Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-27
REED DECLARES
LEAGUE MENACE
TO WHITE RACE
Missouri Democrat Fears
Illiterate Colored Races
Will Predominant.

Washington May 26-An attack on
the league Of nations as Offering grave
dangers to the future of the white
peoples of the world was made In the
senate today by Senator Reed, demo-
crat, of Missouri, who declared that
under the covenant in its present
form nations governed by other races
would have the predominating voice.
The senator presented statistics to
show that of the total population of
the countries comprising the league,
81 1926 800 would be of black, yellow,
brown and red races with only $780,
ASSOC of the white race. In the as
sembly which is to be the governing
body, he said, white nations would
have Is representatives and other ma
tons II representatives
The subject of the people league
came before the senate on the resolu-
ton of Senator Johnson, republican,
of California, asking the state depart
ment for the full text of the peace
treaty, as on Friday, however, when
the resolution first was considered,
the discussion today branched out to
include many issues of the treaty
fight
is UISJIuCJ SuOcks
'An examination, however. of the
membership of this present league
will first astonish and then arouse
the indignation of every thoughtful
man." he continued at will come
as distinct shock, first, that this
is colored league of nations. That
is to say, the majority Of the nations
composing the league do not belong
to the white race of man. On the
contrary, they are conglomeration
of black, yellow, brown and red races,
frequently SO intermixed and CO.
mingled as to constitute an unclass-
fable mongrel breed.
"How will senators from the south,
who repr esent states which have con-
tended that the white race alone is
fit to control the destiny of the states
of America, contend that Liberia,
Haiti and other negro, or semi-negrO
nations should be permitted to sit at
the council table OF the world and
each cast the equal of that of the
United States.
e'How can the representatives of
the Pacific states, who have commended
and who still contend that neither
Japanese nor Chinese shall land upon
their shores, and that both are to-
tally unfit FOR citizenship, justify
their conduct il they shall now vote
that in the council of the world, Japan
and China shall each cast vote in
the council OF the world, Japan and
China shall each cast vote equal to
that of the U. S.
Races May Unite.
"In any contest which may here
after arise involving the equality of
race is it not perfectly plain that the
dark races will all unite and declare
for race equality in every part of the
world? 1t must be remembered that
this is a living and burning question;
that Japan has expressly reserved it
for future consideration and that if !,
it comes before the league of peace
as now organized, the dark races will
have a majority.
"Who can justify the doctrine that
the 11O,000,O00 intelligent free people
of the United States shall be repre-
scented by one man and that the rep
resentative of Hedjaz with popula-
ton Of 100000 shall cast vote equal
to the United States?
"Who can justify giving to the $780,
900 ignorant half-castes of Panama
a vote equal to the United States?
What sort of insolence is it that
proposes that the 10000 civilized or
semi-civilized negroes of Liberia shall
in the council of the world. have a
vote equal to the 110,0OO,000 people
of the United States?
"How can Great Britain ask us to
hermit tho Ignorant and SuOerStitiOuS |
hordes of India, incapable of self-gov-
eminent or self-defense, cast vote !,
equal to that of the United States?
llliteracy is High.
1.-The rate OF illiteracy among the
so-called colored nations in the lea
que, Mr.. Reed declared averages |
about So per cent, while in the Joke |
nation of Liberia it was said to be as
high as 9S per cent Although many |
of these nations he said are ''the vic