The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-08-09
NEGROES URGED TO SUPPORT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

NEGROES URGED TO SUPPORT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Tuskegee. Alabama.-"It is up to
you to see that Africa no longer
lowers the general level by allowing
others to exploit and Cypress her.
1t is up to you to see that her people
get a fair deal and a just education,
that they may become free in truth
and not in name only" said DR.. A. G..
Fraser. former Missionary to Africa,
in an address at Tuskegee Institute,
when he was here as the Chairman
of the British Commission on Edu-
cation in the villages of India.
DR.. Fraser, who is one of. the few
persons to survive an attack of the
dreaded sleeping sickness, has spent
many years of unselfish and faith
full service, carrying religion and
education to the depressed and back
ward people Of India and Africa.
He believes that the League of Ma
tons, under proper guidance, can
do much to insure protection and
! justice for the African people. Among
"You' have some great gifts which
the nations need today. You have
got a wonderful humility and want
of lf-conscientiousness which en-
ables you to go directly to the good
as you see it, whilst other nations,
whatever their color, are largely
distracted by the loud beating of
their own national drums; and today
you can do something to help those
in Africa who are still dear to you.
When your forefathers were taken
away into slavery centuries ago,
dragged from their homes, there was
no one to tell them that weeping
might endure for a night but that
Joy cometh in the morning; that they
were still in the hands of the love
of God and that whatever the power
Of man might be, still His love was
stronger and redemption would con-
quer in spite of hate. They could
not tell that the land they loved
and desired to stay in would indeed
be blessed in days1to come by their
going; that tor them 1t was a so
1 journ in Egypt and it would some
4 day would lead back in blessing to
their own land, making it as prom
Use land. They indeed had to go
/ forth to learn the wisdom of the
Egyptians and now you are learn
4 ing it and making great strides and
at this very time the United States
of America has entered into the
world brotherhood, as member OF
the League of Nations. That League
has undertaken the guidanship OF
the peoples of Africa"
Africa Menaced By Further Exploit
tatiOns
~ believe these people Of Africa
are threatened in every part in va
rious degrees by explorations and
! injustices. The powerful races that
control Africa have been bred and
nurtured in a system of competition
in which their own poor have been
sarificed and sent to the wall. The
African cannot compete with them
and has at least as small chance
of justice as their own poor born had
No one can have their interests al
heart more closely or so directly
as you who want to be their natural
directors. Now, as citizens of the
United States, see to 1t that you keeI
watchful eye on Africa. that you
know what is being done there, and
that you are able to influence the
great country to which you belong
to exercise its voice and power Alright
in the League of Nations. No ma
ton can rise to the heights Of its
glory and its character so long as
other nations lie depressed. Great
mountains rise with their glitterins
glaciers from great anges only. Il
is up to you to see that Africa ne
longer lowers the general level by
allowing others to exploit her ant
oppress her. 1t is up to you to SCI
that her people get fair deal an(
jnst education, that they become
free and in truth and not in name
only. You are free and are nov
learning what full freedom means
See to 1t that you make your people
ard that continent free. for. perhaps
in the providence of God you wer'
brought to this place and given tn,
light of education in order to hell
them at this critical time"