The Mankato free press., 1911-07-28
London, July 2s.-Leading sociolo-

tllu SCHOldTS, Ol dill
races and of more than a score of
civilizations, met in London today in
the first Universal Races congress,
which is designed TO bring about
closer relations between occident and
orient, TO hasten the movement to-
ward international brotherhood and
, to combat that predjudice OF race
| which sets white against black and
yellow and divides humanity into
warning nations.
For east is east, and west is west,
and never the twain shall meet"
sang Kipling. and it, is this common
sentiment OF humanity at large that
! the congress organized today to dis
sipate. Special treatment will be ac-
corded to the mighty problem of the
contact of European, American and
other developed types, including the
Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Turkish,
Persian and negro. English, French,
German and Italian will be the Off
cial languages OF the congress. Reso-
lutions of a political character have
been excluded from the delbera
tions.
Object of Congress.
The object of the congress, as set
forth by Lord Weardale, the presi-
dent, is expressed in the following
statement:
ITO discuss, in the light of modern
knowledge and the modern con-
science, the general relations subsist-
ing between the peoples of the west
and those of the east, between So
called white and so-called colOred
peoples, with view to encouraging
between them a fuller understands
Ing, the most friendly feelings, and
q heartier cooperation
The program this morning dealt
with Meaning of Race and Nation,'
and included the presentation OF pa
pers by Brajendranath Seal, an In
uian educator; DR.. Felix Won Luschan
of the University of Berlin; PrOfes-
sor Alfred Fouillee of the Institute
of France. and G. Spiller of London,
author of "The Mind of Man." Al
the session this afternoon papers
were presented by John M. Robert
son, NJ p, OF London; DR.. t. w.
| fhys Davids of the University Of
Manchester; DR.. Giuseppe Sergi OF
the University of Rome; Sister Nj
lvedita of India, and Mr.. Joseph Den
iker OF Paris.
Lord WeardaIe is presiding at the
congress, and Lord Avebury is the
vice president. The honorary vice
! pres idents include all the members
of the Permanent Court of Arbitra-
tion and of the second Hague con-
ference, the presidents Of the parlia-
ments of nearly all the leading ma
L: e ncsn md
erica, and many governors, ambas-
sadors and other prominent govern
! ment officials of various nations.
United States Is Represented.
| The United States is represented
IN this list by the United States am
i bassador to Japan. The executive
committee is headed by the Hon.
| William P. Reeves. Professor Felix
| Adler of New York, head of the
Ethical Culture movement in Amer
| ica, is president of the honorary gen.
eral committee, and Baron dEstour-
nelles de Constant of Paris, who re-
Gently toured America in the inter
ests of international peace, is one
| of the vice presidents. Represented
| on this committee are members OF
the faculties Of the leading institu-
tions of learning throughout the
world, including Yale, Harvard, STAN
! ford, Bryn Mawr, Illinois, Western
Reserve, Wellesley, Johns Hopkins,
Smith, Clark, Columbia, Chicago, Cor
nell, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State,
Purdue, Brown. Southern California,
Wisconsin,, Williams, Atlanta, Den
yer, Missouri, Tufts, Bowdoin, Syra-
cuse, California, Amherst, Texas, To-
wa, Hebrew Union, Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, Colorado, Louisville, St.
! Louis, Rutgers, Carolina and Indi-
ana.
"SouIs of Black Men,"
| The sessions are being held in the
central building of the University of
London, and it was notable gath
ering Of the ''intellectuals" of all
nations that assembled this morning
in the spacious hall. Europeans and
Americans of all types, swarthy In
dians and Malays, Negroes of all
shades and yellowskinned representa-
tives of the culture and learning Of
the Far East mingled and met on
the basis Of common humanity and
a common aim. Two notable papers
have been contributed by Americans.
DR.. w. E. B. Du Bois, the author. of
"Souls Of Black Folk" and perhaps
the most scholarly Negro in the
Iworld, has written monograph on
1.-THE Negro in America" and DR..
Charles A. Eastman has prepared a
paper on "The American Indian"
+! The congress, the first of its kind
in the worlds history, had its origin
in n suggestion made some four
years ago by DR.. Felix Adler Of New
York. Speaking at congress in
Eisenbach, he suggested the desira-
bility Of a great International meet
ing of the races to ascertain how
far it was possible to bring the en-
lightened conscience of the modern
world to bear on the problems pre-
sented by racial divisions. Since
man was man, the yellow, black and
white races have clashed in a million
ways, the differences of religion, Ian.
guage and custom being added to
the natural animosities between men
of different race and color.
Do Not Look for Equality.
Few of those in attendance at to.
days meeting believe or hope that
there will ever be social equality be-
tween the masses of the white, yellow
and black races Strict Justice however