The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-09

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-Govern-
ment reports on the subject Of ra-
dicalism and sedision among the ne
groes as reflected in their publica-
tions have just become available.
They reveal determined effort on
the part of certain leaders to prey
upon the minds of lawabiding
peaceful negroes and make Of them
a fighting force of race antagon-
lists. Just how widespread have been
the effects of the propaganda, which
began well in advance of the recent
race riots in Washington, Knox
vile, Chicago, Omaha and Arkan-
sas, ard has continued with even
more inflamed vigor since then, is
only now being discovered by Off
Gals Of the government.
Analysis made by a trained in
/ vistigator for the department Of
Justice leads to the conclusion hat
there can no longer be any ques-
/ ton of a well-eoncerted movement
among certain class of negro lead
ers of thought and action to consti-
tute themselves a determined and
persistent source of radical opposi-
ton 10 the government and to tbs
established rule of law and order.
Among the salient points noted H.
the present attitude Of this small
but. Influential class of negro lead
ers is: First, an ill-governed reac-
lion toward race-rioting; second
the threat of retalatory measures
in connection with lynching; laird
the more openly expressed demand
for social equality, in which demand
the sex problem is not infrequcntly
included; fourth, Che iNntficatior
of the negro with such radical or
CARNATIONS as the /. W. W., and
an outspoken dvocate of the Boil
sheyisa or Soviet doctrine"
Boasts of race superiority as well
as exhortations to race unity for
the purpose of open warfare are
found in publications, many ot
whose editors are men Of educa-
ton. Many of the negro mazagines
are expensive in manufacture, be-
ing printed on coated paper through
Qua, well-printed, and giving eVi-
dence of possessing ample funds
While certain conservation publ
cations maintain well-balanced at
titude, the radical negro press gives
increasingly bitter expression to a
sense of oppression and the prime
object of the leading publications
appears to be to induce their read
ers to see red. Some of the editors
deny this, others openly admit it.
Journals Are Bitter.
Quotations galore from the radi-
cal press Of the negroes in the is
sues of the last six months reveal
not merely disgust with the De
mocratic party because of It's
southern affiliations, but a denun-
citation, too, of the Republican party,
as for example this editorial para
graph
Gust as by joining the /. W. W.
in large numbers we forced the A.
F. of l.. to open its doors to US, so
by joining the socialist party we can
free belated justice and eonsidera-
ton from the Republicans"
y Editorials defending Bolshcvism
and picturing the american Huns
are interspersed with bitter satire
on the disfranchisement Of negroes
! in the South. On the editorial board
Of one mazagine are men bearing
degrees from Harvard University,
So that one cannot say the work Is
that of unframed minds, This pub
LEGATION is most radical Of all, openly
praising "the march of the soviet
government and counsellng the
negro to align himself with that
movement by che organization OF
negroes in four distinct forms
labor unions, farmers protective
unions, cooperative business and
socialism.
f. Advocating direct action, one edi-
torial says; "The negro must en-
gage in direct action He is forced
to this by the government. When
the whites speak Of direct action
hey are told to use their political
power. But with the negro it is diff
ferent. He has no political power
Three-fourths of the negroes Of the