New-York tribune., 1901-10-27

OF the United States to a man of the eminence
OF Mr.. Washington. in spite of his being an Af-
rican appears so natural and proper to Eu-
ropeans who have not crossed the Atlantic or
visited the hemisphere that they would
have unhesitatingly condemned the President
had he kept his doors closed against Mr.. Wash
ington on account OF his color.
1t is perfectly true that this absence OF preju-
dice in Europe against the colored races does
not extend TO an approval Of intermarriage. II
IS limited TO social intercourse, and unions be-
tween white people and Africans are viewed
with quite much disapproval in the Old
World those of Europeans with Asatics.
In fact. while Well bred English people are as
glad 10 welcome TO their table negroes OF educa-
tion and of good manners as they are TO invite
Indian rajahs Turkish pachas and Persian
princes. they would entertain precisely the same
disinclination TO allow daughter sister to
become the wife of a member Of the African
race they would TO her wedding some great
Indian magnate OF magnificent ancestry and
colossal wealth.
Sir Samuel Lewis is by means the only
coal black negro who has received a title from
the British crown, and who. wears on his breast
the star Of the most distinguished Order of St
Michael and ST. George" honor usually re-
served for the diplomatic envoys. colonial gov
ernors and premiers. and for generals and ad-
mirals. There are Others Of his race. quite as
dusky in hue. who We're similarly dis
.inguished by the late Queen. whose wives are
officially addressed as My Lady" and at all
official and social functions are conceded the
pas OF the untitled white women present no
matter how ancient the lineage or fllustrious
the name Of the latter. Sir Samuel Lewis be-
sides being knight OF the Order of ST Michael
and ST IS graduate NJ IOndOn T-ni-
versity. member OF the English bar mem
Der of the Legislative Council of the Colony Of
Sierra Leone, and the first Mayor OF FreetOwn.
Queen Victoria, when she received at Windsor
the bishops and delegates to the great conven-
tion OF the Episcopal Church, held in London a
year or two before her death. accorded the
same amount Of distinguished consideration to
the half dozen bishops who belonged 10 the
negro race as 10 their white fellow prelates and
when about five years ago the Queen heard Of
the arrival in London Of an old colored
NANNY" from the free State OF Liberia, who
had saved up her money shilling by shilling for
the purpose of going 10 England to see her
majesty she not only asked her to visit her at
Windsor Castle, but invited her TO take
a seat on the sofa beside her during the inter
view The late Queen was accustomed TO keep
even the greatest statesmen and the grandest
ladies in the land standing in her presence. and
a foreign envoy who happened 10 be at Windsor
al the time OF the old "mammys" visit re-
marked plaintively that during all the years
that he had represented his government at the
Court of ST James he had never received any,
thing like so much consideration.
This attitude Of Queen Victoria toward the
negro race. which is shared by the present King
ana by the people OF the United Kingdom. like
wise prevails the Continent. At Lisbon
few wears ago the late King Louis sOlemnly,
and IN the presence OF his whole court, invested
three full blooded negroes-two OF them from
the West Coast OF Africa and one from the East
coast-with the dignity OF knighthood OF the
Order of Christ, while one of the principal and
certainly one of the most influential personages
In the Portuguese kingdom in those days was
an aged negress who had been with Queen Pia
ever since her marriage. and who was the ehief
# her maiesty's attendants, besides being her
most trusted counsellor and conhdan'e-
One OF the leading generals of the French
srmy who has covered himself with military
glory since the days OF the Franco-German War.
ard who has not only the Grand Cross OF the
Legion OF Honor but also the highly prized
'sNedaille Mitaire," is General Dodds. full
aedeed nulatto, his mother being negress and
mis- father a French cOlonist Of English parent
age established on the West Coast of Africa
when he returned home TO France after the
,ono,,est of Dahomey the entire nation, ire
snectiye of party or politics. turned out TO well
come him and to such extent did he become
the object OF popular enthusiasm that the gov
eminent became alarmed and has in one way
DR. another managed ever since TO keep him en-
ployed on lucrative military missions In Tar on
countries He was designated TO command the
French contingent of the allied forces in China
last year and had not the Kaiser ordered Field
KKvor "a China
General Dodds. as outranking all other foreign
aeld officers engaged In the operations. would
have exercised the supreme command over the
allied troops including those OF the United
States and Great Britain. The nomination OF
Won waldersee led the French Government to
cancel the appointment OF Dodds. on the ground
that he was an officer of too high rank 20 serve
under the German Field Marshal. and General
Voyron was dispatched 10 China in his stead.
Alexandra Dumas the elder. one OF the most
famous and most popular French authors Of the
nineteenth century, whose granddaughters have
married members OF the oldest French aristoc-
racg. was the grandson OF a San Domingo
gree and of the Marquis de la Pailleterie. and
although he looked the muattO he never found
II regro blood in his veins any bar to his social
recos rt: on and welcome, either in France
anywhere else in Europe. Nor was he in the
slightest degree ashamed of the fact that his
grandmother was a negress. In open letter
which his son Alexandra Dumas the younger.
member Of the French Academy. and cee-
brated as playwright, addressed 20 the Bishop
II Autun on the subject OF the slave trade,
thanking the preate fer his efforts TO suppress
he latter he wrote that he had only 20 go back
:sgo or three generations 10 nnd negro slaves
among his ancestors. and added. There may be
NH. urB1 fuaias