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

BIoat Willis. cOlored, was ARE sted
Yesterday on suspicion Of stealing
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
wafer 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 IN
order to secure other witnesses.
The English Press on the Fight.
London. July 16.-Serious English
Journals have started a discussion OF
the .Jeffries-, johnson field at Reno the
queer part of the affair being that the
British public, which generally delights
in anything it believes reflects adversely
upon America or Americans, Is sud
dedly 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 here-doubtless with great
exaggcration-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 desire to retaliate upon ex-
President Roosevelt for his structures
upon 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 Tor
white Americans to have resented the
defeat of their champion. As serious
q paper as the London Times, com
menting on the fact that Americans
dislike TO see white man beaten by
a negro, remarks:
The feeling we think, is not con-
fined to America. 1t l. very easy fol
us in England, where we have nc
color problem, to talk with INDICATION
and adherence Of the lynchings anC
the outrages which occur frequently
in the southern states OF America
We have yet TO see how the English
would act if confronted with entIreI!
similar conditions. There is mucl
reason to fear that our attitude would
be no more tolerably."
The Times also shows indications o
considerable modification at negro
victory. but consoles itself that this sin
ole instance has nothing whatever u
, do with the relative qualities OF the
black and the whites. 80.
"A thousand picked American white
would probably beat on equal terms,
thousand picked negroes in any connie
or any form of physical endurance. Al
, average muscular Chinese from IN
Northern provinces would probably
stand a degree of prolonged fatigue AM
V exposure under which johnson woul
{ break down utterly" il says.
: "The Telegraph. another heayyWeigh
London daily. agrees with the Times
1t deplores lynchings and violence "bu
behind them" it says, lies the absolute
I necessity of keeping the negro race
little i'm check. for if it once Gets out c
hand or goes collectively mad with eX
citement. there will be worse scene
under the Stars and Stripes in the tWef
tieth century than have ever been see
| there.