Evening journal., 1910-12-20

Angles. Saxons and others who came
after they had entered the islands.
The Celt still held their own The
Scotch We're driven across the border.
the Irish could not be driven nor
could the Welchmen There is a
great deal of evidence that the Morse
men settled in Normandy so that
these Scandinavians or Norsemen
gave a great deal to the order of oc-
cupauon of the British Isles"
From this period the history was
reviewed to the time of William. OF
this time General Wilson said:
It is perfectly well known that Will
liam summoned all the rascals, knight
errant, robbers, thieves and free
hooters and, leading them took into
captivity all the people at that time.
killing more than 10000 men"
England a Dominant Power.
Prom 1866 to 1910 is a little less
than 500 years, yet throughout this
period. England has been one of the
dominating powers of the world"
Charles Francis Adams, a we'll
known historian, can't tell where all
to this country in the time of Crom-
we'll aud his successor. He can ao-
count for $4,000, but In this country
today we have in the neighborhood Of
9O,0O0,O00 English-speaking people
Going into the American conditions.
the speaker spoke of'George Washing
ton, John Quincy Adams. BENJAMIN
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Au-
( drew Jackson, as all being composite
Englishmen. yet the beginning Of the
composite American.
Speaking of Englands government
! as compared TO ours. General Wilson
said
England has no constitution yet
she has been growing nation since
before the time Of Christ True, they
have a set of precedents, but no two
/ Englishmen can be found who agree
on these precedents"
Not to forget the Jews I'm the com
fposition of the American, General VIII.
son spoke at length upon them lie
said in part
j Most people don't know why It is
that so many of the Jews live in
Russia. II is because Poland was the
first nation TO recognize the Hebrew
as a white man and for this reason
they went there naturally. And now
though she was q splendid government
and country, she could not protsc
herself and the greater part of mel
territory fell into the hands Of tn
Russians. Oh, yes. The Jew is goinl
TO be in my composite American al
right The first thing a Jew seel
when arriving in this country is thl
fact that he is free to 90 where h'
pleases. In Russia if he goes mor'
than two miles from his home town h'
is turned around and forced TO g
back, Upon landing in this countr!
the first thing he does is to go to III
East Side and rent a little room Her
he sees a school house, where hi
children can go to school with tn
other children and be as one of then
without extra financial expenditure b,
him I'm Russia IL was different Their
the Jewish scholarship is limited to q
per cent. of the enrolment of thl
schools The contrast with this coun
try Is strong The University of th'
City of New York. the largest uni
versity of this country, has a scholar
ship enrolment. rs per cent. of whicl
are Jews"
The negro was the next race to IA
beneath the attention of the speake
and some interesting statements weI
made General Wilson said I'm part:
when the negro was brought int
this country in about the year 100
he was not looked down upon by III
Spaniards and Portuguese as repulsiy
and abhorred by them. Owing to th
: intermingling of these races it is di
ficult 10 find a perfectly featured POI
tugese man. All Of them have negT
blood in them and all the dark haire
people owe their black features [
Ethiopian races. The question of n
pugnance Of the negro is a moder
problem but we find the white peopl
rising faster than the blacks and it
expected that this recent census wi
! show a still wider diyulgence. Their
is still some mixture going on betwee
the white and black races. Since tn
negro has been looked upon with dis
favor there has been a lack of birth
of mulatto children In the souther
centers, while in Philadelphia an
more northerly cities there are NOR
being done.
All Nations Contribute.
The center of power, wealth an
intellect has passed on TO North AmeI
lea and sooner or later there will be
solidarity Of all the English speakin
people. All the nations represente
here are contributing toward the con
posite American. This is the first Ian
under the sun TO recognize the right
of all men as equal and the first wri
ten constitution in the world wa
placed in this country"
General Wilson said in conclusion
Whatever his stature. the color {
his eyes, the color of his hair, hi
practices or his ideals, we should we
come any foreigner who is fortunat
enough TO get across the waters TO thi
country"
Following the Generals speecl
Josiah Marvel, president Of the clul
made few remarks which wer