The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22
DR.. PETERS AIRS HIS VIEWS
He Gives Ills Impressions Of Our
Cities and Negroes.

The American People Not Yet a Ma
tion, But a Mixture of Different Peo-
ple-New York Pleased Him and
Boston Reminded Him OF On Old Eng
lish Town-Chioago Only an Amer
lean Upshot and Only Good as q
Place to Spend Couple Of Days In.
The Doctor a Negro Halter, and Par
ticuIarly Severe on the Sleeping Car
Porters,
New York, Oct. 2l-In an interview
with DR.. Carl Peters, imperial commis-
sioner of German, East Africa, last night
he said: "The American people," look
ing mtently at the tips of his finger
nails, "are not yet a nation. You are a
mixture Of different people"
"The Cities" he continued, lifting his
eyes-"New York is pretty. Broadway
reminds me of the Friedrich strasse.
Other streets, where there are green
trees and squares, remind me of north
German towns. The hotels are comfort
itself Boston is an old English town.
Chicago"
what OF Chicago" interposed the re-
porter
Chicago he said with the air Of
corporal reprimanding an awkward squad,
''is not yet city. IL is an American-how
do you sayl An American upshot. The
buildings there are too tall. The people
there are children. When one man has n
tall building, his neighbor wants one
higher. 1t is a good place for halt Of
two days, but not longer"
HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE FAIR.
"What do you think Of the fair2" asked
the reporter.
"The exhibition is interesting" he
said "The buildings have grand effect.
But they ere a sham, and they are falling
to pieces. l was commissioner to the
chronological congress. l did not lose
much time there"
The reporter asked why.
DR. Peters relaxed the strain Of his
body little and said:
~ do not like TO hear lectures. pre-
fer TO read the papers after they are
read do not Ike TO see pots. l pre-
fer to see the natives who make them
carry them on their heads to springs and
fountains. / saw human beings at the
Midway Plaisance-or as they call it
there 'Playsonse,' and only pots at the
congress
AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
"a telegram from Berlin said that you
regarded America as between Africa and
Europe in civilization, - the reporter said.
Il did not mean," he replied, lift
ing his hand at present saber,
"that the Americans were less civilized
than the Europeans. Your barbarians
are Europeans. 1t was letter TO a friend.
] may have misled him by my phrase,
which was hurried. ] meant that there
were parts of America which were Wild
erness and others which were like Europe.
TlUt Vo11T nppFsOpg ~
"What of our negroes2" asked the re-
porter.
II understand that they vote Now
who could make such q blunder as to
grant citizenship to theml | suppose
that having granted this citizenship you
cannot take it back. You make an educa-
tional test but he will not learn
enough to pass examination. What
terrible mistake for so intelligent coun-
try TO have made"
LIKE THE CONGO NEGRO.
The reporter asked why meelly.
because" " he said, advancing in three
steps to the reporters chair, and placing
his right hand over his left hand at
parade rest ''The negro is of an in
ferior race and the American negro is
very like the Congo negro. don't think
he can ever be otherwise"
The reporter asked what was the doc
tors scientific opinion.
Il do not meau," he replied, "that he
cannot become intellectual | know eth
nologically that he is morally infe-
rior. He will always lie and steal; he
will always lack conscience"
THE TRIBES OF AFRICA.
His imperial maiesty's commissioner to
East Africa became enthusiastic. II
know in Africa,p he continued, "tribes
that are naughty, tribes that are martial.
They are far above the negro tribes that
are here and yet they are thieves and
liars"
Possibly" the reporter suggested,
'your European invasions would not be
resented by them otherwise"
"They are thousand to one Of u.s." he
replied. II saw only one negro in Africa
who approached fairness in sentiment.
He was the king Of his tribe. He was in
telligent and 1 might have counted on his
word, But the restp'
NO EVOLUTION
"Perhaps you are judging the Ameri-
can negro by his African ancestors y the
reporter insnuated.
There is no evolution" he replied,
with his feet and arms at attention,
while his little finger touched the seam
Of his blue striped trousers. Il have
seen the negroes here; they are ignorant,
insolent and unbearable. l have travelled
much, but have never seen sleeping car
porters as insOlent as those who have
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