The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-29

charging the government Win lyncn-
ing, disfranchising it's citizens, en-
couraging ignorance, and stealing
from it's citizens, does not constitute
violation of the espionage law it
would be difficult to conceive langu-
age sufficiently abusive to constitute
violation. Believing this to be true
/ have called this editorial to the at
tention of the attorney general with
the request that he have proceedings
instituted against Dubois. No great
er service can be rendered to the ne
groes today than to have them know
that this government will not toler-
ate, on the part of it's leaders, action
which tends to array them against the
government under which they live
| and under which the negro race has
made greater progress than it has
under any other government on
earth.
Letter from Officef.
ssIn the same issue of this maga-
zine, page 20, is carried with the ap-
proval of its editors, a letter written
by negro officer in France contain
ing this statement:
81 am beginning to wonder wheth-
er it will ever be possible for me to
see an American (white) without
wishing that he were in his santanic
majesty's private dominion. ! must
pray long and earnestly that hatred
of my fellowman be removed from
my heart and that I can truthfully
lay claim to being Christian
'.But if the policy of these men and
these newspapers is calculated to
bring about race conflicts in this
country, what can we expect of the
Challenge, edited by William Bridges,
and of the Messenger, which boasts
that it is the only radical negro mag
azine in American. The Messenger
is edited by A. Philip Randolph, and
Chandler Owens. It is printed upon
paper Of as fine, if not finer, quality
than any magazine in circulation to-
day. It does not carry half dozen
advertisements outside Of its own. It
is therefore, evident that it is being
supported by contributions, from
some source, and the material in the
magazine is conclusive that the
source from which the support comes
is ,inimical to the existence Of this
government. It appeals to the es-
tablishment Of Soviet government.
It praises the treatment Of the negro
soldier by the, Germans, as contrast
ed by the. treatment Of the negro by
the allied forces. It urges the negro
to join the 1. W. W., pays tribute to
Debs and prays for the establishment
of Bolshevik government in this
land.
ssIn view Of these statments pub
lished in July and similar publica-
tions, it is not very difficult to ascer-
tain the source of the trouble that
brought about the recent riots in
Washington and Chicago, and threat
Z ~ ~ = b l.
ems to disutrb the peace of other
large cities. (There can be no other
result from the continued publica-
ton and circulation of these maga-
zines.
"This is the propaganda being cir
culated among the negroes. It can
only result in the shedding of blood,
not only Of the white man, but of
many innocent ignorant negroes, who
are misled by these men into commit
ting act Of violence. If the espion-
age law does not empower the de-
partment to suppress such publica-
tions, then it should be so amended
as to confer that power. believe in
a free press, but just as some of our
people are unable to distinguish be-
tween liberty and license, there are
those who are not able to distinguish
between free press and revolu-
tionary press, whose object is to over
throw governments and destroy the
happiness, peace and. prosperity Of
our people.
/ 'sIt took us long time to realize
the evil of the, foreign language
press, in which strange doctrines
were being taught to those who came
from other lands, but who are now
included in our citizenship. We place
them today under close surveillance
in order that they may not menace
the safety of our government by the
circulation of revolutionary doc
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