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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

COLUMBUS, n. NJ, July Is. - The
army of |. w. w. men deported from
Bisbee yesterday and whose special
train was sidetracked at Hermanas,
\. NJ, late last night, left Hermanas
during the forenoon today and is strung
for a mile or more along the railroad
track walking east in this direction, ac-
eording to reports received here. On
this information Columbus citizens
turned out heavily armed to repel any
. INVASION The situation of the de-
ported persons was described as des-
perate from lack of food.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

MIAMI, Ariz.. JuIv l3- Ten German
subjects, at least two of whom are be
lieved by the authorities to be army off
GERS, have been located here and iii near
by mining camps, it became known to-
day. A loyalty league similar to those Of
Globe and Bisbee has been formed here
and the organizers have expressed their
intention OF stopping |. w. w street
meetings even if it becomes necessary to
drive agitators out, as was done at
Bisbee. Heavy guards Of United States
soldiers have been placed around the
powder magazines owned by mining
companies in this district
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

DOUGLAS, Ariz., July l3-A censor
ship imposed on Associated Press de
|spatches filed here and i'll Bisbee yester
day during the deportation of nearly
200 members of the Industrial Work
ers of the World from Bisbee was direct
ed by two officers of the Phelps Dodge
corporation, Robert Rea, general auditor
Iof the corporation, and II. FL. Stout
superintendent of the Copper Queer
smelter here. These men and not III
army officer, as reported by the Westerl
Union office here at the time, were tn,
ones who issued the censorship orders t,
the telegraph company. The report tha
the military had established the censor
ship was due, according to the manage
of the local Western Union office, to tn
fact that Mr.. Stout generally is known
as captain and that his dress is simi
lar to that of an army man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

AT best wise man can only bring in {
report.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

The moon affects the tide-likewise the
united.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

PHOENIN, Ariz July l3 Governor
Campbell received this morning from
President Wilson the following des-
patch:
The secretary OF war has instructed
Gen Parker to send officers to Arizona
at once to report to him conditions there
with view to cooperating in the main
tenance of order Meantime may | not
| respectfully urge the great danger OF
citizens taking the law into their own
hands, as your report indicates theiI
having done. | look upoN such actions
with grave apprehension. A very serious
| responsibility Is assumed when sucl
precedents are set" Signed, Woodrow
| Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-13

GLOBE, Ariz.. July Is Fifteen strike
leaders are under arrest here today A
statement was issued by a committee of
citizens saying the loyalty league move
ment was to be made state wide. II was
also alleged a conspiracy to destroy the
crops in the Salt river and Maricopa val
leys had been discovered
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Must Judge A Group by it's Best.
(from the Christian Register, Boston

Mass.)
NO one can be said to know any
class OF people who has not been in
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as well as the worst of the
class. We compare many persons
who live in the South, and think thew
know the colored race, with others
VINO have had no such contact, but
VINO nave come into intimate and syn.
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 that
the second knew the colored people
better than the first They know aspi.
rations among them that the others
DO not know, or, knowing. do. not
enter into and appreciate: they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best of the race which others are obi.
vious 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 by
observation merely could know what
individual possibilities are demon
strated In growing numbers of the
elect, and would be courageously can
old with themselves, they would re-
wise their Judgments and possibly sof-
ton their prejudices. At any rate.
they ought to credit to those on whom
they 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??, 1917-10-06
OF One Blood.

(Gerald Stanley Lee in Mount Toni
I am human being. do not pro-
pose to be cooped up or shut in in my
love and criticism to mere geographic
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
s1ege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls, and rain bombs on
each others naves,. I take my stand
by the great bells ringing in their
towers, by the souls of their poets
overriding the years. by the nravers
and songs Of their heroes, artists In.
ventors, by the mothers and the little
children.
We are all in the same world.
are all alike. I will not say OF am.
one nation what I 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??, 1917-10-06
CATHOLIC and PROTESTANT
CLERGYMEN CLASH OVER
AN APPEAL ARTICLE
Can any Reader Give any Further
Facts Re|ativeto the Question
Who was the Father Of
Slavery?
THE FATHER OF SLAVERY.
(Reprinted from THE APPEAL

The first man to advocate the intro
duction of slaves from Africa into the
new world was Bartholomew de Las
Casas, a Spanish priest, who was born
IN Seville, Spain, on Aug. %, 1474.
The father of African slavery In
America" first crossed the Atlantic
when, at the age of 10, he accompan-
led his father with Columbus to the
West Indies. On returning to Spain,
he determined to fit himself for the
duties 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
thus relieve the Indians of burden
they 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
ica' preached. Las Casas returned to
Spain Late in life and died in Madrid
at the age of go.
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To the Editor of the Appeal:

When I undertook to correct the
statements in your article relative to
Las Casas and his alleged introduce
ton OF African slavery into the New
World, did so, as said, in the in
terest of truth Hence, l offered his
torica1 data in proof of my contention
and in doing so made no attempt ito
correct historic fact" still rely on
my proofs and contend that they are
unassailable, and will welcome rep
utable evidence from Mr. Boldly in
refutation of them. His mere asser-
: ton that my correction of THE AP-
PEAL docs not correct" does not help
him in his attempt to rescue THE AP-
PEAL from the fatal error into which
it has fallen. =
As a matter of fact, Mr.. Boldly
lodged the issue either because he
feared to meet it squarely or would
try to lure me from the point SO as
to palliate THE APPEALS discom-
future or to engage my attention In an
other quarter where he thought I
would be easier prey. Mr.. Boldly has,
however, mistaken his man, and give
the case to the reader to decide
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

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 man in serious thought for more
than a few minutes at a 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. It
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 pib-
lockto? Stay here. with us and be
happy"
THE APPEAL believes that the mis-
sionaries who are trying to convert
the Eskimos are "piblockto," 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??, 1917-10-06
70 the Editor of THE APPEAL

To the Editor of THE APPEAL.
Rev. Father Theobald's correction"
OF a historical fact, published in THE
APPEAL about Bishop Las Classes.
was a correction" that does not cor
rect. No man can correct historic
fact.
1t was Pope Alexander vi who gave
permission to Cardinal Ximines and
Barcelona Las Classes and the Span
ish civil authorities to introduce Ne.
gro or African slavery into Hispanola
the New World. The Roman Cath
Ole Church and not the Spanish civil
authorities are therefore morally. in
herently responsible for the introduce
ton 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.
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
brary, according to which Father
Theobald is very wrong and THE APP
PEAL very and accurately correct.
REV. J. N. BOLDLY, A. B., A. NJ, M. D.
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equal Of any members OF the dominant
race in the highest abilities and in the
clearest aims. No estimate Is worth
much, which does not take people at
their best.
OUR NEED OF JUxrAPos,Tlck
(From the Boston Guardian. J

(From the Boston Guardian.j
That we much rather be. and asso
clate among ourselves. is saying ly
Colored Americans that has becon.s
almost trite. That is a mistake; IL
is a feeling of avowed cowardice sud
innate inferiority. 1t is an utter I'M
possib1litay for the two races to sub
scribe to a common government, and
at the same time, each race work on;
its own salvation: The theory" has
been tried and resulted into a ghast.v
failure: instead OF making for har
mony and cordial good feeling te
tween two races, it has increased
race hatred AMI antagonism In leaps
and bounds. We have needed too
long the advice from false and treach.
srous leadership that resistance 10
wrong. that it only breeds race hat
rcd and antaEonlsm: that the thing
Tor us to- do Is to get property and
other rights will inevitably foil. ".
We have followed this advice" faia
fully and have been rewarded In
terms Of residence segregation, street
segregation. condscation and loss Of
property. Observation-Disclosures ia
all Of the blacklist pieces Of legis-
lation, since that it leaves our women
defenseless and at the mercy of white
brutes - separate schools, timerow
cars. and oven leg1slatlng 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 e6ontry and terrible legislation
with which our property is taken and
confscated. with this same effontrv
and legislation will our political and
manhood rights be taken from u.
That 10 q fact. Every congress Of
fers legislation degrading and inim,
cal to our we'll being. Race pre3u-
dice. therefore. can only be worn down
BY attrition. We must send our
children, and 60 ourselves. to mixed
institutions and other places whore
We can mix with the other races ant
consequently become accustomed r.
one another. ABOVE ALI. THINGS
WE MUST WELCOME AND PRAC
T1CE JUXTAPOSITION.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06
WALLER AGAINST "NEGRO."
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says it Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.

(From the Amsterdam News.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: cannot too heartily congratu-
late you on recent editorial discour-
aging the use of the word NEGRO"
There 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 a 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 its
repetition, ad nauseam, is necessary to
retain the good will Of the masses.
The term Negro" is not only absurdly
inaccurate as applied to millions of
colored people, but it is also alarm
ingly injurious, for the following rea-
sons:
a. 1t has never stood historically or
in the present, anywhere in the world,
for anything noble or uplifting. Most
high-grade Africans repudiate it.
b. In Africa and out of Africa it
was never applied to the higher types,
but to Guineas, Sudanese and Sene-
gambians only.
G.. It's derivatives, "Negroism," NE
grofy," and it's compounds, Negro
head, Negro-fy, Negro-monkey, are all
clearly, In their associations, degrad-
ing.
d. It's 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.. It 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 JAP
anese diplomat it has an unquestioned
influence in cutting us off from the
thought, sympathy and cooperation
Of the millions of colored Africans.
Aslatlcs and islanders of the Yonder
world.
Very truly yours,
OWEN M. WALLER, M. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917.
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

The new war savings certificates
will bear per cent interest, will run
for term of five years and will be is
sued in denominations as low as S..
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. 1t
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
ings 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
titicates will have the satisfaction of
knowing that if any emergency should
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
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

Wnetner, In my previous letter
proved that THE APPEAL was
wrong, and whether Mr.. Boldly has
not signally failed to disprove my con-
tention that Las Casas, the Spanish
priest, was not the first man to advo-
cate the introduction of slaves from
Africa into the New World" And,
please note that this is an entirely
different question from the one Mr..
Boldly tried to introduce in his letter.
The new issue opened up by Mr..
Boldly is in his charge that the Cath
Ole Church is morally responsible for
the introduction of slavery and, conse-
quently the race question in this coun-
try, because Pope Alexander vi gave
permission for slavery to be intro
duced into the New World He says
his authority is Hackers Life of Co.
lumbus which is in the St. Paul Pub
lie Library. Unfortunately for Mr..
Boldly this great work" is not in the
Library; but, if he has copy, l would
ask him to extend me the courtesy OF
leaving it with THE APPEAL for me
to look oyer. L have no hesitation,
however, in denying Mr.. Boddy's
charge and will debate it with him if
he will formulate his argument and
specify his sources. .---..-.=
Furthermore, I wish it to be dis
tinctly understood that consider my
contention against THE APPEAL in
the Las Casas case as not having been
answered., and until a better showing
for an argument than Mr. Boddy's is
forthcoming I can give no more of my
time to that ISSUE With eagerness,
however, await the formal indict-
ment on the question indicated in the
preceding paragraph, for it will afford
me the long-sought-for opportunity to
defend The Church against those who
foster hatred and distrust of Her by
calumny and Misrepresentation.
S. L. THEOBALD.
st. Paul, October 4, 1917. -, III
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Agreed to Be "Set Aslde."
(From the Eagle, Washington, D. C

(From the Eagle, Washington, D. c.
No, the colored delegates to the M.
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 a colored general
conference, to be presided over by a
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
mun1cants are designed to clear the
way for the approaching "love feast"
There Is verify in the assertion that,
IN It's primal manifestations, the
church Is social organization. with
religion as by-product.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06
A CORRECTION.

To the Editor of THE APPEAL.
I 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,
1.-The Father of Slavery But, I
was doomed to disappointment, for
l found that your statements were
but reassertion, substantially, of
an unfounded charge against man,
whose power and greatness in the
early history Of the Western Hemis-
phere have compelled students of
that science, after a lapse Of CEN
turtles, 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
first man to advocate the introduce
ton of slaves from Africa into the
new world" basing your opinion,
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
torian, 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 1917, 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
his plan of emigration which has
since served his enemies as a basis
for their outrageous charge against
him. -. -.
In the interests of truth and fair
play, would ask you to find space
for this correction in your columns,
for Las Casas was specially desig-
mated as "a Spanish priest" a 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
moods, whether or not by design.
S. L. THEOBALD.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 10, 1917
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

The New York mayors committee
for National Defense will start 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.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

In recent speech ex-senator Elihu
Root said: Americas great. oppor-
tunity was slipping away, but at the
eleventh hour we grasped it and found
opportunity to restore ourselves.
Through it we shall find our national
soul and have faith in Gods people,
for they are the earths democracies."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

The latest jimcrow idea is segrega-
ton in the galleries of the Capitol at
Washington It is almost unbeliev-
able that such condition could exist.
yet reports from Washington say that
American citizens who desire to listen
to the deliberations of the law makers
OF democracy are separated on the
basis of color.