Parowan Times | 1933-01-27 | Page 6 | English Doctor Stops Fights among Africans

english doctor stops fights among africans london an african chief eating kola nut with pepper and salt from the edge of a rv baor or blade during an intertribal pence peace ceremony Is among the things witnessed by dr melville D mackenzie during a recent visit to liberia as aa special commissioner of the league of rations nations council mackenzie a scottish doctor on the league secretariat operated cooperated co with the liberian government in a successful effort to pacify kru km tribes who having come into conflict with the government and with each other hail had fled into the bush forty four towns had been burned and at least men w women omen and children were in a state of advanced starvation as the result of the disputes the success of mackenziee Mackenzie Macken 9 mission involved settling tribal quarrels about land women canoes and palm trees finally he managed to stop all fighting I 1 ng and disarmed the natives ile he taught them how to mark out boundaries and build houses and himself carried out their first land survey