The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

That Theodore ROoSeEeIt, "aiAo oP
p%arently in Africa on a huntns eA-
nedition killing tigers and f1eas, is in
reality carefully investigating condl-
tons to ascertain if it be not possible
and practicable to estaDllsn IN inc
Sudan country a second empire %
Liberia, and thereby solve forever the
negro question Of America. IS the
Federal attorney, in charge or a
Southern district, who relates the
supposed plans of Roosevelt IN all
their details. The plan as revealed
by the former Presidents
is ito stake out a good section OF the
country in the Sudan. north OF congo
Free State and west Of German n
British East Africa; hoist up the stars
and Stripes at the four M nave
Uncle Sam declare a protectorate, or
ganize the native tribes into a suzer-
ainty Of the United States OF Amer
lea, and then will come the expiration
of III negroes from this country TO
the new empire in the near OF
Africa. In the rounding out OF the
plan, a wedge will be formed by a
nation under the control of the Uni
ted States, that will prevent the ex-
pansion territ"rially Or eomnerclaiiy
of Germany and will make the Uni
ted States q factor in the aiance OF
power among the nations OF Europa
now struggling to retain and enlarge
their footho!ds in Africa.
The Federal attorney who disclosed
what he asserted was the intention or
President Roosevelt to solve the me-
gro question while in Africa bore out
his declaration with a buttresS Of
facts that dovetail with the move
ments Of Roosevelt both previous to
his departing for Africa and since he
has penetrated beyond the reach Of
the newspaper arm. His plan 70
cross a territory not at present under
the flag Of any European nation,
continued the Federal attorney, his
determination to take with him men
known to be expert agriculturiSts. ca
pable Of Judging soil conditions: his
skill in surrounding himself with rep
reSentatiNes of the civil and military
arms of the government, and. above
all. his persistent refusal to allow any
newspaper men to his eX-
pedition-all these acts and facts lead
me to believe that Roosevelt went to
Africa TO carry out the plan he dis
cussed with me when gathering data
on the z question. Again, he
has taken with him a large quantity
of trinkets with which to placate the
natives with whom he first woul be
Obliged to deal before mapping out
the country to be populated by the
negroes. He has kept his plans ali
Solute1y secret, because every nation
of Europe. at the first whisper of his
Intentions, would direct a dozen de-
t~achInents to dog his footsteps and
prevent another Fashoda
With Roosevelt, long before he
devised his scheme to deport the
blacks to Africa, the negro question
always has been a paramount issue.
He told me that the criticism he re-
ceiNed from all parts of the country
when he entertained Booker r. Wash
ington caused him to come to the be-
lief that it would be utterly impossi-
bic to educate the negro to a M
Of social equality with the white race,
and that he saw clearly that no in
ferior race could exist for any length
of time and prosper in a Republican
country. Roosevelt said the attitude
the South assumed toward the
Charleston postmastership confirmed
his belief, and hat it was this, ba.-
on other facts he had gathered, some
OF which | gave him, that led him to
form his plan to see If the only logi-
cal solution Of the negro question
deportation--could not be brought
about successfully. Through Fedora
officers scattered throughout the South
ne ascertainad that a condition ex-
listed that was leading to one GER
tain end, and that would be the ex-
junction of the negro elemen by a
method other thar race decay. ais
data correctly informe him that the
egr as a laborer in the South was
fast being replaced by the negro as
a thief, and that even such mental
positions as walters, street cleaners
n day laborers on public improve
ments all We're being filled with
whites, while the negro, having no
employment left open to him, was
becoming more and more
accustomeH to support himself by
thleVery and to consider himself at
war with the whites. ALL through his
trips to the South Roosevelt sought
information concerning the negro
question, and the information he re-
celved, l believe, is the basis for his
expressing himself so freely and as
sert1ng 1T was his belief that the ex-
istence or the negro in North Amer
lea had become a. question Of the