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crews and the excellence OF the YES
sells. This was even more pronounced
when a British officer asked Rear Ad-
miral w. 8. Sims. in command OF the
dotilla. when he would be ready for
action.
Tomorrow morning." the American
replied. I'VE got our ships In shape
on the way over, and the men are
ready
1t Is not surprising that the nrst YES
sells to see active service are the de-
stroyers. The North sea Is infested
with German submarines and II has
been demonstrated In the past that de-
fensive operations are of little avail
Naval experts agree that to wipe out
the submarine peril It will be neces-
sary to conduct an extensive offensive
warfare and strike the hornets at their
nests. In order to accomplish this the
Eea II filed with vessels Of all types.
armed to fire at once on q submarine.
and from now on the waters adjacent
to Great Britain are going to be un-
healthy for enemy submarines.
Sims Stands High In Navy.
Admiral Sims. who commands the
American destroyers In European wa
tiers, Is considered one OF the most effi-
cient officers In the service. He 4
native Of Canada and graduated from
the Naval academy in 1880.
After service in all parts Of the
world. including intelligence duty as
naval attache at Paris and Petrograd.
he became inspector Of target prac-
tice OF the Asiatie neet on board the
former cruiser New York nov the
Saratoga In 1902 Then he met Sir
Percy Scott. the best authority ON gun
merry in the British navy. and as re-
suit obtained for use In the United
States nav the subcaliber method Of
target practice thar brought American
gunnery to the front
Admiral Sims was on duty at Wash
tngton from 1902 10 1904. under the
Roosevelt administration, a. general
inspector in charge Of target practice
and brought American naval gunnery
10 . high plane Of efficiency. He was
naval aid to President Roosevelt from
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6he removed the gold filings from
her husbands false teeth and sold them.
Brooklyn woman admitted In her sepa-
ration suit.
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MouHTAlnEERs OFFER AID.

Regiment 70 es Known % Lincoln
oharpsheotsrs Profsrsd.
DR.. John Wesley Hill, chancellor Of
the Lincoln Memorial university. sent
to President Wilson an appreciation Of
the presidents message to the con-
gress and an offer 70 provide regi-
ment Of Tennessee mountaineers to b
known a. the Lincoln sharpshooterA
Coming from the region made his-
toric by the birth and military achieve
ments Of Andrew jackson, Admiral
Farragut, Sam Houston and Fighting
Bob Evans, and consecrated by the
nativity Of Abraham Lincoln. whose de-
votion to justice and liberty II our In
spiration, we pledge our lives, our a.
cred honor and our all to the defense
Of American rights on land and sea,
tho supremacy Of the American nag
and the dignity and honor Of the gov
eminent Of the United States" aid
DR.. Hill's telegram.
Crops First, ceurts Wait
Federal court In Alabama postponed
May term 80 farmers may have time
for planting their crops.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
TO the Editor of THE APPEAL,

10 the Editor of THE APPEAL,
Rev. Father Theobald's correction"
OF historical fact, published in THE
APPEAL about Bishop Las Classes.
was correction" that does not cor.
rect. No man can correct historic
fact.
1t was Pope Alexander vi who gave
permission to Cardinal Ximines and
Barteloma Las Classes and the Span.
1sh civil authorities to introduce Ne
gro or African slavery into Hispanola
the New World. The Roman Cath
ollc Church and not the Spanish civil
authorities are therefore morally, in
herently responsible for the introduce
tlon OF the institution of slavery into
the Western Hemisphere. And, as
the race question is the immediate
outgrowth of slavery, the Catholic
Church is morally responsible for the
same. sr -
Facts are facts, and these facts are
recorded in the archives of the Vati-
can Library at Rome,,~ Italy. If Father
Theobald really means what he says,
then he does not know history that is
nearly 100 years old See John Boyd
Hacher's great work on christopher
Columbus in the st. Paul Public Ii
6rary, according to which Father
Fheobald is very wrong and THE AP-
PEAL very and accurately correct. -
REV. J. M. BOLDLY, A. B., A. NJ, M. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston
Mass.)

Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(From the Christian Register, Boston
Mass.)
NO one can be said to know anv
class OF people who has not been In
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll as the worst OF the
class. We compare many persons
who live In the South, and think they
know the colored race, with others
VINO have had no such contact. but
who have come into intimate and SYM.
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF That race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and OF the
Two sets OF people we should say tina,
the second knew the colored people
better than the first. They know aspi-
ratlons among them that the others
90 not know, or, knowing, do not
enter into and appreciates; they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
nest OF the race which others are obi.
v1ous Of; they know qualities which
only respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
others by their very acquaintance are
blinded. II those who know the col.
ored race through the mass and bv
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
strated In growing numbers of the
elect, and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re-.
wise their judgments and possibly soft
ten their prejudices. At any rate.
they ought to credit to those m whom
tney charge ignorance of the colored
race the values that come from know.
ing how many Of that race are the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
OF One Blood.

(Gerald Stanley Lee in Mount Tom.)
l am a human being. 1 do not bro
pose to be cooped up or shut in in nv
love and criticism to mere geographi-
cal streaks or spots of people on a
planet. This planet is small enough
as 1t is, when one considers the
height and depth-the starry height
and depth-of the human spirit that
wavers and CLOVIS through us all
Wagner and Shakespeare. Tolstoi and
Moliere! Though the cathedrals quar-.
rel together and sing praises with
slege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls, and rain bombs on
each others naves, take my stand
by the great bells ringing in their
towers, by the souls of their poets
overriding the years, by the PRAYERS
and songs Of their heroes, artists. in.
ventors, by the mothers and the little
children.
We are all in the same world. We
are all alike. I will not say of any
one nation what will not say Of the
others; and will not say Of any man
what will not say of myself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917.
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

Inc new war savings certificates
will bear per cent interest, will run
for a term of five years and will be is
sued in denominations as low as SIS.
They are to be just what their names
Indicate, Savings certificates, a.
means Of investment for small savings,
so that the money will be safe and
profitable and at the same time afford
ing the government the use of it, It
is planned to sell the certificates to
the public on the installment plan by
using stamps that may be purchased
and pasted in book for that purpose.
When there are sufficient stamps to
cover the cost of certificate the book
can be exchanged for one The stamps
will be placed on sale in every town
and city in the country.
The individual who has money laid
by for rainy day need have no hest
tation in converting it into war saw
lngs certificates, since the government
will redeem them at any time upon
the request of the holder, allowing in
terest at per cent. Under this ar
rangement the investor in these GER
tificates will have the satisfaction of
knowing that if any emergency shovd
arise in his family, such as sickness
or death, he could Immediately realize
upon his certificates.
1t is a safe prediction that the war
savings certificates will go like "hot
cakes" Their small denomination. the
good interest rate, the terms upon
which they may be purchased, the
fact that they are not subject to taxa
ton when held by persons of small
means-all will make them an at
tractive investment. Working people
whose margin Of income above expen.
ses is narrow at best will find in them
an excellent incentive for beginning
the prudent habit of saving. They
will be popular for Christmas presents.
School children will be able to invest
part of their little weekly allowances
in certificates. AS a result many mil
lions will be transferred to the Fed
eral Treasury and through it will flow
into the channels of trade, while the
people of small means will be made
to feel that they, too, are doing their
share toward helping their country
win the war. ~ .z
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
go TO It BRE THEREIN !!
CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT
CLERGYMEN CLASH OVER
AN APPEAL ARTICLE
Can any Reader Give any Further
Facts Relative to the Question
who was the Father Of
Slavery?
The FATHER OF SLAVERY.
(Reprinted from THE APPEAL, !

~
me hrst man to advocate the intro
ouctlon OF slaves from Africa into the
new world was Bartholomew de Las
Casas, Spanish priest, who was born
IN Seville, Spain, on Aug. %, 1914.
Inc rather of African slavery in
america" first crossed the Atlantic
when, at the age of 10, he accompan-
lea his father with Columbus to the
west Indies. On returning to Spain.
ne determined to fit himself for the
outles OF a missionary and to return,
to America, there to spend his DAYS
IN preaching the gospel to the Indians,
and humanity to their oppressors." It
was his tender regard for the mis-
treated natives that. led him to sug-
gest that African slaves be imported
to labor in the fields and mines and
mus relieve the Indians of a burden
tney were temporarily untitled to bear,
His suggestion was followed, and the
African slave trade was inaugurated:
A dozen times Las Casas crossed the
ocean to plead the cause of the In
dams at the foot of the Spanish
throne. The town of Cumana, in Ven
ezuela, still boasts of an old church in
which "the father of slavery in Amer.
lea preached. Las Casas returned to
Spain late in life and died in Madrid
at the age Of 90.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
OUR NEED OF JUxrAPoslT,ch"
(From the Boston Guarn,a;; !

,(From the Boston Guaruiau.j
/. Ihat We much rather be, and asso
clate among ourselves, is a SAYING ty
Colored Americans that has becoii!
almost tr1te. That is a mistake; il,
Is feeling of ayowed cowardice an;
innate inferiority., 1t is an utter i'm
possibilitay for the two races to suh
scribe to common gov ernment, and,
at the same time, each race wor;. o.,
It's own salvation. The Theory" has
been tried and resulted into s!ast.s
failure; instead OF making for har
mony and cordial good feeling -
tween two races, it has increase
race hatred AM antagonism in leans
and bounds. We have needed TOO
long the advice from false and treach
erous leadership that resistance il
wrong, that 1t only breeds race hat
RED and antagonism; that the thing
1or US to do is to get property and
other rights will inevitably foil. "
We have followed this "advice" faf:l
fully and have been rewarded in
terms of residence segregation. street
segregation, conf1scation and loss Of
property, anti-intermarriage-which is
80 VI IAA0 UldCAoal pieces or loRl6
lat1on, since that 1t leaves our women
de1enseless and at the mercy of white
brutes - separate schools, jimcrou
cars, and even legislating to exclude
further Negro immigration. These
are the evils resulting from non
resistance" and rather be by our
selves" That with the same degree
OF enontry and terrible Legislation
with which our property is taken ano
conflscated, with this same effon-rv
and legislation will our political and
manhood rights be taken from We
That Is a fact. Every congress OF
fers legislation degrading and mimi
cal to our we'll being. Race preiu-
dice. therefore, can only be worn down
by attrition. We must send or
children, and go ourselves. to m'xea
institutions and other places w',o~,
we can mix with the other races orr
consequently become accnstcr,oa =,
one another. ABOVE ALL TtI1Nrc
WE MUST WELCOME AND PnAr
T1CE JUXTAPOSITION.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
A CORRECTION.

To the Editor of THE APPEAL.
became interested in an article
which appeared in your issue of the
10th September inst, because it was
carried by very attractive, and,
TO me, compelling headline, namely,
The Father of Slavery" But, I
was doomed to disappointment, for
l found that your statements were
but a reassertion, substantially, of
an unfounded charge against a man.
whose power and greatness in the
early history of the Western Hemis-
phere have compelled students. of
tnat science, after lapse of CEN
turles, to become more familiar with
the details of life of such marvel
Gus activity in the interest of prog
ress and justice.
You stated that Las Casas was the
nrst man to advocate the introduce
t1on OF slaves from Africa into the
new world" basing your opinion, 1
presume, on the assumption that it
was on his suggestion that "the
AFRICAN slave trade was inaugurated'
IN America. Las Casas was not
guilty of either of these charges.
by royal mandate given Sept. 3, 1900,
TO Don Nicholas de Ovando, Cover
nor OF Hispaniola, Negro slaves were
introduced into Haiti, and the his
torlan, Herrera and other early writ
ers, assert that the number of Negro
slaves was increased for years after
wards. In the year 1916, it was
known that the Spanish monarch
gave letters to his Flemish friends
empowering them to engage in the
traffic of Negro slaves for the Indies,
1t was not until 1877, years after
the introduction of African slaves
into America and the undoubted es-
adjustment of the slave trade, that
Las Casas came on the scene with
MS plan of emigration which has
since served his enemies as a basis
1or their outrageous charge against
him. .A
In the interests of truth and fair
play, | would ask you to find space
tor this correction in your columns
Tor Las Casas was specially desig-
mated as "a Spanish priest" desig-
nation which will surely have the
effect of creating prejudice in the
minds OF colored people against the
Catholic Church by the method. so
generally in use, of circulating false
nooos' whether or not by design.
S. L. THEOBALD.
81. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 10, 1917.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
Agreed to Be nSet Aside"

(From the Eagle, Washington, D. c.
No, the colored delegates to the NJ.
E. General Conference, held at Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, recently, did not
walk out" They simply assented to
arrangements to be "set aside'-to be
segregated into colored general
conference, to be presided over by
white bishop, being denied the privi-
lege OF directing their own labors in
the Masters vineyard. Two years
from now the two wings of the NJ. e.
church, North and South, will unite
and the separation Of the colored
membership and the refusal of bishop
rlc honors to the 100000 colored COM
municants are designed to clear the
way for the approaching "love feast"
There is verify in the assertion that.
IN its primal manifestations, the
church Is social organization, with
religion as by-product.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
WALLER AGAINST "NEGRO,"
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says it Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.

(From the Amsterdam News.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: l cannot too heartily cOngratu.
late you on a recent editorial discour-
aging the use of the word "Negro."
Ihere is no greater delight enjoyed by
the white people of the United States
today than the spreading use of this
unfortunate term. Why? They real
lze that it is the most potential fac
tor at work at the present to bring
about both physical and mental
segregation OF the people of color. It's
use IS on the increase only because
our speakers and writer's, especially
DO Bots and Washington feel that it's
repetition, ad nauseam, is necessary to
retain the good will of the masses.
Inc term Negro" is not only absurdly
inaccurate as applied to millions of
colored people, but it is also alarm
lngly Injurious, for the following rea-
sons:
a. 1t has never stood historically or
IN the present, anywhere in the world,
Tor anything noble or uplifting. Most
hlgh-grade Africans repudiate it.
D. IN Africa and out of Africa it
was never applied to the higher types,
but to Guineas, Sudanese and Sene-
gambians only.
c.: Its derivatives, "Negroism," NE
groty," and it's compounds, Negro
head, NegrO.f1y, NegrO-monkey, are all
clearly, in their associations, degrad-
ing. 'N
d. Its feminine form, "Negress." is
justly and correctly used. to define
your wife and daughter and sweet
heart, If you favor the use of the mas
culine term. ''''
e. 1t has been the word used by the
southern whites for two centuries,
when formally speaking or writing
about an unworthy or criminal man
or woman of the race. For when he
speaks OF the worthy he invariably
says "colored.''
- +. 1t is not differentiated in the
mind and thought of the whites from
their favorite and generally used
(among themselves) terms, "Nigro''
and "Nigger.'
g. AS stated by an eminent Jan.
anese diplomat it has an unquestioned
influence in cutting us off from the
thought, sympathy and cooperation
OF the millions of colored Africans,
Asiatics and Islanders of the Yonder
world.
Very truly yours,
OWEN M. WALLER, NJ. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29

Crockerland expedition, who has re-
Gently returned to New York, after
four years in the Arctic.
Mr.. Mcmillan was in daily contact
with the Eskimos. He finds them
lovable and easily managed. The
members of the expedition trusted, i'm
plicitly the little colony of six fam
lilies at Eta, base of the expedition,
on the northeast shore of Greenland,
and never suffered a loss by theft. Yet
the same understanding of the Eski-
mo character has made Mr.. Mcmillan
skeptical as to the power of mission
airy work to better their social stand
ards.
II don't believe the missionaries will
be able to change the social customs
of the Eskimos very greatly. They
are a happy, care-free, jovial people.
They are continually laughing. If they
see a man in serious thought for more
than a few minutes at time they
think something is wrong with him.
And, really, they have all the neces.
sary virtues right now. They love
each other, they care for each others
welfare, and they protect each. other
If one is hungry all are hungry. They
have perfect socialism.
"And they are absolutely honest
Our supplies at Eta lay on the ground
in plain view of every one. in the set.
Element for four years, and no one
ever touched them without permits.
sion. In New York after dark they
wouldn't remain four minutes before
being stolen.
"PiblOcktO" is the word that ex.
presses what the Eskimos think of the
world at war, Mr.. Macmillan said. 1t
means run amuck; gone clean crazy"
The Eskimos believe that all the white
man nations have gone "piblockto.'
II tried to explain" Mr.. Macmillan
said, that the war started because
Germany wanted to acquire more land
but they wouldn't believe it; they
only shook their heads and said !:
No; that's impossible. There is plenty
of land for everybody When we were
getting ready to leave Eta they begged
us to remain with them. why 20
back there?'-meaning civilization
they asked us, where everyone is bib.
lockto? Stay here with us and be
happy"
THE APPEAL believes that the mis-.
sionaries who are trying to convert
the Eskimos are "pibleckto,' espe.
cially those from the United States,
who are trying to impose the Amer.
lean brand of jimcrow Christianity on
them. If they have all of the neces.
sary virtues right now, why waste time
and money teaching them the murder.
Gus Christianity of America?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
Hates the Term "Neoro."

Il hate the term Negro because it
IS being used in terms of hatred. It
is the cause of the segregation of the
Negro: it is being used in contempt
in public places; it is an excuse for
dlsfranchising him; and it is an ex-
cuse for lynching him. Only one.
tenth of one per cent of the colored
people in America can trace their
descent to Africa, and there is no
more right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
Turks or Armenians."- Ex-Assistant
United States Attorney General VIM.
II. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
COLoRED TROOPS.
Baker Says They Will Be Trained in
States Where Raised.

Baker Says They Will Be Trained in
States Where Raised.
Washington, D. C.-Secretary Baker
OF the war department has announced
that colored troops drafted into the
United States army will receive the
same consideration and treatment
heretofore given them under the rules
OF the army. Those colored troops
drafted in states having camps of
their own will be trained in them.
which means that the Illinois contin-
gent of colored troops will train at
Rockford. Units from other states
will be assembled and trained with
their state troops as separate organi-
cations, the same as is now done in
the regular army.
Will Be Called Separately.
THE rule Of the regular army in the
matter of the training of the colored
troops as separate organizations will
be adhered to- said Mr.. Baker. "The
call for colored men will be postponed
until one of the latter calls, so that
they will be called at a. separate time,
thereby giving an opportunity to the
officers at the camps to assemble the
organizations of which they are parts
substantially all at one time. They
will not be called last, but they, will
be called separately.
May Volunteer for France.
All colored men called in a state
which has cantonment in it will be
organized and train there. Provision
will be made for the assembling Of
colored troops from those states which
have no environments. It has not yet
been made. An opportunity will be
given to both white and colored men
among the selected forces to volunteer
for service and training in certain
lines Of communication organizations
which is necessary to form, and it is
hoped that an adequate number will
volunteer for this military but non
combatant service, but there will be
both combatant and noncombatant or
CARNATIONS, just as there are white
organizations
Those who volunteer for this SER
vice, it is said, will have an early on
portunlty to go to France"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29
DO NOT HAVE FAIR DEAL.
Fight and Die for Country But Are Not
Given Honor.

-6Iven Honor.
(Fr0m the Christian Register, Boston.
The mutiny Of colored soldiers, and
their murderous procedure, is pecul-
larly unfortunate at the present time
1t adds fuel to the flame of race
hatred. Those who espouse the cause
Of colored people as against the unfair
treatment they suffer by no means
commit themselves to any extenuation
OF their wrongdoing. The crimes COM
mitted by these soldiers should be
brought home to those guilty of them.
But it should be recognized, even here,
that colored soldiers do not have a
fair deal. They are allowed to fight
for their country and die for it, and
they have done so creditably, but they
are not given corresponding honor.
The salute is not required, or at least
is not given, to colored officers equally
with white officers. It is possible that
much provocation, if not justication,
lies behind the INSTRUMENTATION which
does not appear in the published re-
ports.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-09-29

The New York mayors committee
for National Defense will start a. cam.
paign this Fall for the Americaniza,
ton of the foreign-speaking people of
the city. The slogan is to be: zone
CITY, one loyalty, one people" "The
melting pot must be made to melt"
said committee members.