Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-29
NO COLOR LINE IN LONDON.

between the States was heartily
applauded in the North, although
it was plain that the law could
never be enforced except by thG
bayonet in the South. Still, by
Northern extremists it was regard
ed as a most admirable method OF
disciplining the "erring brother
in Dixie and making him eat hum
BILE pie Europeans who remem-
Der how determined the North
seemed to be to give the negroes
equal privileges with the whites
must marvel at the incident which
occurred in London a few days
ago.
An international Ecumenical
Council is to be held in the Brit
ish metropolis next month, and
among the delegates are many col
ored preachers and teachers from
the United States. The Afro
American delegates have engaged
quarters at a hotel at which large
number of white Americans are
staying, many of them, it may be
assumed, from the Northern Stat
es, and therefore in cordial sym
pathy with the principle of equal
rights for blacks and whites. 1t
is not difficult to imagine them in
spired with the noble sentiment of
fraternity and equality" welcom-
ing the brother in black and giving
Europe a thrilling illustration of
how finely American performances
square with American professions.
1t requires no great stretch of the
imagination to conceive of them
marching in body to the railroad
station in London, singing "John
Browns body" ETC., and fairly
compelling their colored brethren
to accept their hospitality.
Unfortunately, Europe is not to
witness SO sublime a spectacle.
The Northerner of the present day,
in the matter of equality of races,
is the degenerate son of sire who
professed to be sincere. The Am
ericans il London, who probably
are, for the most part, from New
England or the Middle States,
were thrown into a state of pro-
found disgust and Indignation
upon learning that the Afro Amer
ican delegates to the Ecumenical
Council are to be quartered in
hotels which white Americans fire.
quent. Instead of giving their
visiting brethren an ovation, they
have, but without success, it APP
pears, endeavored to have them
excluded from London hotels.
There is no fraternizing, no
communion of congonial black and
white spirits, no breaking down of
race barriers, but only exhibition
of the marble heart" and bitter
scorn for these distinguished Afro
Americans travelling in strange
land and longing for the compan-
ionship of the white American
from Northern attitudes. keep
the negroes in a separate part of
the hotel, was the request which
the Northerners presented to one
British boniface. Don't let them
get anywhere near US. Draw the
color line and make tho black del
egates toe the mark.
The British hotelkeeper, accord
ing to London dispatches, refused
TO establish any race lines in his
tavern. No doubt he thought the
Americans were only Joking" in
view of their frequent expressions
of affection for the colored man and
brother ever since the Civil War
Moreover, there is no race pre-
judioe in England. The English
it is true, send armies to various
parts OF the world and "pot mig
gers" as Tommy Atkins phrases
it when he has had good days
shooting. But they kill the blacks
not because they do not love them
but solely for the sake of trade
For the same reason when tn
black goes to London they recog
nize no race distinctions as lonI
as he has the money TO pay hi
hotel fare, go to the theatre an
otherwise enjoy himself. Angle