The Glenwood post., 1919-08-30
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events For the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
THE MYSTERY OF THE DARK
COUNTRIES

Uncle Ted had just finished his sup
per and was seated by the front win
dow reading the evening paper when in
rushed Jack, breathless and with his
hair mussed and what looked very
much like red nose. CHOW what
have you been up to, you little
scampf" asked Uncle Ted> "It looks
to me like my little Jack had been
"Well," pulled JACK, "you'd fight,
tool"
NO." answered Uncle Ted, ~
hope my fighting days are over, and
you know I have told you that good
little boys don't fight. Now tell me
what it was all about
cit was that Chinese laundry boy"
said Jack. 81 went down to tho
laundry to take Daddy's collars. When
gave the bundle to Ching Loo he
smiled all over and then started to
laugh at me. He said, you white
people won't have a word to say when
President Wilson gets his world club
going" 1 said, what do you meant
and he said, THE yellow, black and
red people will run the world then and
1 guess you won't have anything to
do about it, Then I got mad and
just punched him one.'
Jack" said Uncle Ted slowly,
First Of all you should never lose
your temper and fight and second it
SO happens that the little Chinese boy
was right"
"You mean" inquired Jack in a
very surprised voice, "that the white
people will be told what to do by peo-
pie like the Chinese boy if our sena-
tors agree to the peace treaty and the
world club plan you told us about the
other day 2"
eyes, said Uncle Ted. "When the
club plan for the countries was first
written the members were to be Eng
land, France, Italy, japan and the
United States, but later on many other
countries were named to belong and
vote and do just as these 1 have al
ready named. The way the plan is
now there would be fifteen white coun-
tries and seventeen countries of people
belong to the black, brown, yellow
and red races. Since each country has
one vote you can see that these dark
countries with two more votes in the
club than the white countries could
make the white countries do just what
they want. A very great many of the
people in these countries can neither
read nor write. Many of them do not
believe in God, but worship idols and
some of them are so bad that they eat
one another"
Ought" said Ruth, who just came
in, "What people do that?"
"Some of the people who live in
Liberia do that. Liberia would be one
of the members of this club. 1t is To-
Gated on the coast of Africa and the
100000 people who live there are all
black. Most of them are unable 20
read or write. Another country that
would vote just like the United States
is Haiti. The people are SO bad that
tho Jyp;fad Stofae haa IN keen lots of
our marines there to keep order and
protect Americans from being killed
or robbed. There are nearly as many
people in Haiti as in Liberia and
there are more who cannot read OF
write. Some of them worship idols
too. The people in all these dark caun.
tries are not able to take care oi
themselves and yet our president wants
the United States to join this club ant
would let them have the same right.
that we would have. China is one Of
these countries and so is japan. China
has over four hundred million people
and they are all yellow or of mixed
races. They are more ignorant thar
some of the black races, yet they, too
would have one vote in the club. That
is why the Chinese boy was right
Jack"
CT haven't time to tell you about
the rest Of the seventeen dark coun