The Washington herald., 1910-04-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Europe Interested in the Decision of the
the Negro Question.

popular theory here that people Of mixed
blood-that is TO say. half-castes-are IN
ferior in moral character. in intelligence,
and in civic worth does not find any ac-
ceptance abroad
Ii is as certain as any other fact of the
kind that can be that the Brahmins and
the Gins Of Rajpootana descend from
white invaders. who. crossing the north
ern passes. left their wives behind and
settling in India intermarried with the
dark races Of the plains Yet no people
on earth can claim 10 greater intelligence
than the Brahmins, and there are few
types Of men OF finer character or more
perfect physique than the Rajpoot, while
Ghoorkas. who are Rajpoots with Mon
golian cross. are perhaps the most abso-
lutely fearless soldiers in existence.
MIXED Breeds Are Brave.
The half Arab. half negro tribes Of the
Eastern Sudan and Of Abyssinia are
drawer than most Europeans, whom on a
number Of memorable occasions they
have, despite the inferiority Of their
weapons and of their strategical knowl-
edge, defeated I'm battle.
In the Middle ages African slaves i'm
ported for agricultural purposes I'm the
southern and central provinces that had
been depOpulated by the constant wars
and insurr-ci. ons became 50 numerous
That they outnumbered the whites even
in Lisbon itself When freed they nd
not remain race apart as here ID
America. nut intermarried 10 a degree
If which psppie in the United States Cdn
form no conception whatsoever. The P0r-
.tuguese are tie most Iight-hearted folk
in existence. In fact. the gayety OF the
Portuguese has passed into the proverbs
of almost every European nation. There
are many WHO ascribe this bHtheness OF
temperament 20 their negro ancestry.
IN the same way the Spaniards are in
debted for many of their qualities. as
they are for numerous words in their
musical language. To- the Moorish races
OF Northern Africa, which formerly DOM
mated the entire Iberian peninsula. The
Moorish ancestry Is apparent i'm the old
est Spanish aristocracy. as also ia the
poorest peasanty. in the peculiar cut OF
the features. in the darkness Of the COM
plexion. o. the gravity and sobriety OF
manner which contrasts so strikingly
with the exuberance of the Portuguese
: IN the wonderful skin in the working OF
metals and in the disregard for humaE
life.
HungarianS n Mixed Race.
| The Hungarians. too. are undoubtedly
mixed race sprung from union be-
tween the white indigenous population o
I Central Europe and those Hun invader
u no swept over the greater part of th'
continent more than thousand years
ago from some point in Asia which IA
never yet been definitely determined. Ye
no one can attribute 20 the Magyars a
a people those vices and faults that ar
popularity but enormously ascribed Z,
nations Of hybrid origin.
/ Several OF the reigninE houses Of Eu
rope have ties with dusky-hued races
/ Countess Torby. the wonderfully hand
/ some morEanatic consort of Grand DUKE
IMicheaI Michaelovitch OF Russia, is de
/ seconded, through her maternal grand
father. the celebrated Muscovitc poe
I Pushkin. from Hannibal, the negro gen
! eral and favorite Of Peter the Great
/ Her father was Prince Nicholas OF Mas
/ sau, younger brother Of the late sover
! elgn Grand Duke or Luxembourg. anD
through him she is related 10 the Queer
/ of Holland and 20 half the reigninl
houses Of Europe
/ Marshal Bernadotte. the founder Of Tn,
dynasty now ruling Sweden. sprang from
/ a part Of the country around Pau. wher
! the Saracenic origin Of the population !,
particularly pronounced. the Moorish an
cestry Of his mother in particular being
a matter OF local knowledge and Jradi
ton. Nor is IL possible 20 refrain in thi.
/ connection from recalling the fact tha
Gustavus ". the last sovereign, but on.
of the Vasa dynasty in Sweden, used {,
so by the name OF the Moor Wher
( he was born his Erandmother, the ole
DOwager Queen Louise Of Sweden. sister