The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-01-25
A BIBLE ANSWER TO
CERTAIN INTERROGAT0RIES
ALONG WITH PEACE CONFER
ENCE RULES TEX TUSKEGEE
no RES SOME OBSERVATIONS
DON'T LAUGH.

stan Correspondence.
Dallas. Texas. Jan. 20. 1919.
The Peace Conference.
Not a day passes but what some
body does not lombard me with the
question: "King( what's doin In
Parish 'How's the Peace Confer
enceL' What's we woin ter gil
outer the Peace Conference?"
Thought you wonder been at the
Peace Conference" and such like.
Well, ] looked In the Bible at Pro-
verbs 26th chapter and the 4th verse
and Il reads this way: Answer a
fool according TO his folly, lest he
be wise in his own conceit; and !
thought the holy writ was fair
enough.
Just to keep RON drifting off into
a wilderness OF words and meaning
less modifiers just to escape bap-
tlsm In an abundance OF glittering
generalities, which like the apples
OF Sodom woald turn TO ashes In
your hand ere you had shut 1t up,
/ am appending here the rules which
the Peace Conference has adopted.
They are worthy careful reading.
because by reading them. the sensi-
BILE mind viii see at once that a
people situated as are the Colored
people in the United states cannot
hope to get their grievances before
a tribunal, whose rules set out the
matter TO come before 1t. as well as
naming the source from which II
must come. The Rules Of The Peace
Conference are as follows;
Section I. The conference assem-
bled to Ak the conditions Of peace.
first in the preliminarIes OF peace
and then In the definite treaty Of
peace. shall include the representa-
tiyes OF the belligerent allied and
associated powers.
The belligerent powers with gener-
al interests the United States OF
America, the British Empire, France.
Italy. and Japan-shall take part
in all meetings and commissions.
The belligerent powers with par
ticular interests Belgium. Brazil, the
British D0minions, and India, China.
Cuba, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, He
djaz, Honduras, Liberia. Nicaragua,
Panama, Poland. Portugal, Roumania.
Serbia, Siam and the Czecho-Slovak
Republic shall take part in the ses-
sl0nB at which question: Concern
ing them are discussed.
The powers in a state OF diplomatic
rupture with the enemy powers
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay
shall take part in the sittings at
which questions concerning them are
discussed
The neutral powers and States
In process OF formation may be
heard either orally or In writing
when summoned by the powers with
general interest at sittings devoted
especially to the examination of ques-
lions directly concerning them, but
only so far as these questions are
concerned.
Section 2. The powers shall be
represented by plenipotentiary dele
gates to the number Of: Five for the
United States OF America, the Brit
ish Empire, France. Italy and Japan;
three for Belgium. Brazil and Serbia;
two for China. Greece, the King OF
ldedjaz. Poland. Portugal, Roumania,
Siam and the Czecho-Slovak Re-
public: one for Cuba. Guatemala.
Haiti, Honduras. Liberia. Nicaragua
and Panama; one for Bolivia, Ecua-
dor, Peru and Uruguay.
The British Dominions and India
shall be represented as follows: Two
delegates ach for Australia, Cana
da, South Africa and India, includ-
ing the native States; one delegate
for New Zealand.
Although the number OF delegates
may not e. ieed the figure above mem
TONED, each delegation has The right
ID avail itself of the panel system.
The representation Of the dominions,
including New Foundland, and OF
India. may be included in the repre-
seritation Of the British Empire by
the panel system,
Mo ,tenegrO shall be represented by
one delegate, but the rules concern
ing the designation Of this delegate
shall NIT be fixed until the moment
when the political situation of this
country shall have been cleared up.
The conditions of the representa-
tion Of Russia shall be fixed by the
c0nfe ence at the moment whg the
matters concerning Russia are ex-
amined.
Technical Delegates.
SCI 8. Each delegation of pleni-
po.ob iaries may be- ACCOMPANIED by
technical delegates properly accredit-
ed and BY two photographers,
The technical delegates may be-
present at the sittjngs for the pur-
nose Of furnishing information. whica