Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-06-14
AMERICAN MICROBES IN THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Y stan correspondent Oh The Sun
tc1otdtd he taiiurG OF the a,lcmpi
'"''". u! Il delegation OF Irish-Amcrl-
CANS n l'ai.S TO iiluugc President NIL
s"A to ntcrcoue with the British
HoVrrmucnt III behalf OF the Irisnmon
WHO wan cd SAFE conduct TO the I,,aco
Conference The hbsA-Amcrlcans
were uhloadcd on Colonel Iiousc nv
Ifesidcnl Wilson, ana ON Secretary
Lansing by Colonel House and had
'"oH remained long enough they
ihlSht eventually have been passed
along to Henry While who nllboupn
the Tact is generally forgotten is n
member OF the American delegation
- inc Peace Conference.
PRESIDENT Wilson according TO o,,r
corresponding, stuck to the attiudc
he defined in the WASHINGTON confer
ehcc When he said chat ireland wns
N'eIt bflllain's internal affair" and
hoiulnG this opinion he could no, i'm
l''S own opinion ask tho conference
20 SiFe Y nearing TO the Irish rcpub
lica!' delegates us it had heard the
"us"'eia's and others" Bul--and
'ElS Is protentous revelation--our
correspondent continues
The President however, il nor
chLr2E cnSympathetic to tho Irish
cause 1t is believed.
lie mas indicated in various talks
tha. lie lchevvs tho League of Ma
l'ons has the right to take up the
lfouhlcS OF oppressed miuorilin,
Nhlcn means that if the Irish lrou.
olS3 become more acute after tho
icagne Is organized the whole uues-
tlon, III his opinion should be inyesli
gated
This Is regarded in American cir
clcS as Eroad intcrpreta, ion OF the
covenant.
broad interpretation OF the
covenant \ Il mild phrase 10 dcscrib.
inns suggested extension OF the authori
~ OIL TIE III ctected League OF Nat
IONS To lii" internal affairs" OF the
ofliSh Emprc, and an Interpretation
mat may We'll cause thought In our
own southern States.
l. IS as plain us the nose on Uncle
SANS face that if the League Of Nat
IONS can take up the Irish question
IN the British Isles it can take up the
Negro question i'll America. 1t is rs
pam rs daylight that il the reprcscn
atlVes OF ono race can bring it's trou
Dies TO the League of Nations the rep
fcSentatlVcs OF another race can bring
It's troubles to the same tribunal.
ANA 1t is as plain as pikestaff
that II the League Of Nations inter
feres III the internal affairs Of one na-
ton nothing OH earth will stop it
from interfering in the internal affairs
or another nation.
Now II the Irish question is load
cd with dynamite the Negro question
is loaded with INT. Outside OF Ire
land nobody questions the legality Of
the Kingdoms rule in that island,
and inside of Ireland good many
persons do not question it's legality,
however much they object to it as a
political fact. But inside the United
States and outside the United States
everybody knows that the political
condition imposed on the Negro in
the South is brul TALLY, openly and com
pjetely illegal. That condition is i'm
posed on the Negro in direct viola
lation Of the Constitution of the
United States and this violation Of
the Constitution is tolerated with the
full knowledge and consent Of a large
majority Of the white population Of
this country, North and Southe.
Here is another matter for South
crn statesmen who conceive the Lea
que of Nations to be harmless dc
batting society to consider:
In the far flung British Empire
there are millions and millions Of
black men, many Of them educated
and able students Of public affairs.
1t il not inconceivablc that among
them arc leaders who in the event Of
The formation Of the League OF Ma
tons would utilize it of their own
motion to stir up trouble for thhe
United States over the Negro qucs
ton; and it is not uncomfortable that
should the United States manifest a
desire to bring the Irish question be
fore the League of Nations on to sup
port interference in British internal
affairs, and these black men display
cd no disposition to bring our Negro
problem before the International su
perstate. some Briton would find
way to stimulate them to undertake
such an enterprise. N. Y. Sun.