Chieftainship might stoem fool
ish and disappointing to some liberal and moderate E u r o ^o p s and
Non-Europeans with whom I have worked those many years and w i t h
whom T st ill hopo to work. This is no parting of the ways W t *a
launching further into the deep". I invite them to jo in 14 our
■moquivocal pronouncement of a ll legitimate African aspirations and
in our firm stand against injustico and opprossion.
T do not wish to challenge my diwriseal txrt I would like t o
suggest that in the interest of the institution o f Chieftainship
in these modem times of democracy , tho Government should define
more procisoly and ranke more widely known the status, functions anc
privileges o f Chiefs .
THE G;'VFRN?ffiNT CF DH.KALAN nos dismissed Chid? Luthuii from his
Chieftoinship "because, es leeder of tho Congress in t o t * ! , he v^a ohdcuragirvg
Pjoplo tc bruok tho lews cf the -euntrjr through th poesivo resistcr.ee erfcprign,"
"V IP "C
j.n September, Chief i/jtrUli w®s ceiled t? Prot^ris by the Secretory
fcr !.ativo A ffa irs ", Dr .E iselon , There ho wss told thrt the Ooverrjcr.t did not like
his notions nnd policies ot s l l .c r .d thet he must either resign from the Africor.
Ncticr.cl Congress or give up his position ns Chief.
On tho Zlr.i September, the Fcliticril Correspondent of tho i'ANB DAILY
f / I L wrote s "A few drys r>go r.n influential Chief, \-h: is orr. cf *r<i letders :f
^the passive rosistrnce cemprign, wr s summon d to ! retaric *nd threatened with
•dopcsition unloac he withdrew from the cempDign, '-»hich ho refused tc do ."
The Government, however, gr ve Chief Lutbuli time to "think it over".
But Chief Luthuli is mrda of sterner stuff. Ho wrote bcck rr.d e^id thnt he would
not comply with tho d.crnd of tho GCVSRNferAT 1
" SACKED"
So, now the Government hrve "sccked" our C hief, It i * furthor
proof of tfco feet thrt tht Government is completely out of touch with our p«oj-1f».
do not kna|L t>e paaqtl*, mjad k»£u• « t«-comply with our wtvtmm. Thf*y w p *.
eloquently obdtf the " VCLKS'TTL” - "TW5 f lL L OF TH®: P^OPL’?" , but words lo*t
all mooning with our present nilors.,m ■ .
■^TJHY DO NOT KNOW OUR C H P T LUTHULT. IF THEY THINK TH^Y CAN MAKfi
OUR CHISF ACCKPT M 7RTHSID , TI-EY ARE MISTAKEN.
OUR C H U F CAN SINQ. TOO *
ALBERT JOHN H7THULI hrs becomo n fam iliar end inspiring figure to
thousmda of nori-Ki»rcpeans who heve repularlv attended mass rallies and demonstrate
lions called by -th® Congresses,
W, KNCW him for his ; simpH city *nd chnrn. of mrnner, YoU" would
pees him by in the street ( i f you did not know him) without r e a lis in g thet you
hes ,1uet peseod o very greet men. But then, simplicity ia the hall-nnrk of ALL
greet people, OUR CHIEF drosses simply, end speekB simply - he speaks tho longuoge
of $he people, nnd in hie person, ho symbolises the burhing desire of eur people
to be froe , "BE FHSI, BE SLAVES NO FORE" , ie whrt he tolls u s . GROW OUT of your
"Jim " nnd "Umfaan" merrtelity,
.
"JS KNOW our Chief for his brillicrrt rhetoric, his worm exhuborrnee
and a liv olin «»» of spirit thrt is poesiblo only vdth e mrn like him. He gives
l ife to cry p l^t fw m . He hca a fine sonsc of humour, nnd he c n ping,too I
MAYT3UYF AFRIKA
AND HOW HE CAN SING I . How nrving it is tc listen to himfi*nd
sing with him, tho 9ongs cf Froedom. How wonderful it Is to hsr>r him sing UAYIB’JYE
AFRIKA or SIFUNA TNKULULEKO ! If only Dr.MALAN could sing ce our Chief doe#, he
would know tho rxsoning of Freedom.
" IT DOFS NOT llATTER" .
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IT DCgS NCT MATTER".
BUT DR.MALAN sing* of APAJi.HEID rnd o God-less Vhito Supromocy, The
people, however, do not sing with him. I f Dr,M al"n c m ncko- speeches, bo con
our Chief. But making speeches is not o i l . Our Chief hrs n moes^'ge thct is os
old as Christ ond Buddha end Mahomod."Love Thy Noighbour” ie v/hrt Lutnuli sings
about.
OUR CHIEF waa perhnpa et his best whon in e greet speech at UMZABALAZO
SQUARE (as ho hoj Chrirtonod Niccl 5 quore.Durban) on Wodnesdoy 24th Soptomber, he
welcomed Durban** firrt betch of reeisters in the Defiance of Unjust Lews Comprign.
" I t does not motter who atrnd* in my wpy, I shrll fight for freedom in this country",
he proelrim-d Jn hie fir» voice. " I osk you to defy. You ere either with Bhongu
or with Albert Lu thuli." And the people grve him on instantaneous onswer.-*1ALEER?
LUTHULI", they shouted amidst criee of AFRIKA. Thoy grve vent to their feelings
in no uncertein monner,
" I T DOES NCT MATTER W O STAND6 IN MY WAY", srid Albert Luthuli then.
Somehow we knew ond understood whot ho wos spying ond to whom ho wns giving this
forthright reply .
" IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE11.
V KNOW our Chiof, rnd though the Governnont do not like him, we
follow him. It is but right thet the Government should not like him, bo cause thh
Govern»nt doe* NOT represent us . And we would be sorry i f our Chief were to follow
the Government.
t-1 KNOW ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI, and he is not one to bend his knoe
bjBfoJPe a ruthles* and tyrannicol regits . He is a men of his people, rnd he lives
end •Kortt* for them. Whet more would c people oak of their lerder?* * •*» *’ - *
'.X KNOV OUR CHIEF, ond i f w« may, in o il humility, parrphraae theword^ otf.SaroJini Naidu i
t • f :
"THEY »«IGHT DISMISS OUR CHIEF. THEY MIGHT TAKE
THE CHIEF TO THE UTMOST ENDS OF THE EARTH, BUT
HIS DESTINATION REMAINS UNCHANCED IN THE HEARTS
CF HIS PEOPIX ’THO ARE BOTH THE HEIRS AND THE
S‘nr»7ARD6 OF HIS MATCHLESS DREAMS AND HIS MATCHLESS
EEED6."
THURSDAY THE 13th
THURSDAY the 13th NOVEMBER,1952, w ill surely go down rs a red-letter
_ in the history of our country. Just before ton o' clock this morning the
ghost Court of cur country, the APPELLATE DIVISION, sitting ir. Sloomfonte'n
llrred the HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT invrlid i
THE COURT. GAVE A UNANIJTUS DECISION AGAINST THE GCVSRN^NT who se*,
up tho High Court of Parlinncrrt with th4 express purpose of overruling the
decision of the Appellate Divieion in the ccse ebout tho Coloured Voter*, The
decision cf the Appellate Di Vision uxpcscs the Goverrxc nt for whot they ere, and
rightly decloree the(now non-oxi*tent)HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT involid.
Vff HCPE thot tho Qcvcrnnint w ill accapt tho decision of the Appellate
Divieion . They ere in honour bound to do »o. But we feor thet they will NCT
do so, beccuse thoy want to get rid of the Coloured Votors from the Common Roll
AT ALL COSTS \
LIT TLX WONDER THAT AS STAND CONDEMNED * 7 ORE THE HATICNS CF THE ’’ORLD.
a u u m u U B m m t t t e t i '- L '
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RECORDS RELATING TO THE 'TREASON TRIAL' (REGINA vs F. ADAMS AND OTHERS ON CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, ETC.), 1956 1961 TREASON TRIAL, 1956 1961
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