Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-02-08

this matter and what DR.. Ebert w.
, Moore OF Columbus Ohio has to say
! on the question and where Rev. j.
, Milton Waldron OF Washington is
these days and what Mrs. Ida Wells
Barnett is linking about and what
William Monroe Tro.ter OF Bos on
expects to say and do in the face Of
these indisputablc facts and open dis
closures?
Just what good tho intornationali-
za@ion OF the German African colo
nics viii do he colorcl people in tho
United States of America and what
effect it will have in tho matter OF
securing for us the right OF self-de-
termination and the according to us
OF all Of our rights and privileges
under the Constitution Of the United
States will DO an answer that we
shall like to see forth coming from
DR.. r.. r. Motion of Tuskegee, Ala,
DR.. w. e. b. Du B OILS Of New
York and Roscoe Conklin Simmons
OF the United States of America. In
our opinion not che Of them int mat
ed hat they would present resolu-
ditions existing in this country.
While it may be true that many
Of the men sent to France by organi
cations and churches arc grafters, so
to speak, the exposures In the Con-
gross would ind cite that they were
still imitators OF the whito man. 1t
also Is q fac: that there are many
mon, who have been designated to
go, who are above suspicion and who
mean to present in rcspec full way
the rights and interest Of the people
who elected them. But how Gun the
distinguished occupant Of the White
House and his coterie OF friends
make their attitude in this respect
Square" with tho principle Of self
determination of various races and
peoples?
How could Dr.. Motion be named
without first consulting with the
colored people Of this country? How
could DR.. w. e. B. Du Bots be sent
clio he'd with specific authority? When
Pres dent Woodrow wilson named DR..
Motion no became the representative
OF tho appointing power and not the
- ~
ored people in this country. We con
ccdo tina. hnttnr mon cnnld not have
been selected and TINT the corserva-
two and right thinking colored pco--
pie OF this country could not have
dono better than to have named DR..
w. e. B. Du Rois and DR.. r. II.
Moon. But they were not gwen an
opportunity to do this and now both
OF them have been over in France
working for the Black people of Ger
man Africa with no thought Of the
black people OF tho United States Of
America.
That this will give the agitators
in this country added strength and
power goes WI hout saying. william
Monroe Trot:cr s more influential In
Boston today than he would have
been had he been permitted to go TO
France. He did what he could and
il he did not get to Paris, 1t was
not his fault. hut the fault of the
Adm inistration that denied him and
his friends passports. We must ad-
nit that we cannot understand fully
Ihc attitude OF the National Associ
alton for the Advancement Of Color
cd People. This organization through
It's representatives have charged time
and again that DR.. Booker II. WASH
'ngton and his school Of friends hayo
occupied compromising-a bringing
pos on. Be that rs It may. they
are all standing now upon the same
platform.
This has been brought about by
that master str1tcgist and diplomat
Emmett J. Scott OF Washington. d.
G.. He has succeeded in Harvesting
he Zion OF opposition" In New
York, but he seems to be unable to
do any thing with that tiger OF
energy" n Boston, Mass. in the per-
son Of william Monroe Trotter, who
at this time Is "sawing wood and
saying nothing" TO our mind, Trot
ter Is stronger today with the color
cd people Of tho United States than
he was yesterday. The Administra-
ton made the mistake OF not permit
ting these Babel Of delegates to cross
the ocean and to make confusion
worse conforndcd by having no prac-
teal plan upon which to work and
TO be taxed from q monetary stand
point in mHnncr that some OF thcm
wnul1 have hppO forcn1 ia nrp