Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-04-19


regeneration of today, and Of the necessity
of seeking their cooperation and counsel
At the afternoon session Of the last day
Nine Jules Siefried, President Of the French
National Association for the Rights of
Women, brought words of encourag cement
from the International Council, then meet
ing in Paris. She said that no one could
appreciate better than women the struggle
for broader rights and liberties
Resolutions were passed providing for an
other Congress to be held in Paris during
the year 1921.
The following resolutions to be presented
to the Peace Conference now in session. were
unanimously adopted:
l. The Negroes Of the world in Pan-Afri-
can Congress assembled demand in the in
terests of justice and humanity, for the
purpose of strengthening the forces of Civ
ilization, that immediate steps be taken to
develop the 100000 of Negroes and Ne
groids to this end, they propose:
l. That the Allied and Associated Pow
ers establish a Code of Laws for the inter-
national protection Of the Natives of Africa
similar to the proposed international Code
for Labor
2. That the League Of Nations establish
a permanent Bureau charged with the spe-
cial duty of overseeing the application of
these laws to the political, social and eco
nomic welfare Of the Natives
H. The Negroes of the world demand that
hereafter the Natives Of Africa and the
Peoples of African descent be governed ac-
cording to the following principles:
1.-The Land: The land and it's natural
resources shall be held in trust for the Ma
tives and at all times they shall have ef-
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can proftably develop.
2-Capital The investment Of capital
and granting Of concessions shall be so regu-
lated as to prevent the exploitation Of Ma
tives and the exhaustion of the natural
wealth of the country. Concessions shall al
ways be limited in time and subject to State
CONTROL The growing social needs of the
Natives must be regarded and the profits
taxed for the social and material benefit of
the Natives
3-Labor: Slavery, forced labor and cor
poral punishment, except in punishment of
crime, shall be abolished; and the general
conditions of labor shall be prescribed and
regulated by the State.
Education: 1t shall be the right of
every Native child to learn to read and
write his own language and the language of
the trustee nation, at public expense, and
to be given technical instruction in some
branch of industry. The State shall also
educate as large number of Natives as
possible in higher technical and cultural
training and maintain a corps of Native
teachers.
5.-Medicine and Hygiene: 1t shall be rec
ognized that human existence in the trop-
les calls for special safeguards and a scien-
tific system of public hygiene. The State
shall be responsible for medical care and
sanitary conditions without discouraging
collective and individual initiative. A serv-
ice created by the State shall provide ply
sicians and hospitals, and shall enforce
rules. The State shall establish native
medical staff
6.-The State: The Natives of Africa must
have the right to participate in the gov
eminent as fast as their development per-
mits in conformity with the principle that
the government exists for the Natives and
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