Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-11
REDS AMONG NEGROES
SHOWN BY THEIR PAPERS
College Graduates Blamed Mostly
for Misleading the Colored Popu-
lation of Our Country.
~, per,-,mrn, or Justice Report

UanlTf fllIili afi iNrtHR " 7Aftt
At thus time there can no longer
bc any question of wcll-concerted
movement among the certain class OF
Negro leaders OF thought and action
20 constitute themselves n determined
and persistent source of a radical oppoSl-
i,on 10 the Government, and 10 the
established rule of law and order.
Among the more salient points TO be
no,rd IN the present attitude OF the
Negro leaders are, first, the ill-goV-
.rned reaction toward race rIoting;
~econd, the threat of retahatory meas
,ires IN connection with lypching: third;
The more openly expressed deInahd
Tor social equality. IN which demand
the s,N problem Is not intrequently
included. fourth, the identification OF
tae Negro with such radical organiza-
ilnns rs the | " " and an out$poken
advocac, OF the Bolshcviki or Soviet
doctrines. nth. the political stand ;1S-
slImed toward the present Federal Ad,
nlnlstrauon, the south IN general and
Incidentally toward the Peace irta'y
and the League Of Nations
Cndcrlylng these more salient view
rolpts Is the increasingly emphasized
feeling ut race consciousness, IN many
81 thcse puhllcatiOHs always antagoniNhc
- the white race, and openly, dehantly
.,~scrtIVe ri ITS own equality and even
snreriorlfV When II Is horne IN mind
that tins hoasl finds is most frequent
expression m the pages OF those journals
-y6oSc editor ar men of education, m at
l..,st one instance men holding dc
res conferred by Harvard tn'vcr-
-itv, II may ~ seen that the boast
not to I've dismissed lightly as the
-noran, vaporug cf unframed MINDS
Neither = the influence of the Ne
TO pre- Id general to bc reckoned
Nth lightly The Negro World tor
october Is. 1919. states that there ore
s dozen Negro papers with 2 cUcula-
ION 81 over 10000, and scores with
mailer circulation. There arc hait
dozen magazines with large clrcu-
atlon. AMI other magazines with 2
.rnsller circulation. and there arc easily
over hfty writers Who can write inter-
.~tInC editorials ana special articles,
srlttcn ~ nnc, pure lnElish. Win 2
background of scholarship behind them
Notwithstanding fhc clumsneSs Of 81
preston 81 tins particular aSScrIon. thc
.Y.,r ,s l..tt All ldlc ono X may be added
.hat Hi several Instances ,hc Negro
magazine ara oNprnsN, IN maniiac-
IN, hainc ou coafo4 paprr through
oat. vi printed. and glvnE cNidTnec
r. the possession If amplc funds.
In .n fhc discussions of tho recent
~ rar- .hor reflected tho note
:, rriGl thst tho Nslro ha- found hnn-
-if .hat ae h tausnr back that
vcr csr vi lr tam, nlmit "a
.4alcr.e FL nrwdsriar
III, n-a t oanrr--i.n uni~ lu-
-.s-.rs., la.frr ,Nnr,>,ion Defiance
#tt. -ter-.cr. .ernI eaa,,tmIia-
a .t. Nauc race IS n ~ met v1.h
--ac f. rs, rn9rc r,t!ical puhlica-
ts4. u .a me!,rl,,nc-- Z.
i,our atau t4ttic- F- oWa thr'af
The \,cra i ~re.nC fca 4n1 7 IS tiy
prmr onc u, ihr ira.hg I3hilrati"ns
~ IND iihc quality ~ Ni-ioa hpon iAr
rart - Their naecr- teW q thcm
j,rv ,h--, uot0 th-tandinG tltr evidence
81 fhrI uofh Others Of nom opcu N
sdnu III, f4ct The number q r
trained ana conservative publications.
rcauy,ly no- glhe. ana tyen >omc
of TIM, Il Vii later IL shown. have
rigig,I III most iutsmneraic uitcranccs
houer Il wmld hc uafaf moi - state
a4 certain uap,-~ can think 81 M
macalI. maintains a- attitdIc 0i Well
t!4re.. -n.N
ca r-len 6r~r r. Tho Negro
r. arl4 e.s publication
a It's i-~ttt, 1 J3i4 ID ts'-.+. LII -Nf--
- Warl h1rc n editorial closing
th f..- ver5~
IT - re that IA r1ees 'oak for-
ARA IS tIr Inn NM, spears Sta!i
- tras,u INTO agricultural implements
ait u9a thai nm, arrives i drvolt'~
,4ro1 al oppressed pcopic> 10 avail
aerlSrlvc- ii t,,rv Weapon that u.a,
= effective IN defeating the irll motives
oi the. cpprt--or-
In 3 world 81 wolves one hould
% armed. and one of the most pow
srful defensive weapons within tho
reach Of Negroes.
The Mess ngc- the monthly maya
zine published IN New York, s by long
odds The most able and he most danger
o,Is Of al the Negro publications. I, is
representative o. the most educated
thought among the Negroes We dnd
on IL editorial board men bearing
locrees from Harvard University. and
nong IT'S regular special contributors