The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-16

Uaaen. rsUst Sinoh the prohIbitlcu
vt6eoty ~ tho Ad0ption % e3sctive
Law enforcement legislation and the
efsctiop " otJ1Gllls who will detett
and punish AL violations Of the Law.
World I,eagur Against Alcoholinn
We. furthermore. rejoice that I
Ere&t World League Against Alco-
holism has boon formed. Our own
church, through IL commission. has
had Z very active part In this great
movement. and the chairman OF our
commission has been elected chair
man OF the Executive Committee Of
the World League. The United
states, - tho flrst great prohibition
nation Of the world, must of neces-
sity take leading part in extending
the frontiers Of sohriety throughout
the world. The World League
Against Alcoholism will be the ef-
fcinnt ally OF every mission board.
We view with great concern the
evidence Of racial strife between the
white and negro races. both In the
North and In the South. We must
endeavor as Christian patriots to
| face the facts as they are. With
widA-open eyes, and. il possible.
without prejudice. we must recog-
nixe the existing serious conditions.
These two races. with differing
characteristics. capacities and pos
stbiiftfes of development are here in
this land side by side in the ma ton of
about ten to one. They must live
together under such laws and with
such Limitations, privileges and re-
sponsibilities as experience shall
demonstrate to be for the highest IN
terests OF both rarcs. While we be-
tieVa that socially they must walk in
separate paths, both in the North
ana South, they can and must help
eacn other In every possible way.
White People Must Help Negroes.
the negroes as people are still a
child race-im mature and not cap
able today. whatever may be their
future development of bearing the
responsibility of American citizen.
ship unaided. There is a small per-
certage OF the race considerably in
advance OF the great mass, but
these are not sufficiently strong
themselves. or sufficiently numerous
to bear without help the RESPONSE
hility of properly leading 30 many
millions. The white people Of
America must actively. with a gem
uine unselfish friendfiness, continue
! to help the negroes industrialIy, In
tellectually and morally, not only for
the sake OF the negroes, but for the
good Of the whole nation OF which
they are a constituent part Tho
white people cannot render this help
If they hold themselves aloof from
the negroes
In order to obtain the best con-
structiva results there must be real
sympathetic cooperation between
, the leaders OF the two races. Ma
tionai. state and neighborhood con-
ferences should be held. at which
there should be frank interchange
Of opinions concerning travelling,
housing. educational. moral and re-
ligious conditions: followed by an
honest effort TO understand the
causes OF bad feeling and open fric-
lion. the prompt and positive con-
aemnation of all acts of injustice, as
we'll as violence by whatsoever
committed. whether white or black
and the determination on the part
of the law abiding element Of both
races to bring all offenders OF both
races to justice by the orderly
methods of the law. All wood
citizens must condemn the law e4s.,-
ness of the mob which takes into it's
own hands the punishment of evil
doors. Lynchings are not only
criminal, but we believe the regu-
lar processes of the law are in the
end far more effective in the dis
enlargement OF crime.
Strong Must Help tho Weak.
In Its attitude toward the negroes
the white Christian citizenship of
Of the nation must be dominated by