The Washington herald., 1917-03-01
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

After the war, France and Belgium
will face some of the problems the North
and South faced in the Sixties" said DR..
J. L. King. OF Chicago, who is stopping
at the Willard. What refer TO-" said
the doctor. lis the problem Of thousands
and thousands of African troops thrown
into almost Intimate contact with the
white populations OF France and a part
Of Belgium.
The European does not look at the
negro as we do here. and in lots OF cases
the races have mixed on very equal
terms. For instance. when I was in Paris
saw Jack Johnson and a few other
American negroes, eating in the same
places that white people patronized and
no one thought anything of 1t. In fact
the Frenchmen seemed to like It. But
what will they think when they have
large race of mulattoes on their hands
demanding the same privileges? Will
they call a man or a woman negro,
as we do, even II he is half-negro or
only one-sixteenth black? The uncalled
for mixing OF races that ought not to
have been mixed Is going to be very
serious problem. Large bodies of Su-
danese. Girkas. Indians. Congolese, AL
gerisns. and Arabs have been transport
ed to France to fight for the allies. and
they have been SO busy lighting that the
authorities have not had a chance to
think of anything else.
Tn fact there was never such a hetero-
geneous mixture OF peoples. White
women are the sufferers. The Roman
leg1ons once changed the entire natural
ization of a country they onoe conquered.
by staying there on guard for twenty
years. The Persians have been alto
gether changed by different conquering
armie8
There are probably as many negroes
in France now as there was In our coun-
try after the civil war
1T would be a very interesting stunt
II some one would discover just why a
full-grown man will publicly. or other
wise. disport the mental processes of a
boy" said Irvine Hudson, of Detroit
Mich, stopping at the Shoreham.
"One reason. I believe. why grown men
do things that they would call their sons
down for, Is that they think no one else
is looking. or II they are looking they
will soon forget about 1t.
What 1 refere to is the amazing state
ments OF the German chancellor and OF
our own President. For complexity they
are on par. While they differ broadly,
the mental processes of the German cham
cellor are purposely made absurd, while
those Of the President are the result of
life that has been devoted entirely to
lneOFy, mlno that does not comprehend
red-blooded outdoor, open-minded ex-
preston. College professors are adept
at beating around the bush-all except
one. and he lost his position at a Penn
sylvania university He was a very
prominent man and he dared to speak
what he thought.
Wilson has nearly all his life, taught
commanded and lectured to bodies or
youngsters. who were not in a position,
because OF their age and lack Of training
to dispute his theories. But now he is
Up against men who know as much, and
more. than he does
1T Is apparently reasonable for us to
expect a woman to say something that
can either mean yes or not, but who
under the sun would expect a grown
man. supposed to have the most brilliant
mind in the country, to do such a thing? {?
Tt Is all hight to deal with things as
they ought to be. II you have the time,
but when times like these are around we
should take them and treat them as they
are"
Senator Henry Freylinghausen, of New
Jersey. the successor OF Senator Mar
tine. has been at the Willard for sew
eral days.