The Denver star., 1914-03-21
Are You Guilty :?
Love Our Neighbors AS Ourselves


illness and fraerna feelings between members of own
race and members of what are sometimes called foreign
races. When chance to see the ordinary Chnaman,
Pole or Jew do feel lively interest in the various
blems which they haye encounter? If feeling of
indifference towards them why should wonder at the in
difference and manifested toward by the ord
nary white man? Our claim for square deal
the fact that Negro eoored but rather the
ground of anhood. T here is right prvi
ege which justly claim for ourselves which does not
pertain to man of any other race We should specially
cultivate the acquaintance and good will Of the members of
all races who IN some sense sustain many of the dsadvan
tages which fall lot In SO doing minister to our
highest good We lose individual racial life that
again find it more productivity and abundanty.
Illustrative of contention would call attention to
interesting article in the Independent of last week
with respect Mr. Henry Moskowth recently appointed
by Mayor Mitchell President of the Civil Service Com
mission Of New York City. When thinks of the East
side New York, with its teamng of humanity un
der the owly conditions and then remember that only
ago Mr. Moskowith but poor Polish boy of
four years. and his parents envroned with all harshps
OF extreme the sacredne and Of
mon humanity can the more be appreciated
Henry Moskowth born ,4years in helittle Sn
of Husch Rumana of Polish jewish lineage and when four
years Of age he emigated with his mother, his
father having already New York the year previous
where ne making out living as push cart peddler
selling suspenders and notions The story of the life of
young Moskowth, first little newspaper boy the
Easde and with only the lapse of thirty years.
of the prominent and useful citizens of that great
exceedingly interesting and thrilling Instead of shrink
FROM better the many foreigners in our
midst should rather draw nigh, learn of them sympa
hize with them and join forces in the upft Of humanity
The Negro is whit better than the lowy Of
the many foreign which he make up common
country and recognizing this fact he should cheerfuy and
enthusiastically accordingly Let make friends with
Men, money.
We forget that Daniel OConnell, the distin
gushed Irish leader, espoused the of the Negro in
America because he Negro but because he
And although lrshman far from the hor-
ors OF American slavery he never failed administer
singing rebuke certain Irshmen in America. who were
inclined against the Negro rather than him. The
spirit OF Connell should be spirit In his address
the Irish Repeal Association Cincinnati many years ago
the distin sushed Irish patriot said:
We have read with the deepest affection with
some surprise and such indlgnat detailed and
vindication Of the hdeous crime that has ever
stained huma antyne slavery Of of color the United
States of America We lost amazement a the
perveson Of mind and depravy of heart which your ad
dress evnces How the generous the charitable the
humane the noble emotions of the Irish heart have become
extinct among you? How your nature be totally
changed as that should become apoogs and defenders
of that eNecrabe system which makes property
his fellow destroys the foundation of all moral
cal virtues condemns to ignorance immortality, and irrel
gion millions of fellow creatures and pertetuaes
preston by law, and in the of what you call
tuition?
mothers kind gentle and humane. Their bosoms
flows with the honey human charity Your
that good and benevolent sentiment and action How,
then can you have become depraved2 How your
souls have become with darkness backer than the
We certainly put into practice wider and deeper
charity if we anticipate solution of many Of problems
Let us think more OF the problems which effect all
OF the under who the of the greed and
preston of the nightly and in dong and powerful
element OF strength will Let honest
deavor to love neahbo ourselves and especially
portion sustaining similar conflicts ourselves Baltimore