Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-08-30
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Gets A BAD NAME
IN EUROPE:
Common Room. Middle Temple.
London, t.. &.
TO the Editor OF The Planet:

1t is now up to the American Re
public with its bra2cn impudcncc in
cmbla2oninE before the world it's
audacious and meaningless twaddlc
that. 1--WE believe that all men arc
born free and equal and entitled to
the enjoyment of life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" TO take Il lesson
from the Frcnch Republic which last
week, at the request Of its two col
orCd statesmen from Martinique and
Gaudcloupc. respectively. passed
rcSolutional affirming the equality,
legal, social and economical. of all
colorcd citizens throughout the en-
tire French DominionS. therefore
colorcd professional mon resident in
Europe call upon all Nankcodom with
its high prctcnSions. grandfathcr,y
clauses and humbug to set up and
take notice.
The cpithct Yankee ut present is Il
stink in the noStrils Of France. Your
riif-raff, called soldiers, have sadly
diSrraccd all decent Americans and
sadly disgraccd the American uni
form. Read the incloSod cutting
from the London Evening News,
August 2, and YOU will see the Yam
kcc soldier police beat, tyrannjZcd
and murdered Colored French sol
dicrs in the towns OF Brcst and Toul-
OF and the polite French statesmen
asked the two colored members not
to reopen these rcercttabla incidents
but to rely upon the honor Of Amer
ican Government who had promised
to punish these miScreantS.
Paris, Saturday. Two colourcd
deputies NM. Boisncuf (Guadeloupc)
and Lagrosillierc (Martiniquc) in
terpellated the Government in the
Chamber this afternoon regarding the
rough treatment French colourcd
soldiers are alleged to have received
from American Military Police at the
French ports.
The Minister OF the Interior re-
qucsted the deputies not to insist
upon the discussion OF very regret
table Incidents
THE United States Government
had agreed to in1lict punishment
while satisfaction would he given to
the families Of the victims.
"a resolution affirming the equal
ity OF all coloured citizens, declaring
them entitled to the protection of the
law and calling on the Government
to inflict punishment and prosecute
in all cases Of breach of the law, by
whomsoever committed, was unani-
mously adopted.-Reuter."
Murders, hold-ups and robberies
all over Paris were committed by the
soldiers. No colored gentlemen or
ladies of any nationality could walk
about Paris without being insultcd by
these white Americans for none of
these crimes was committed by q
single colored soldier.
It was with great satisfaction that
| ordered two French policemen to
arrest and march off to the station a
white American soldier who shouted
. grossly insulting words after me in
1 the Boulevard Madeline. When
! got the fellow at the door OF the
police station I, like Robert eliot, to
I a fre-eater in the House. granted
him the mercy Of my silence" I let
him off with a caution. The French
policemen know no color or favorit-
ism. If colored man or woman is
II insulted they will run the insulter in.
Il whatever nation he be from.
= The colorcd man-of-war sailors
from Brazil, here in England, were
i attacked at the port of Southampton,
#whilc dancing with English girls; but
Hit turned ont that the co!Or2d Bra
8ezilian boys were prepared for the
8Yhnkcc NcgrD-hatcrS and promptly
#drcw their rcvolvers and defended
themselves.
AS a race man | am bound to
md useful paper against being led
lstray by the groundlcsS assertion of
some Of their would-bc leaders that
his much landed League of Nations
IS to take up our Races grievances
n America and adjudicatc upon them
egrcgious error, Nothing of the
ort is contemplated. Neither Jew,
rish or Negro affairs will be rec
|gnizcd by the l.. n. Lord Reading
nd | arc both members Of the Tenn
lie and | have it from his own lips
What the internal affairs of SignatOry
ations will never come before the
- .caguc.
- SO the bluff Of the Editor of The
Eoston Guardian is 'callcd" com
Il letcly. He came over here pretend
lts to use influence. Wilson had
i'm sat upon. ! was in Paris
fought he seemed i'm search Of a
4 rench wife. Likowiso tho other