Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02
LEADERS INCTTE RIOTS
Congressman Byrnes Fixes ReSpOn'
sibllity For Troubles.

OtDuty iUt iVuDiVV'
SUGGESTS LEGISLATION BY CONGRES!
South Carolina Man Thinks that
Negro Leaders are Being lnstigated
and Financed to Make Trouble
Among the Negroes, Along the Lines
of l.. w. w. and Bolshevism.
New York Times.
Washington, Aug. 25.-Representa-
tive James f. Byrnes of South Caro-
lima told the house today. that the race
antagonism which flarcd up in Wash
ington and other sections OF the coun-
try recently had its inspiration in in
cendiary utterances OF negro leaders
circulated through negro publications.
The situation which came to the sur
face in Washington and Chicago; Mr..
Byrnes said, was growing worse as
the magazines published revolutionary
utterances OF negro leaders. He pre-
dicted serious race war and indus
trial stasnation in the south if negroes
followed the advice of their leaders as
set forth in certain publications from
which he read literally. He called
upon the government to proceed
against the negro leaders under the
Espionage act.
Z Some of the, negro leaders, Mr..
Byrnes said, had asserted that the
south would become another Russia
and in such a revolt the negroes would
get the privileges and rights denied
them. Mr.. Byrnes said there was no
reason to believe that the present at
titude of the negroes would take on
such serious form, but he was sure
that the unfair utterances were work
Ing great evil to the negroes them
solves.
Journals Urge Violence.
"In hundreds of negro publications
these radical leaders of the negro race
are urging their followers to resort to
violence in order to obtain privileges
they believe themselves entitled to-"
said Mr. Byrnes. "The recent riots in
dicate that they are accepting this
advice. 1t is unfortunate that some
negroes have changed their attitude.
inspired doubtless by the desire to
promote the success of the radical
leaders. A fair illustration of this
type of negro leaders is w. E, B. Du
Bois. editor of The Crisis Magazine.
DI Bots has heretofore rendered great
service to his people by intelligent
leadership" Z, !.
i'Tt Is manifest" continued Mr..
Byrnes, that when sanguirary con-
ficts take place in cities so widely
separated and in so short time the
cause is general and not local. The
cause is these articles, some of which
will read to you."
An article Returning Soldiers"
published In The Crisis, was read by.
Mr. Byrnes as an example Of the acti-
vities Of the negro leaders. This, an
editorial in the magazine concluded:
We sing: This country of ours,
despite all it's better souls have done
and dreamed, is yet shameful land.
1t lyncheS 1t disfranchises
its own citizens 1t encourages
ignorance 1t steals from us
e. *'' 1t insults us.
To support each of these statements,
the representative said, Du Bois prints
a short article concluding with the fol-
lowing:
"This is the country to which we SOL
diers Of democracy return. This is
the fatherland for which we fought,
But il is our fartherland. 1t was right
for us to fight! The faults of the
country are our faults. Under sim
liar circumstances we would fight
again. But by the God of Heaven we
are towards and jackasses if now that
war is over we do not marshal every
ounce of our brain and Drawn to fight
a sterner. longer, more unbendins bat
tie against the forces Of hell in our
own land.
1--WE return.
I'VE return from fighting.
We return fighting.
"We make way for democracy, We
saved 1t in France and by the Great
Jehovah, we will save it in America,
or know the reason why"
The Espionage act is still in effect,
Mr.. Byrnes said. and he called upon
the government to employ it against
such inflammatory articles.
Asks Attorney General to Act.
IF this editorial" he observed
which refers to this as shameful
land charging the government with
lynchiug, disfranchising it's citizens, en-
courasing ignorance, and stealing from
its citizens, does not constitute a vio-
lation of the Espionage law it would be
difficult to conceive language sulfi-
ciently abusive. to constitute viola
tion. Believing this is true 1 have
called this editorial to the attention of
the attorney general with the request
that he have proceedings instituted
against Du Bois.