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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1917-06-21

RI oil foror1if, effer1pdt fdmtt d.
60 piuottn tpan9at inata tiilla oatttr
aitii ia ett6 bdn fieIfi Idpiia totteIe-
musta tponbempinnid. Tdm6n toifa
tooistoiot f,rmoiitpat. waiaitoin Oft
mot tisom,nri ia wirnllinem ippttdfd
iImeiiesti pitoItieelIffia. Wlarn rrioS-
ia find, ettd tabtoitpot fieItdG Rap-
peia eiittelemGstd tobistaiia plnclits-
t1ttiefieen. MieIipioe on tGrtd: fddr-
tpmdttGmdt Iiiileuat berdnneioen
borioittdpon b~oitreitta iisfonnor
uerbon oIIa iefG pnppien berGiGepdar
Idbaps- iddst0Iudti1oiIIo rdbaa ornif1
tarpeifiimia ia ioatuan niind maboot'
tomia irrnmia."
@uofiIto 1892 iifdItdd pditpd
firio enimmGffeen pitfitietoid. OIet-
iistd plioppilastutuoista oniaitfee tut
tenfin mainita. eta nGind tppaofi1sa
ndptta6 fenties entistG eremmdn Ind.
Teen toapotii fdpdtGG faiffia iu1trerr-
.pio ia pienenpiG aibeita tefferien pr
tdmtleen, ioisia iGGnn0llfiesti tpdfe
mid - mleimmin p~atbutaan painsfis-
ia - nautittiin. Waitd taas erittdir
pobioIaifiin pietisteibin tlsfee, tetitp&
9e ufein, foIme, neIid miesta pboesfd
ioutosia. fGhpeIpretfid @sienin lIotie.
iota papitii pibittpnd ia naineerra
miebenG oil aiettumlit aii1naan csto'
maIleen MpgGr6in tiIalIe @spoofeen.
@uobelta 1912 oItoon tpielG MOI
nittu, MIDI Meinbolo fertoo 2o,rrf
@dbrenin baitaiaiiista. Tarta nitorf
pnppi, Dtii ~berdnnei6en Iobiaffaiut-
pia ia innoffaimpia opettaiia, tttolf
13 b. e~Iofrntta. SGnen miimreiresr
mirfapaiffonia oil Mainiala, ioter
&einbolo IGbeiiestG tooistaan iaattof
fGpoG iiellG bdnen iairalrtenia aitano
ll,ona. Sautojaiiet oIiipat 18 p.
"&dbosfian puppia fantoi arftlra, ia
MaImberg toimitti baltaiaisiiunaiit.
ien. Se oil iiiblulliiin balltaus min
ia fosfuon oIen nabnpt. Nalmberg
pitt rltumisioarnan iilld tafpoin ette1r
lu1tle fuiapaa iilm1d eileen folio fir-
toaIa - Min, luulenpa, eta ftDet
mllurisia itfitp1t. S%Glraafpa1a pGi-
ipGnG Walmberg pitt %ietroia mulitor
hpasia talosia lGbelld Icbrenin afirrt'
too. Wte olimune faiffi iiella Ia bGrt
Iipfi ia prtbui erinomaifesti" - go
mana fpitorrta ~tpeIiefiet Dib6oin -
niuorempi eniin, panbempi wGbGss
mp0bemmin - iitorittihpat pdGSto-
tiltfintonia, ia ioulirfnialn ID p. bei-
Dot Slirusia proesid mimitamain mlff
Den fansia mibittiin papeitii. Sre6-
riff iai apiilaispaifan Wa.niolasia,
miitta @einbol6 mGar1ttiin fappalat-
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1917-06-21

nd iotioaim fa6otlitieen."
Sunmuntaina fGp6GGn oamiipGi-
ipdIlG firtosia ia oaaan ebtoolIa ia.
tpolIiiesti 2miri Stenbacfin Iiuora,
misiG Eietoan iofii 2irtberitien TAFT
ia Sdbartann MISREPRESENTATION
ustonnolIiiista aiioista. NdmG fun
MIN tai.iIIamhuietot, iotfa opat pibet-
tGipGt aItirna mposbempiin iddnnoui
iempiin berdnneitten pIioppilaitten
feuroibin, miebGttGtpGt nGbtGapGsti
oianottaiia. iilld &einbolo mainitfee
uiein iHan eileen ~bausran ia mieltd
p~Ient6tpdrt". 2dsnGoIiioina Iuetel-
laan Sitliais S. Bercb, @alIeniiis,
8irfman, Safob @egelius b. M.
SGbdn tapaan fitlliii aita pliopis.
tofalupiingisia lutltfmtfien aifana.
9~oma-aioifii matfustanpot Seobcreit
alma fotiieroitlIeen, iosfa be iiIloin
tGIl6in foarraatpat. &eirtbolo taiste-
lee Iaffaomatta ustottomunltta mos
toon. Sosfus ban on letponiiempi,
miitta fifteen taos painnrl titnneima
oitpar1 olboaIle. .SGn aiein itfce len.
tGboen, ettG ban on min "fpImG ia
palinpitGmGt0n iperrattilna toiiiin
elGhpiin fristitpibin." SitG mastoin
Dan ei fosfaan tlhornitie toiiia etfd
arhpostele moaiImaii Iapiia menoi-
neen. riein bGn naist1 iuruistaan
piibltu tiittatpilleen papeilIe, iatfa
bantG Iobouttupat iiuG, ettd baneItd
Ell pltlltli nllrtta fiiin lisfoa.
81. 1887 usfonnollinen elGmi he.
rGnneitten plioppilaitten piirisiG
rGpttdptpp entistG piltfaamnofii.
uieammin fuin enrrerl. pari folme
tertaa miitosia, meiiatoum ia luetaan
Dbbesid MILLION ~bartpempien, MILLION
uieampien foosia ollesia. TdGmie-
bind tGsiG "Dbbistps"-eIGmGsiG ofpat
2elri Stenbdcf ia 6. q. bon gsien,
iptfa miimefiimainitl,t ailapat pbbes-
ia, iefd Sllius 8ereb. IGistG maini-
taon, ettG be iosfus iaarnaiipat jul.
fiiestifin. l1ieimmiten totoonmttiin
bartaiisbetfiin Stenbacfin Ilio. en-
men mainittuien bartausfirioien liiGf
Il fGptettiin MT Hobrborein postil-
laa ia Solleionin i%aarnoia iefd Gut.
berrfien ielitpstG @aIotaIaisfiriee-
ieen, Yoittoppibanin usfon peiIiG,
2iitberlifien opin pbintG /. n. e. @as-
ia feuraoipana mlortna ruhpettiin
malta plioppilaitten pbteiii6 bartais-
tofoufiia fiitiumaan "ieuroifii'. Jolt
ZEN pito NIT oil tiiIlut iG1nnolliiefii
&eiGllG 1898 fotona oIlesiaan mat
fusti &einbolb tllluiiilla &alaioen
|fGraiiIlG. "Waina iain ona iiiGlld
toto aian", firioittoa bGn nGistd I'd.
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1917-06-21


Oil finmintai. INN ioohpitttiin Sci
finfiin, ia fosfa ei oIlut riiotao toto
no, ip0tiin p6itp6minen erG6n tome
rim luona. SieltG mpntiin pboesid
iltnpGiapGlId 9auri StenbGcfilIe. Ya-
Iottiiaan ~fortteeriinfa Meinbol6 III.
fee pGitp6n eipanfeliumia ia rlitoiIee
Serraltaan SeeiutieIta 2~ristufieIta
Waloa, pobfeltta ia ipoimaa iurus-
iaan."
SofapGiapGinen elGnG on iangen
apaatimatonta. YGipGllinen tiooaan
iostafin ruofapaifasta, oomiiiiin ia
ilIoin ipooGGn Min faitari fuin riit-
tdG fotoa tiiotiia leipGG, libaa ia moi.
ia. ia etu1itten lopilttita ostetaan ,ti,t-
to faltpatngin torilta. @omeiioesta
elamasiG ia pitapusia Ell ilmaanm
mertfiatGGn, joliet iellaiiena pibed
iitd, ettd Heinbolo ferran ostaa fill
toapoiteen ainefiia ia r6almistaa it
felleen iaupasmustetta. sc oil ndb-
tdpasti fuitenfin poiffers tatpalli.
iituoesta, iilld uieimmiu ban ostaa
ibraa woioellafieen ialfineitaan. SEQ
Iosieia Ell tostoan mainita. EuIitif-
tliia Ell ostettu, ipaai, tebtiin omafGti.
iesti. Mlrtta tGst6 olifin iitten ie
iellraus, ettG raban pirltetta melief-
let eiapGt enfinfGGn f%Griineet, pieIG-
pa beillG iosfus oil lainata muine.
fin. ~
Saisfirubesta Ell tpelietiiG moi fDpt-
taa. @amiiiin noustaan flo Slid
tai 6:lta, iopa iosfus p~aremminfin,
llttemaan; fun unta riittGG 7:GGn tai
S:aan, on omatautto lehpoton. @ar-
iinaisten opirtolitfuien rrnnaIIa I,ie.
taan tusfin mtlta fiiin bengellistG
firiolliiultta, nimittGin 10 enrlen moi
nttnita bartausfirioia ia niiben o.
bella @alloocfin &alliita bunaiapi.
laroita, SengeIliiiG ia 2GbetpSiano-
mia D.. m. +.
Olioppilaiben taipaIliiet butpituf-
let ia iloinen ierraelGmG nGpttGipGt
oueen iotenfin mieraita &einbolb
Seobergille. &itt .iofu iltafauii on
fIllmllt toaperien fansia iIoiiesia pa.
finasiu, min &einboIo malittaa tun-
nompaimoiaan. Sosfus fiibtpp bG-
ren loipottomitlitemla toapattomosti,
niinfuin nGfpp ieliroaipasta .~otteesta:
10 b. Iofaf. - uin Mranon iGr.
iestpstG, itfin ia rithoilin usfotto-
mllltttani, fun en- iatG tGmdn maalli-
len barolenpitia Suamalle, paan NH.
reboin lirfuja enemmGn fltin iiellini
tilaa. SentGbben Ell minulla ole ra,i-
boa, ia ellen ebtoolla olin fotpin pc
Goisiani ia rrfoilin llltllen oleipani
ilman Seeiufien aniiota. sos fltolen
Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1917-06-21

- Sitbannuslebti Sulttaipan Sld-
nj on lGbetettp tilaaiille ia atlantic
billie. HppbetGGn, ettG fufin, iofa on
niitG iaanut mpiii mit1 pifemmin, et-
tel ne idiii mppmGttG. Baperi ia tp0
on npfpiiin fallista.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Pacific Submarine Bases

If a U-boat has been reported in
the Pacific, as San Francisco tells
US that Government wireless warn
ings announce, the question arises
where the supposed hostile craft
could make its base. Without har-
Dor in which to refit at frequent in
tervals the U-boat is soon as help
less as a fish out of water.
The possibility of German U-boats
in the Pacific is open to discussion.
To take for granted the impossi-
bility of the thing would be reck-
less. What better time than now to
determine all that Americans need
to know regarding the possible places
of refuge for submarines off our
Pacific coast? The information will
have future value. The war offers
the best reasons for securing it now.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Why Not King Albert?

The American people will gladly
welcome Foreign Secretary Balfour
of the British cabinet and the for
mer premier of France, NJ. Viviani.
Mr.. Balfour will emphasize the fact,
mentioned yesterday by Lloyd
George, that for the first time in a
century, and a half the British and
the Americans find themselves COM
rades in arms, though Americans
will never forget that on more than
one occasion Great Britain has
spoken to the toast, "Blood is thicker
than water" NJ. Viviani will re-
vive old memories of Benjamin
Franklin at the French court, though
the alliance which Franklin's genius
made possible with France has al
ready been virtually made in the
union of the civilized world against
the German government.
But if the allies desire to send to
America q parsonage who will
arouse the enthusiasm of the Amer
lean people from either Portland to
the Gulf, let them send King Albert
of Belgium. He might be persuaded
to leave the little corner of his coun-
tryFthat has not been despoiled by
the Hun for such a mission if he
The Washington times., 1917-04-13

could understand what it would
mean to America and to the cause
of the allies. His presence would
be an incarnate' welcome. His voice
would be an inspiring appeal.
1t may be too late for him to ac-
company the commissioners who, it
is understood, are already on the
way. But his heroic conduct, his
democratic habits, and his exalted
patriotism are as well known and al
most as much appreciated in Amer
lea as in Belgium itself. If the allies
wish to stir the United States to
every possible manifestation of devo-
tion to the common cause, let King
Albert be sent to our welcoming
shores.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
On the Fifth Floor.

Spring came in at the window
And made the curtains stir:
The gray old plants on the window
sill.
Smiled for love of her.
what matter" they said, "if the
earth's far down,
And the sun won't shine this way,
When Spring comes in at the window
In the midst of a winter day."
Spring came in at the window
And turned my papers dry.
Ny desk that is made from the wood
of a tree
Spoke reproachfully.
Here is an essay made out OF ink,
A poem, and a book review;
When Spring comes in at the window
Is this what you should do?"
Spring came in at the window
And called me out by the door.
She pointed across to the Jersey side
And today / write no more.
There's not so much as a bud on q
tree,
We may have snow any day,
But Spring came in at the window,
And she's here in my heart to stay
MAY LAMBERTON BECKER.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
WHATS ON PROGRAM
Interesting Events Of Importance
Scheduled Today.

Community dance, Wilson Normal school
Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest,
sneeiai meeting Retail Merchants Associa-
zion in regard to war situation, fourth
floor Star building. p. m.
Lecture on Shakespeare and the Moral
TNW" by the Rev. Charles Wood. before
Shakespeare Society of America, Colonial
school, Eighteenth and Q streets north
Reunion Of members Of general alumni asso-
citation, George Washington University,
Rauscher's, s:l5 p. m.
Annual meeting of alumni association OF
United States College Of Veterinary Sur
geons Raleigh. s p. IN.
ter. No Il, and Cathedral, No. IL, Order OF
the Eastern Star.
Odd FeIlows-Central Lodge, No. 1.
Rebeka hs.M Martha wakhington Lodge, No. .,
and Dorcas, No. 4.
KniShts 6f Pythias-syracusians Lodge. No,
10: Rathbone-Superior. No. .; Rathbone
Temple No. 8, Pythian Sisters.
National Union-National Capitol Council, No.
al: Mckinley Council. No. ss2: Georgetown
AeetInE Of woman's Alliance Of All Souls
Church, lecture room. Fourteenth and
streets northwest, II q. m.
.aoture or international Exchange by
N Parker willis of the Federal Reserve
Hoard. before washington Chapter, Ameri.
can Institute Of Banking, 1914 + street
northwest, s:i5 p. m.
dren Of the Confederacy, Confederate Mem
oriai Hall. S:lb p. m.
MsetInE OF Continental Hall Committee, Ma.
tIonai Society of Daughters Of American
revolution, Memorial Continental Hall, {
p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Setting the Example of Economy

Those who know the White House
under the present Administration
have recognized the simplicity of
life that is the good fashion there.
The complaint in times of peace has
rather been. that large social func-
tions have been all too rare. But
now in the time of war, when waste
has become criminal for any Ameri-
can patriot, the example of the mis-
tress of the White, House and of the
ladies of the Cabinet in pledging
themselves. to .strictest domestic
economy, especially in the matters
of food and raiment, will go far to
set before the people of the country
the imperative need of learning how
to live without waste.
America does not know what the
future holds for her and for her
allies in the matter of the food sup
ply alone. Every pound of food
that can be spared here will be need
ed in Europe. Every man and
woman worker now employed in the
manufacture and distribution of lux
uries will be needed for more useful
and more PRESSING tasks. There can
be nothing more wholesome than the
practice from now on of the most
rigid economy on the part of the
well-to-do as there has to be on the
part of those less fortunate. The
ladies of the White House and of the
Cabinet will not have to learn a new
lesson for themselves as they have
been trained to the simplicity of life
that adds distinction to what are still
called the 'learned professions" The
announcement of the new economy
pledge should have a far-reaching
influence for good.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
To Old Glory.

Hail to our banner. We love each
stripe and star.
When the bugle calls to you and me,
And those who love you march to war
Then banner of peace: We salute
thee.
Run out the flag. and let the soft
wind
Spread its stars over sea and
land,
Release the soft folds to waiting
mankind.
March On-thy sword in hand.
From tall mountain crsg, the eagles
loud call
Reaches down over river and lake
Till the sound on drowsy valleys fall,
And 10! the silent echoes wake.
We love its bright coIors, whers'er
they may be,
As 1t floats o'er this free land so
vast,
On tall turret roofs. on big ships at
sea,
Tho torn as it flies at the mast.
Take up thy flag. Our country's
brave and true.
Ring We bugle, your silvery notes
now ring,
March on, march on, with the red,
white, and blue,
Unsullied still, our flag weTl bring.
March on o! banner, on with this
gallant band.
Onward to glory, or maybe to
greater fame
To q distant shore, perhaps to win In
foreign land
The wearing of a hero's name.
Unfurl Old Glory, and proudly let
her wave
over our alien comrades, and our
own true brave.
ANONYMOUS.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Tomorrow.

Meeting 10 organize a local branch OF Ameri.
can Red Star Animal Relief. ofnces OF
washington Humane Society," lSo4 II street
northwest, p. m.
Ninth annual students public concert OF
WashinEton College Of Music, Masonic Tenn
pie auditorium. p. m.
Tea dance and card party for benent OF
Church Of Blessed Sacrament Chevy
Chase, Rauscher's, 2-t:3O p. m;
dsn, jr., of American Ambulance Field Ser
vice, New Willard, p. m.
Meeting Of Canton washington NO. l. "a
triarchs Militant.
piscussisn Of present Needs OF the United
States" by DR.. ]. w Jacobs and DR.. o.
p. Manahap, Y. N. G. A, $50 p. m.
Meeting OF Missouri Society OF Washington,
Rauscher's, p. IN.
Annual public debate OF washington College
OF Law, 1917 New York avenue northwest,
Meeting Of Columbia Council, No. 44s, and
NonpareiI Council, No. $50. National Union.
ODD Fellows-Canton Washington, No. !, Pa
triarchs Militant.
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Military Service and Military Train.
ing

In normal times, with ordinary ex-
pectations of being drawn into war
against first class power, the argu-
ment for universal military training
is of great weight. Nevertheless, a
great number of patriotic Ameri-
cans who are in favor of universal
military service and recognize the
immediate need for raising an i'm
mense army for the present emer-
gency, are opposed to universal mill
tary training. They argue that it
runs all of our american youth
through the same mold, that it does
not regard differences of tempera-
ment or of home training, and es-
pecially that. it consumes an unrea-
sonable amount of time, when those
who enter professional life, espe-
cially, find now so long and arduous
a course of study ahead of them be-
fore they can enter upon the prac-
tice of their profession. The same
argument holds good for those who
have begun to learn a trade and
whose course of service in that trade
will be interrupted. Those opposed
to universal military service who are
not ultra-pacifists believe in larger
standing army of professional SOL
diers recruited from among those
who voluntarily choose the profess
sion of arms.
But whatever the fate of univer-
sal military training may be, the
demand for universal military serv-
ice is immediate and absolute; the
nation is calling for men to fill the
ranks of her army. The Admins
tration, backed by the War Depart
ment, is insistent upon the system of
selective draft which is based upon
the registration of the military pop
ulation. The two questions, there
fore, of universal military training
and of universal military service
should not be confused in the public
mind. When the war is over and
peace has been declared, the prob
lens of military training may or
may not be taken up. 1t will depend
somewhat upon the outcome of the
war, upon the formation of league
of nations in the cause of peace, but
for immediate purposes we should
have a large, well-trained army,
larger than that of both the Fed
eral and Confederate veterans at the
close of the civil war.
The argument against the selec-
tive draft system that in the South
it will compel the creation of negro
regiments and divisions is merely a
demagogic effort. to escape response
bility, when made by any genuine
Southern man. Any one acquainted
with negro character knows that the
negro returning from army disci-
nline is better citizen than he was
before having learned the habit of
obedience to authority. A selective
draft which recognizes the need for
increasing the food supply will prob
ably confne itself to the negroes of
the cities as distinguished from those
at present at work on the farm. That
the negroes make good soldiers
when led by white officers has been
attested on too many occasions to
admit Of doubt. They should be
allowed their share in defending the
nation that has done so much for
/ fbair V-ara
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
A Communication From Arehy.

A Communication From Arehy.
well boss i've been
over to hoboken amongst the
germans when I came
back new york looked like a
foreign country TO me
worked up a good deal of
sympathy for some of them one
fellow in particular seemed
puzzled heinie he said to a
friend am in deutsch they
say 1 cant go within
mile of any fort and
don't know where the
forts are have been going
around new york and new
Jersey asking all the authorities 1
could find for a map
showing all the american forts so
could keep away from them and
they all laughed at me why
did they laugh archy
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Major Burke, Peacemaker.

Major John NJ. Burke, scout and
Indian fighter and Wild West show
promoter, did not long survive the
death of his old comrade in arms
and in spectacular reproduction of
the old life of the plains, Buffalo Bill.
He died yesterday in Washington of
pneumonia, at the age of seventy
four.
His modesty would never allow him
to tell of his own exploits and he
was known to most of the present
generation simply as a comrade of
Buffalo Bill. But one incident of his
eventful career deserves to be per-
petuated in these times when any
heroic memory of American cool
ness and courage is heritage to be
preserved. 1t was his riding out
alone from camp in zero weather
on forty-mile. journey to the wig
wan of Sitting Bull to compel the
hostiles to submit to Uncle Sam.
Three times before men had gone
on that mission to be killed before
they reached the Indian camp. The
story, as told by an army officer
can be condensed into a paragraph:
Major Burke knew and we knew
that he was the only man in the
United States that at least stood a
chance of riding up to Sitting Bull
and his tribes and getting away with
it. So he asked to do it alone. And
he did, and peace followed"
May perpetual peace shine on him
the gallant old scout!
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Don Marquis
Column

We comply with a correspondent
request for the words of THE Star
Spangled Banner" 1t is a good time
for every American to learn or re-
learn this national song. Here it is:
aThe StarsspangIed Banner
oh, say can you see, by the dawn's
early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the
twilights last cleaning?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
thro' the perilous fight,
Ger the r9mparts we watched, were
so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our
flag was still there.
oh, say does that star-spangled ban
ner yet wave
Ger the land of the free and the
home of the brave.
On the shore dimly, seen, thro' the
mists of the deep,
Where the foes naughty host in
dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er
the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows half conceals,
half discloses?
Now it catches the CLEAN of the morn
ing's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on
the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh,
long may it wave
Der the land OF the free and the
home of the brave.
And where is that band who SO vaunt-
ingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the
battles confusion,
A home and a country should leave
us no more?
Their blood has washed out their
foul footsteps pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and
slave.
From the terror of flight. or the gloom
of the grave.
And the star-spangled banner in trl-
umph doth wave
Der the land OF the free and the
home of the brave.
Oh, thus be 1t ever when freemen
shall stand
Between their loved home and wild
wars desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace. may the
heav'n-rescued land
Praise the pow'r that hath made
and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our
cause il Is just,
And this be our motto: I'm God Is Our
Trust"'
And the star-spangled banner in tri-
uRph shall wave
Der the land OF the free and the
home of the brave.
Hindenburg's triumphant retreat"
is still a retreat.
When Germany gets her suffrage
reform plans to working there arc
The Washington times., 1917-04-13
Asks Public and Political Equality for
the CoIored American as Means Of
InsurinE the Races Loyalty I'm War
With Germany


With Germany
To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Your editorial in Saturdays Times
on the loyalty of the colored Ameri-
can, while a very interesting and
timely contribution to his past his
tory, does not, in my opinion, state
the real reasons why the colored
American will support the foreign
policy of President Wilson in the
present crisis.
BY virtue OF membership in the body
polite of a sovereign and independent
nation, the colored American Is an
international citizen" There are
those, especially in the Southern tier
OF our United States, who would deny
him this status as a necessary cor
ollary to the proposition that the ma
tional Constitution did not include
him when IT said, "all persons born
and naturaliZed in the United States
are citizens of the United States"
Happily this sentiment has never
found any support in our Federal
courts when made an issue which
could not be evaded. The colored
Americans title to citizenship, ma
tional and international, rests alone
upon his nativity. Even prior to the
civil war this was settled by the
state Department and by various at
torney general. In fact, 1t has never
been doubted by those in a position
TO know and to Judge, although 1t has
been Ittacked by a few self-seeking
reactionaries who, by the substitution
of the subtle issues of race hatred
and race supremacy, madRa denial OF
his national citizenship the basis OF
their rise to political power.
With the result OF their work. and
of our indifference, we are now, al
this moment OF national introspection
face to face. There is fear, and a
very widespread fear, that the colored
American will seize a moment like
this, when we are at war with Q
strong foreign power like Germany
to revenge himself for the Indifferent