The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-09-07
New Light on the Houston,
Texas, Riot Disclosed

rowdies, aud subjected 20 ...-..os anu
humiliation? When . row has occurred
between . white man and q blark mar
+, ~hose story bss been believed? Let ever
intelligent white man. South - we'll a
North, consider tbese,, .--S-~- wher
judging . race riot -
The New York sun, however. tool
practically the came stand when il said
Bot Before the Negro soldiers sr,
condemned We should learn What c.n
dlrons surrounded them ~ C.u.s Logan
and whether the state and municIps
authorities used their best efforts iron
the beginning 70 eliminate csnse- at ~
feeling And again Meantime let Il
lie remembered that Negroe- have VOL
good regulations ~ soldier. that whit,
men IN every army in the world arr
likely 70 break loose and commit out.
rsge-; and that the kind of treatment
given 70 enlisted men ~ the civilians
among whom they serve has a great in
fiuence upon their behavior
la contrast to the above note the tone
OF she New York World. which ~hiI.
Pulitzer edited MAS especially fair OH the
Negro proposition:
Perhaps the initial csnse OF the Hone
ton mutiny can he found in the mistake
Ct using Negro troops for work that in
view OF the peculiar conditions i'm the
South, ought to have been left for white
froops. and the additional mistake of not
having u majority OF white troops in
every camp in which there are colore,i
troops IL VA. the experience Of the
Spanish American war that where Negro
loops were csmped with white troops
the white soldiers exercised a steadyiny
aud beneficial effect upon the Negroes. ="
Then note later in It's next issue. when
II doubtless saw the trend toward AN in
that would disclose she truth.
It's quasi spoloeesic air
The best thing to do with the Negro
{ oops 10 70 send them to France as soon
A. possible'
AZ lesst the colored troops can lie de-
pended upon at any time. anywhere, To
b We better account OF themselves than
id the sickly. spineless white militia
men OF East st. Louis. And, PERHAPS.
anyway, the Germans are waiting to re-
eeive their Waterloo at the hand. of col
ored American and japanese troops. The
Others have apparently failed,
However during all the apparent in
lissice and prejudice there 10 q source of
c"nsolstion in what the biggest Whit
daily in Chicago has to say. which is A.
follows
Immediately upon our declaration of
war German spies ATTEMPTED to start q
Negro rebellion in the South. Every
where the Negroes booted the spies. The
draft came and they stool up To IL liz.
men. There we're anti draft comnot,on.
among |. W. We, Indians, aliens and
Americans OF native stock, but none
among Negroes. of many faces the
black man Was the whitest. Roughly
sPesking. tenth Of the national army
VIII be black. They have a chance u
cover themselves with glory. They will
hight not only for America but for their
race. II they prove themselves the equsl
81 white troops they will do lot toward
diminishing race prejudice. Meanwhile
TT the white mn who have to do with
tlsek troops employ ordinary sense. Let
them avoid the tsctless, overbearing, in
soient attitude that provokes insubordi-
nation and violence. and give the Negro
an even brake in his effort to keen
straight Nothing less is manly"