The Denver star., 1915-05-29
DR.. Eliot Speaks Out.
Harvards Great President Condemns Rev.
Dixon's Photo Play.

that the KluxKlan was the whole righteous and
necessary society for the defence Southern white
against black Legislature led by Northern white men,
This the of Bling used the Germans
today that may be destroyed military
sity Undoubtedly grievous conditions existed the South
but they did justify the laesness and atrocities
which marked the trail of the Ku- Kux. There be
worse teaching mischievous doctrine than this
that lawlessness justified as necessary
DR. Eliot also pointed that the further lesson
that the 9TH and 1A United
constitution should be repeaed-the amendments which
all parties and peoples and particularly the recent
lily emancpated slaves the ordinary rights of personal free
dom public Justice Are we going allow this be
forth community unless the antidote to the
poison is also supplied?'
DR.. Eliot commended at length on the real motive of the
production revealed by Mr. Cobleghs talk with the
thor, pronouncng it inconceivab monstrous that the
whole coored should be removed Africa,
other unoccuped barbarous couptry They won't want
Ito They have to be driven byorce of What an
abominabe outrage that would be be perpetrated by
white people coored 1t represented that they might
find paradise Liberia and hat this is white mans
country better off without the Drnee Of coloed people
Nov let recaiF-how did tie coored people come
here? Who brought them here What have been their
suerngs here2 Whose children many of them today
very worst feature of southern legislation except the
slavey e9slaon that which provided that the child OF
la white by black mother should be his slave The
American people will never think of such outrage as
transporting whole race beyond the seas
II don't feel clear" continued DR. Eliot, that it is in
of the white people have the play suppressed
surely in the interest of the cooed people have
lit suppressed insult the colored people say
they had better feel nsuted they can't be nsuted for
crogress they have made the last years Of
stupendous in the whole history Of cv
zaon My interest all the effect the play
the Negro for it has proved able take Of
itself It's the white I'm concerned about the eff
feet of the false teachings Of history and the
the ideals of liberty and Justice. Here my doubt
to what should be done 1t quite there growing
especially among people, the questions
of liberty and Justice but will this play call attention
this act? DIR Eliot suggested that provided antidote
be supplied in exposition Of American history and
ideals the play after all might useful
and closed by urging that the statute peoned for be of
general universal in apple against what
and unsuitable 1t gave him satisfaction
remember that he the inscription the Shaw
testes what the colored did for the
American people in the of liberty
On DR.. Eot's resuming his seat, DR.. Rowey before
the speaker remarked that there would be
general willingness have the andoe administered as
suggested by Dr. Eliot but that the danger would be that
would get the poison while would get the anti
dote."
Assistant Editor Cobeigh of the Congregationas
whose remarks created great sensation said While
many friends expressing their disapprova OF hos
Dixon feel that ought word of appreciation for
that he rendered the day before his play
first presented in Boston, He removed every doubt that
had had the right and wrong of The Birth of Ma
on HE explained what he hoped to accomplish by
influence throug the country 1t is of great service
judging the play learn the motives back of it,
learn just what the trying to do Mr. Dixon
office for the OF convincing that the
play alright He did convince that his purpose in it
all wrong a conviction strengthened by view of the
picture fremont Theater which proved to that D. D.
Griffith had achieved dazzling success In telling Mr.
Dixons story the startling and impressive
sentng the propaganda of falshood and prejudice which