Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-06-07
COLORED RACES RULE
IN WORLD LEAGUE:
Missouri Scnator Shows That Whites
Arc IIopclcsSly in Minority.
Demonstrates That Even Small Black
Nations Can >Nulliiy Our Vote.


Demonstrates That Even Small Black
Nations Can >NulliIy Our Vote.
Washington. May 2G.-BGck mon,
red mon. brown Mon; yellow men and
mon with mongrcl mixtures of these
races will control and dominate the
world and the destiny Of the United
States if the League of Nations plan
i; accepted 10y America. Senator Reed
(MoD Democrat declared in the Sen
ate 'oday. The white race in votes
in the League assembly will he out
numbered and the white populations
Of the world as represented by til"
League OF Nations will be hopclcSSly
in he minority.
Senator Reeds speech presented n
new anglo of the fight against the
scheme for dcnat ;onaliZation and one
which has put in Il bad hole those
Southern Senators who have consist
emily and hlinGly applaudch every
move of the President and followed
his leadership IN every dircrtio .
These Senators had some fu"CWarninr
Of the kind Of speech Mir. Reed would
make and were fearful OF its C}rcrt
on them. They make no secret Of
the fact now that She address has
hccn made that il will have trcmcn
duuS effect in the Southern States.
MEMBERSHIP IS CONCEALED.
~ striking illustration is found in
tie fact That "" arc nnW for the first
time Informed what mn IONS arc to con
%titutc the mClhcrS OF ,hc league
said the Missouri Srnat go. 1T will
10 remembered that the original cove
,nant 80 far rs published mcutioN"d
by nlmC MS members Of the league
the Bri iSh Empire France, Italy;
Japan and the United states and
that the names Of thr other members
were referred To MS being contained
in a pro- col the contents of which
were sc1ulously concealed from the
people. Whatever motive led 10 this
conccalmcnt ii is certain that the
primal shock to American intelligence
and patriotism would have been
much greater ii the people at first
had been informed frankly Who were
10 he the partners OF the United
$ atcs in the world Government about
to be set up.
"rhc names are now given. We
know who are to sit on the council
board OF the international tribunal
which is to undertake in many Re
SpcctS The government Of the world.
An examination OF the character OF
this membership ought in itself to
cause the instant rejection OF he
whole scheme. 1t brands the plan IS
futile and impossible and dooms il 20
an ignominous failure.
WHITE COUNTRIES OUTNM-
BERED.
can examination OF the rcmhcrSnlp
OF TINS prrScn, league viii first as
toniSh and then arouse the ndigna--
ton OF every thoughtful man. It, wall
come as L distinct shock first that
his is colorcG League Of Nations.
This is to say the majority OF the nat
IONS composing &c league do not be-
long to the white race. On the contrary
they are Il Conglomciatc OF the black
yellow. brown and red races frequent
~ SO intcrriiNcd and comm:nGIcd as
to constitute an Understandable mon
grcl breed"
MIR. Reed presented tables to show
that the white nations would be in
the minority i'll the league. The table
showed that countries classified as
dark were seventeen i'll number
with Il population OF Sll,000000 while
the white countries numbered fifteen
with a population OF only 2S9,0OO,00O.
"From the foregoing table, contin
uod tho Senator, 1T appears that
when the members of the League of
Nations meet about the council table
there will he fifteen mel represent
ing white nations and seventeen men
representing black, brown, yellow
and red races and that among the
nations classified as dark the aver
age Of the dark skinned people com
pared with The total poplation is near
ly 8 to l.
ct is also shown that among these
races the degree Of illitcracy is as
tonishingly high. Where Figures are
available the percentage runs from
nearly 90 per cent in Cuba 10 9S per
cent. in Liberia. The average is about
50 per cent. Thus we not only bring
TO the council board races which are
dark skinned but also those so low
in civilization that hey constitute
the very drcgs of ignorance. AS
shall show later they are the victims
OF superstition and are stepped in bar
bariSm.
"Fo The woes OF a tribunal thus
constituted it is proposed to submit
for final decision questions which
may involve the very l:fc OF the Unit
cd ,atcs. BY their votes we may be
plunged into way: by their decision
subjected to wrongs Of the most griev
Gus character; by their decree the
very fate Of the world may be defer
mined.
I. How will the Senators from the
classes Of American Senators;
How will tho Senators from the
South. who represent States which
have contcndcd that the white race is
fit TO control the destiny Of the State
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