Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-16
CASE AGAIN POSTPONED.

Bloat Willis, colored, was ARE sted
Yesterday on suspicion OF stealing a
pair OF trousers belonging toa young
man Of this city. The latter was s-='im-
ming in the river near Fishtown Thurs
day night and when he came out OF the
water and began to don his clothing
he discovered that his Indispensable"
were missing. Willis. it is alleged, was
the only person in proximity to the
clothing while the young man was
bathing The case was called in the
Police Court yesterday morning but
was continued in the absence of a ma
terial witness. The prisoner was ar
raigned again this morning, but the
case was postponed until Monday i'll
order to secure other witnesses.
The English Press on the Fight.
London, July 16.-Serious English
Journals have started discussion Of
the Jcffries-Johnson field at Reno, the
queer part of the affair being that the
British public, which generally delights
in anything ii believes reflects adversely
upon America or Americans, is sud-
dedlv all in favor of the dominant
races's suppression OF the negro. The
London Star is practically the only
publication that has criticised the out
break of anti-negro violence which was
reported hcre-dolbtless with great
eyaggcration-to have occurred all
over the United States Immediately
after the result of the fight was an
nounced. Even the Stars criticism was
due to Il desire to retaliate upon ex-
President Roosevelt for his structures
uron England's failure to keep better
order in Egypt.
The rest of the British press takes
the surprising attitude surprising for
the British that it is quite natural for
white Americans to have resented the
defeat OF their champion. AS serious
paper aS the London Times, COM
menting on the fact that Americans
dislike to see white man beaten by
4 negro. remarks:
The feeling, we think, is not con-
fined to America 1t is very easy for
us in England, where we have no
color problem, to talk with mitigation
and adherence of the lynchings and
the outrages which occur frequently
in the southern states of America.
We have yet TO see how the English
would act if confronted with entirely
similar conditions. There is much
reason to fear that our attitude would
be no more tolerably."
The Times also shows indications OF
considerable modification 1T negro :
victory. but consoles itself that this sim
Gle instance has nothing whatever to
do with the relative qualities oil the
| black and the whites.
"A thousand picked American whites
| would probably beat on equal terms, a
thousand picked negroes in any conflict
or any form of physical endurance. An
average muscular Chinese from the
northern provinces would probably
stand degree of prolonged fatigue anu
exposure under which Johnson would
break down utterly il says.
The Telegraph. another heavyweight
London daily. agrees with the Times
1t dcpIorcs lynchings and violence, but
behind them" it says. lies the absolute
necessity of keeping the negro race
| little in check for if it once rets out Of
hand or goes collectively mad with eN,
element. there will he worse scenes
under the Stars and Stripes in the TWEEN
tieth century than have ever been seen
| there.