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The Appeal., 1919-09-13
ASK EQUALITY IN TREATY.

William Monroe Trotter of Boston,
secretary of the National Equal
Rights League, appeared before
senate foreign relations committee
Thursday representing the organiza-
ton and asked for two amendments to
the Peace Treaty. One provides that
in the league of nations covenant the
members "vouchsafe to their own citi-
zens the possession of full liberty,
rights of democracy and protection of
life, without restriction or distinction
based on race, color, creed or previ-
GUS conditions"
The other adds similar guarantee
as a separate section of the treaty,
Such amendments are all right.
An amendment toy give the United
States a mandatory over the KAN.
erun, a German colony in Africa, was
requested by Joseph T. Thomas, a
colored man Of Cleveland, Ohio, rep
resenting the national race congress.
American cOlored men, he said, could
be recruited to police the territory
under white officers.
Such an amendment is all wrong,
because the United States has given
justice to the colored peoples already
within it's borders.
A petition that all the African COL
onies taken from Germany be "di-
vided between Egypt, Abyssinia and
Liberia" was filed by the League of
Darker Peoples of the World.
This amendment would be all right
if the word Egypt were stricken out.
To give any of the colonies to Egypt
would be to turn them over to the
tender mercies of Great Britain which
rules Egypt with an iron hand.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
GO TO SEE HIM.

The soldiers and sailors who tool3
out government insurance during th
world war should, under all circum-
stances, continue to pay their premi.
ums on their policies, which are bet
ter by far than any others they can
get. All men who were in the army
or navy should at once join the local
Post of the American Legion. Go to
see Lieut.. Hauenstein, 919 Pioneer
Building, Fourth and Robert streets.
who has been appointed special agent
OF the Legion for the purpose of help
ing the men to revive their insurance
if they are in arrears or to continue
their risks. Lieut. Hauenstein will
accord the men the most courteous
attention if they will call to see him.
Our boys should act promptly, for
II they delay too long, they will be
required to take another medical ex-
animation for insurance. DO IT
NOW
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
ONE WAY OUT.

1t seems that the best means for
promoting the welfare of the colored
people would be the scattering of col
ored families all over the country.
In communities where there are only
few families there seems to be lit
tie or no friction. Trouble seems to
be caused by the coming of the
masses.
An example of this is right here in
Minnesota in the town of Bemidji,
where there are not more than dozen
colored people. Charles w. Scrutchin
a cOlored man of African ancestry is
the leading lawyer, having good pay
ing practice, his clientele being all
white. He has the respect of the en-
tire population and is received every
where with the same cordial welcome
that is given the whitest man in town
There is no race problem in Bemidji
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"NEGRESS" is NAUSEATlNG.

The following from the Chicago
tribune is a manly protest against the
use of word which is particularly Of
ensive to colored women.
OBJECTS TO "NEGREsS."
chicago Editor of the Tribune.)
In two recent issues you published
cry fine and highly commendatory
ditorials on Race Progress and Com
mon Sense" yet, Notwithstanding that,
yesterday you state in glaring head
lines the death of Nine. Walker,
Wealthiest Negress..''''' That word
"Negress" is nauseating in the eye
sight of all colored women and should
be eliminated from the vocabulary, in
which it has no rightfu1 place. Above
~}l, your paper should be the leader
this regard, if you really have the
'elfare of the colored race at heart.
SAMUEL z. C. WESTERFIELD.
The colored men who persist in US
ing negro" as a race designation are
Nargely to blame for the common use
II a word which should be avoided.
The colored people of the United
States are Americans that's all. The
use, of negro and "negress" is the
cause of many determinations against
the colored people. In
The word "negress" is nauseating,
and SO is the word NEGRO" when
used as a racial designation for the
colored people of the United States.
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NOT A WHITE MANS COUNTRY

One Beauregard Mose1ey of Chicago,
a colored man of local prominence
presumably in order to be patted on
the back and called a "good negro"
in an address alta colored meeting dur
ing the riots informed his auditors
that, this is a white mans country"
He was promptly rebuked and we
trust he'll know better next time.
No; this is not white mans coun-
try" 1t is true that the white man
stole it from the Indians, and also stole
some colored men who were free in
Africa, brought them over here and
made them slaves to work the stolen
property. Three hundred years of un-
requited toll gives the colored man a
better title to the land than the white
mans.
The colored man knows no other
land; he speaks the vornacular of tn,
country; he has fought in every war
to preserve its integrity; has has al
ways been loyal though deprived of
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness"
The colored people of the United
States are not aliens; they were all
born here. They are Americans and
as Americans have their share in our
common country.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
KEEP. COOL!

With the great racial excitement
now existing all over the country, it
is we'll for colored people to keep
cool.
No good can come from incendiary
talk. 1t is rank folly to talk about
actual, physical fighting to win the
contest for justice in the U. S. A. 1t
would be futile as the colored people
have neither wealth nor guns and are
outnumbered five to one. Never be
the aggressor but defend yourself if
wantonly attacked.
The colored people must fight but
it must be with the spirit, money and
the ballot. Use every legitimate
means to create healthy public opin.
ion and vote for the individual or
party guaranteeing protections of life
and liberty.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
The LATE RACE RIOTS
White Woman Writes Her Personal
Experiences in Recent Race
Troubles in Y ashingfon
(From The Nation, New York.

(From The Nation, New York;
To the Editor of The Nation:
Sir: On Tuesday night, when SO
many in Ledroit' Park feared a mob
and a general massacre, and when
most white men believed that a white
woman who ventured into that section
would be literally devoured, 1 took it
into my head to go there, and 20 I
did. I went for several reasons. One
was to prove that white woman
could do it; another, because I knew
what had been done by the authorities
and thought that. a little reinsurance
from lone and harmless woman
might go good way, for I guessed the
probable psychological state in that
section. Besides, wanted to know at
hrst hand what the colored people
were doing and thinking. l found out.
II talked to one colored man, talked
to hundred and fifty Occasionally
would stop to speak to one knew
oftener would accost a group of un-
known men and ask them for their
views. Always and everywhere I met
with courtesy and attention AS we
talked, men would appear from the
shadows seemingly from the night
ltself-until there we're perhaps TWEEN
Ey Of us. Only once did see a police
man, who glanced at us curiously, but
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race viii take issue and that is his
statement that ..the Afro-American
does not desire social, political lor in
dustrial equality That is not true,
bishop! In this section Of the coun-
try We want and, in limited degree,
enjoy all three. In the South, our
people are asking the last two. $50
cial equality is a myth. Il does not
exist among any class l(race) of
Americans. It is a matter for the
individual to settle and he alone set
ties it in all cases. And many white
and colored individuals (families) in
this section of the country have long
ago settled it to their entire satisfac-
ton and are enjoying the so-called
social equality" and will continue to
90 so until "the end of the chapter"
regardless of the ranting of southern
ter if not both and the laws Of the
political equality, the fundamental
law of the land guarantees the lat
ter If not both and the laws of the
states are in most cases explicit when
it comes to the former. Not only
does this race of ours desire them but
it demands them and will never rest
until they are conceded in. every nook
and corner of this country of ours
The Afro-American wants and must
have everything good every other
class q 1ace) enjoys in this country if
he is to. keep abreast of the times and
De able to cope with them in the
great struggle 'of life. In this Sec
tion of the country, at least, we can
stand zip and say so-tell the plain
unvarnished truth and should do so.
That it is not advisable for the good
bishop to do so because of his resi-
dence in the South and because of the
large church interests there he rep
resents, we can understand. However.
good bishop, please refrain from civ
ing out such interviews here in the
North where they do no good but on
the contrary have an effect that re-
tards the progress of those of the
race in this section of the country. =.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
COLORED VETERANS ELIGIBLE.

Nothing illustrates the status of
the colored man in the United States
more than the announcement of Henry
D. Lindsey, chairman of the national
executive committee of the American
Legion that colored veterans are
eligible to membership. ~
The announcement states further
that the composition of local and state
organizations will be left to the mem
bers themselves. That means that
many colored men who have risked
their lives in defense of their country
will be denied membership jim the
South and in many parts of the Nortl1y
And they still say the war was fought
for democracy" --z.s Z. =
The Appeal., 1919-09-13

a prospective candidate for president
on the Republican ticket in 1920.
These men say that since he has
been governor of Illinois, Lowden has
developed a. great prejudice. against
the colored people. He has taken
"jimcrow" colored men into his con-
fidence and his present plan is to
get the colored people to consent to
their own civil degradation.
These Illinois men say that the
commission is "packed.". The ma
jority of the white men on the same
are enemies of the colored people,
and the majority of the colored men
jimcrowists, that is, men willing to
make concessions in their civil rights.
THE APPEAL man has been well
acquainted with Edward H. Morris,
Chicago's famous lawyer, who is one
of the commission a1I can vouch
for him as man who will not con-
cede anything fundamental. He will
fight any attempt at segregation to
the last ditch.
THE APPEAL is only slightly &C.
quainted with four of the other col
ored men. One man he has never met,
He has often heard three of the col
ored men described as jimcrow men
of the deepest dye.
1t is said that. segregation PROPOSE.
tions will be offered by the white
members. If such propositions are
offered the colored men should stand
as unit against them no matter how
trivial they may seem. They must not
yield a single point on any question
involving segregation of any kind.
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replied: 81 hope l think enough like
them to show you how they feel. l
hope always lose race consciousness
when it stands in the way of my con-
sciousness of common humanity
Then he said a queer thing: Il do
not know whether you are mad or in,
spired." l had been thinking of going
to Serbia, but l believe my duty is
here. believe that our country needs
all of us who are standing along the
color line. I am ready to do anything
possible, to whatever limit If you.
to whom I look as leader in this sit
uation, should ever need my services
you have but to speak. My soul is
atlame, not with the glare of the de-
stroying torch, but with the steady,
incandescent glow which cannot be
extinguished.
Washington, July 20. E.G. M.
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THE RACE COMMISSION.

THE APPEAL still contends that
there is no reason for the existence
Of the "race commission" appointed
by Governor Lowden of Illinois. The
Supreme Court Of the United States
has decided by unanimous vote that
segregation is unlawful, so there is
nothing to arbitrate.
The editor has talked with several
prominent Illinois men this week and
the consensus Of opinion among them
is that the whole thing is aSpolitical
scheme Of Governor LoWden, who is
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
WILL DEMAND SATISFACTION

John R. Shillady, secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, who was
brutally assaulted in Austin, Texas,
has issued a statement saying action
would be taken to obtain satisfaction
for the attack made upon him in
Austin, when he went there to ad-
vance the interests of his organiza-
tion. He said he will demand con-
gressional and presidential investiga-
ton and appeal to Governor Smith to
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
Not "Nigger"-Not "Negro."
(From the Washington Bee

Bishop Wilbur Thirkield, in discus
sing colored Americans in the South
western Christian Advocate. and in
his reply to Irwin s. Cobb, says: "The
writer means we'll, but he does not
seem to know what the term 'nigger'
that has persisted as a relic of slav-
cry and has in it the sting of liquid
nre to every self-respecting Negro,
must CO."
Yes. and The Bee asserts that not
only the word "nigger" must go, but
the word Negro" We are American
citizens, the same as you, although
our skin may be dark. The white
man manufactured both terms and
the Government legalizes them and
colored Americans perpetuate them.
For Gods sake, give both terms a rest
The Appeal., 1919-09-13

the recent riots in Chicago have been
submitted to City Clerk James Igoe
by Chief Garrity for submission to
the city council.
The report shows that twentv-six
citizens and one policeman were
Killed. There were POI citizens in
]ured and thirty-nine policemen were
wounded.
During and Immediately after the
riots all sorts Of rumors were in cir.
culation. One was to the effect that
several hundred had been killed and
that the public authorities were con-
cealing the true facts This resulted
in resolutions being introduced in the
city council calling upon Chief Gar
rity to compile an official list of killed
and injured.
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ANNUAL MEETING e. r. l.. SEP. %,
The Organization That Got a Dele
gate to Paris in Spite Of Govern
rnent Ban, to Meet at Washina-
ton. o. Co. for Three Davs

nnent Ban, to Meet at Washing
ton, D. c., for Three Days.
Washington, D. c., August, 1a1e-
Following the meeting of the local
branch in the Metropolitan A. NJ. E.
Church which heard the details of the
remarkable exploit of Delegate Will
liam Trotter of the League in outwit-
ting the State Department by carry
ing the cause of the race to the Peace
Conference, Executive Officers Of this
organization, headed by Rev. Byron
Gunner of New York as Chairman,
held two days session.
The result was the decision to hold
the 18th Annual Meeting of the Ma
tional Equal Rights League at Wash
ington, September 23rd to 25th, 1919
One of the features will be the Co ,
ored Race and the Peace Conference
in connection with a full report +
delegate Trotter Full Democraci
Now is the slogan. Every existinS
branch league, every branch forme
prior to Sept. rs is eligible to sen
delegates, also all bodies which SEN
delegates to the World Democracy
Congress conducted by the League. /
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
"Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed"
(From the Nashville Clarionl

Down in Houston, Texas are some
elevators in public buildings laf eiec
NEGROES AND DOGS NOT ALLOW
ED." Generous Classification! SUI
signs as these account in such mea
ure, for the exceedingly rapid manne,
in which the Colored men are deponu
latlng the South. They can be neithe
blamed nor censured for leaving
town like this. They have hearts i
souls and human pride, just like 4
people of other races.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
TEN RULES OF LIFE.
By Dorothy Dix.

To be human being first and woman
afterwards.
TO regard love as the sugar on the top
of the cake of life not the whole substance.
To develop my sympathies in every d.
rection so that l may truly be little sister
to all the world.
" To serve faithfully and we'll those of my
own household, but not to permit myself to
become slave to them.
To let no human being go from my pres
ence without giving him or her a happier
thought and brighter outlook.
To bear in mind continually that it is
!: just as important to lay up affection for my
old age as it is to lay up money.
To work always and to realize that it is
as much of shame for woman to be
parasite as it is for man to be One
To learn how to do some one thing we'll
enough to make a living by it, so that need
never fear the horror of dependence
To continually reach out for fresh inter-
ests in my life, so that if one fails me shall
not be left bankrupt of resources of happi-
ness.
To keep my heart sweet and young.
purged of the bitterness and narrowness of
old age, and SO to grow old gracefully and
beautifully.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13
cOWARDLY BISHOP RERukED

We reprint from the Cleveland Ga.
zette, edited by Hon. Harry C. Smith,
a stalwart and outspoken champion
OF the colored people, the following
rebuke to cowardly colored bishop:
BISHOP PHILLIPS WRONG
While there is much in Bishop C,
II. Phillips pacifist interview of last
Sunday, in the Cleveland News-Lea-
der, to interest the average reader,
there is one statement to which about
all of the intelligent members of our
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lean military police in French ports.
The questions were asked by M. Bois.
neuf and NJ. sLagrosilliere, colored
deputies, respectively from Guade.
loupe and Martinique.
The debate that ensued ended with
the unanimous adoption of the follow
ing resolution:
The chamber, faithful to the i'm
mortal principles of the rights of man,
concerning all prejudices Of religion,
caste, or race. solemnly ,affirms the
absolute equality of all men, without
distinction of race or color, and their
right to the benefit and protection of
all the laws of the country The cham
Der counts upon the government to ap-
ply these laws and see that the neces-
sary penalties for their infringement
are inflicted " Il. 5.~
Expects an Apology.
Jules PANS, minister of the interior,
replying to the colored deputies, said
that the government had applied pen
alties and asked them not to insist
upon discussion of "the very regret
table incidents, as France does not
forget the services rendered by her
cOlored sons''
The minister of the interior added
that the American government had
not hesitated to express regrets in
terms that did France the greatest
honor.
"High Diplomacy" Problem.
NJ. Pans asked Deputy Boisneuf
for reasons of high diplomacy" to
drop the subject. The deputy said he
would not speak Of questions that in
volved diplomacy, but he protested
against the completely of the French
military authorities in these incidents.
He then read a confidential circular
to French officers attached to the
American army, setting forth how
American opinion did not tolerate
familiarity between whites and
blacks"
"And it is America that wants a
society of nations" interjected Charles
Bernard, deputy from the Seine
"The circular wasn't signed by Will
son." shouted Deputy Mayeras (Social-
list from the Seine) in reply to NJ
Bernard.
TWENTY-SEVEN SLAIN.
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FRENCH DEMAND
RACE EQUALITY
- l&- ssz4 S@.ss+ls=- - - -
Protest on American Soldiers
Acts to CoIored Men.

interpellated in the chamber of depu-
ties few days ago on the rough treat
ment French co1ored soldiers are al
legged to have received from the Amer
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protect the interests of citizens of
New York who visit Texas and to
take legal action against the persons
who attacked Mr. Shillady.
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THE SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
euillotines decide our least disputes.
The Jew who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Ells wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal., 1919-09-13

TWENTY-SEVEN SLAIN.
Official Figures of Recent Chicago
Race Riots.
Official figures as to casualties in
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