Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-11-16


the hill, are marching down again. only the
down is in form of rout encouraged by
the benevolent assaults of clos Yanques
Gle Color,' who fight, as man described
to me, as if they are anxious to finish it up
and get back home
So confident are the Allied powers that
this battle of blood is drawing to close,
that already are the big and important
plans being made for the great COM
bat which is to follow: The War of Com
merce. In preparation for this war the col
0red paers throughout the United States
should begin to warn the young cOlored men
and women to prepare themselves to take
advantage of the many and great POSSIBLE
tiles which will be offered in this mighty
conflict. All South America is inhabited by
members of the Latin races. Spanish is the
one language spoken from the Rio Grande
to the TERRA del Fuego. The United States
is preparing to conquer the vast commerce
OF this southern continent. Germany hav-
ing been eliminated, she will have small
opposition. The obstacle of race prejudices
is not encountered among the Latin races
The only thing that counts in these coun-
tries is the man and who he represents. The
moreno (brown) or negro (black) are only
used in the sense of Identification A col
ored man or woman Of personality and abil-
ty, representing New York firm in Spain
or any Of the South American countries,
will receive the same courteous reception
and can accomplish the same business as
white man. The paramount qualification
OF the recruit in this new army, other than
a practical education, is to be able to talk,
read, write correctly, and think in the Ian
guage of the people whom he expects to do
business WITH TO this one quality, as much
any other, Germany owed her great
commercial successes, being nation of the
greatest linguists in the world.
l read an item in Spanish paper re-
Gently which said that the United States
was beginning to study foreign languages,
and among the languages being studied
Spanish headed the list The United States
is preparing for this future war in Latin
America. After reading this article | Won
dered, how many young colored men and
women could be counted among this num-
Der of new students.
One great thing this war has done, which
seems to me design of Providence, in
bringing all these different races to gather
in compact Of mutual defense, they have
had chance to become acquainted with
each other. The colOred races are better
known and are more appreciated today than
ever before, and [ am confident that this
feeling of brotherly love and mutual de-
pendence, cemented with blood during the
years of this awful conflict, when the mighty
was compelled to call upon and gladly re-
ceived the assistance Of the weak and des-
pissed, is going to continue after the war.
Previous to this war the American Neg
roes were race practically unknown to
Europe Europe has now seen the Ameri-
can Negro soldier, the American Negro
officer and Europe has been nightly and
agreeably surprised. The United States is
great country, in fact today, the most
wonderful and richest in the world. [ am
glad to be called citizen Of this great re-
public. I am proud to be counted one of
the many who are at present assisting in
proving her greatness to the whole world;
1t has been my good fortune to see most of
this beautiful world God has made. During
the past 20 years, I have been permitted
to travel and live for time in Cuba, the
Philippines, Japan, China, India, Egypt,