The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-09-22
by LONDON PAPER CONTRASTS
CONDITIONS IN SOUTH WITH
ENGLAND'S POIdCY.
Negroes Progressing
And seem to be too we'll satisfied to
consider seriously any movement
looking to their return to the
Dark Continent ------------,--
(From the Manchester, England
Guardian AUGUST 29l


founded and conducted the famous
Negro Institute of Esukegee, in Ala
bama, was made All honorary grad
uate Of Harvard and Doctor Of Laws
of Dartmouth, and Is now known in
America as the spokesman of the
American Negro, yesterday arrived
in London. In appearance he is a
strongly built man Of medium height
with a very faint touch of grey be-
ginning to show in his hair. His
expression is the friendly and
animated one more, common to his
race than ours, but sthcre is nothing
that obviously marks him out as a
leader Of men. In his age, hands,
figures, expression, and voice, every
thing is moderate about the man,
and through somewhat lengthy
|cross-cxamination by Journalists at
his room in a London hotel yester-
day the feature that struck one most
was the great moderation of his re-
marks.
The Two Races i'm America.
The worst things" he said, "that
happen to the Negro--the lynchings
and so on-are all, over the world
the next morning. You don't hear
Of the best. There Is a good deal of
wrong that ought to be corrected
will be corrected. But there is a
big lot of progress too. You don't
understand here what the situation
can be, with its m5kaR mi iyhty con
tradictions. Listen to this. When
you go really into the community in
the South you find that every Negro
mas white friend and nearly every
white man has Negro friend. That
IS different from anything you have
in South Africa, l think. In Amer
lea the races are side by side and
the relationship is very close. In
every community there is a white
man whose family owned Negroes,
and down to today there's a friend
ly relationship. The white man
takes an interest in the descendants
Of his family's slaves, and they 60
to him when they're in trouble Alex
ander Stevens, the great Confederate
leader, helped the son Of one of his
former slaves through college
course, and similar cases have hap-
pened many times''
Social Conditions in Europe.
He spoke Of the object of his visit.
IN America the Negro was the man
who was the farth down. MIR.
washington has come to Europe to
study the lot Of the "white man who
is farthest down" He intends to
see something of the poor quarters
of London, Liverpool, Copenhagen,
Berlin, and Paris, to study the life Of
the field workers, and the miner, and
to compare them with the mass Of
the Negro population in America.
Besides the places mentioned. he
will visit the Balkan States, South
ern Italy, and Austria. He will also
spend a few days with Mr.. Carnegie
at Skibo G. astle AS he intends to
40 this and return to New York by
the 1st Of October it will be seen
that his studies j. to the social pro-
blems will not be very exhaustive,
but he hopes TO gain some general
Impressions for republication in Mr..
}ooscveIt's journal "The Outlook. -"
The hand Of that great admrer of
movement may perhaps be disccrncd
in the planning Of this tour. DR..
Washington believes that when
America comes to a more accurate
conception Of tho difIicultjes that the
masses Of working people in other
parts Of the world have to struggle
against it will DO much to solve the
problem Of the Negro in America.
The Negroes Progress.
| Speaking Of the general position
Of the Negro. Or. Washington said
/ that there were about ten millions
of Negro population, nine millions
| OF which w"rc in the Southern
, States. II was 'diTicu1t to disentan.
gle the figures, as only two States
keep separate accounts Of the Drop.
ertY according to races, but Vir-
| ginia showed that the Negro popu.
lation owned $4,000 acres, and
Georgia between 10000 and 10000
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