The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-19
A FOREIGN VIEW OF THE PREsl-
DENT.
Rn Prot. william u. pawIey.

BY Prot. William II. Oawley.
What can you expect? | have to
work with two men. One of them be-
Iieves he is Napoleon, and the other
believes he is a new Messiah" This
was the reply that Premier Clemen-
Ceau gave to a certain French deputy
hat on the anniversary of the Bat
tie OF Waterloo child the Tiger for
the delay in the Peace negotiations
at Versailles. From this remark attri-
buted to the great French premier it
can be concluded that he himself. en-
~tertained no such notion either of
the English premier, Lloyd George, or
the American President, Woodrow VIII
son. Yet if we are to credit the care
fully studied impartial and well bal
anced views of the foremost American
War correspondent, Frank H. ST.
mOnds and Sir John Foster Fraser.
special correspondent at Paris and
Versailles for the London papers hail
ed our President as a Messiah. Because
they drank in his sentiments of lofty
ideals for their betterment, different
from those any important European
statesman dared to utter, and sag that
those sentiments were supported by
myriads of fresh young fOrCeful sol
diers and countless resources that
seemed ineXhaustible. They regarded
him as the plenipotentiary representa-
tive and spokesman of an undivided
people of the globes most powerful
country. They know nothing Of the
Democratic and Republican parties.
To them these names are synonymous.
Even students of government outside
of England, France and Germany have
ne little difficulty in understanding
our dual party system. Hence Euro
peans believe our ambassadors repre-
sent the whole people rather than the
pOlitical shade of the majority party.
And that should not be surprising to
US. For how many of us comprehend
the German constitution or the French
rude of minorities, and when we on
template the other European CONT
Aental governments we are wholly at
sea.
An idea is difficult of dislodgement
from the minds of people. In the minds
Of most Negroes in the United States a
Democrat is unfriendly, if not an
enemy. regardless of the fact that that
Democrat gives him employment and
even pecuniary aid, and if we limit
ourselves to Missouri regardless of the
fact that Negroes have received more
for social betterment and even po
liticaIly in the wider sense from Demo
Gratis than Republicans. Who pre-
vents separate car laws in Missouri
Surely not the Republicans, because
they have had no chance. 1t is, how
ever, not to be denied, that some o
the hardest things said against tn.
Negro have come from the Democrats
But they are usually below the MasoI
and Dixon line, because the Negro
when he gets a chance, votes agains
the interest OF the Democrat. At cleo
ton times you seldom see people o
different political faiths go arm il
arm to the polls together.
Now this seemingly irrelevant dis
~gression is designed to show hat Will
the American Negro may view Pres.
dent Wilson's attitude toward him il
an ~unfavorable light because he is
Democrat, yet those beautiful ideals
that permeate all his u%tterances if the
apply TO humanity necessarily ben,
fit the Negro, if he avails himself c
them. However, the people of Europ
and even Africa regard President Wi
son in a most favorable light, becaus
the timely aid America gave in col
Guiding the war with Germany. Neve
theiess, we must not, if | may degrees
again attribute that aid to unselfis
and pure generosity. For self-interes
il not self-preservation caused Anne
lean statesmen to see that it would b
more advantageous to cross the Ocea
and whip Germany on her own cont
nent rather than TO allow her after d,
feating France, England and Italy, {
cross the ocean and attack the Unite
States on her soil.
But the oldest known government i
Africa, a government that was vel
cradle before Romulus regard the wall
of Rome, before Theseus from tn
Nile and from the Tigris and Euphri
tes. d government that caused tn
armies of Italy to bite the dust and ha
maintained its independence beyon
the time when Israel was in the wilde
ness, this government has sent I
Washington not to seek aid but I
convey presents and congratulations I
President Wilson for the part tn
United States played in the Worl
War. Abyssinia has sent in pictu
esaue costumes Alto Sinkae. Alto H