Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02

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that can truthfully lay claim to be-
ing a Christian"
That his view is shared by other ne
groes who served as officers in the arm!
was evident from statements of VIII
liam M. Colson, a contributing editol
of The Messenger, another Negro
ma gazine. Mr.. Byrnes said. Colson
who Mr.. Byrnes said, claimed to be ar
officer in the S67 infantry, wrote the
following in the July issue of The
Messenger under the heading Prop
aganda and the American Negro Sol
dier:"
"a feeble and indefinite propaganda
did spring up among the negro SOL
diers in France. In that democratic
climc they found themselves. The!
felt better within themselves because
they were fighting for France, and fol
their race, rather than for flag which
had no meaning"
Loyalty Made conditional"
In this article, Mr.. Colson says
again: mo intelligent American negro
is. willing to lay down his life for the
United States as it now exists" And
again: Intelligent negroes have all
reached the point where. their loyalty
to the country is conditional"
"A possible explanation Of the feeling
of these negro officers is contained on
page Il Of the May issue Of The
Crisis" Mr.. Byrnes said, where
complaint is made that the Issuance of
an order preventing them from attend
ing dance where they could dance
with white women. 1t Is stated that
at Cannes colored officers, who COM
posed the 167th detachment, attended
several dances where they were enter
taincd by, and danced with French
ladies Of the town; that shortly there
after an order was issued that no Of
ficer Of that detachment would be per-
mittcd to attend dance where fee
was charged. The complaint is that
inasmuch as n fee was charged at all
dances and all officers of that parti-
cular detachment were negroes, the ef-
feet of the order was that they were
denied the opportunity to dance with
the white ladies of the town. while
white officers of other detachments
could continue to attend the dances.s
Accuses William M. Trottcf Too.
when Du Bois is guilty of publish
ing stuff of this kind" Mr.. Byrnes de-
clared, sit Is not surprising to find
William Monroe Trotter, editor of The
Boston Guardiant( t(negro), doing his
utmost to lneitc riots and cause blood
she'd"
Speaking of The Messenger edited
by a. Philip Randolph and Chandler
Owen, Mr.. Byrncs said it was printed
on fine quality paper and does not
carry half a dozen advertisements
other than its own.
ut is evident that 1t is supported by
contributions from some source" he
declared. The material in the maga-
zine would indicate that the source
from which the support comes is anita
gonistic-to the United States. 1t ap-
peals for the establishment in this
country of Soviet government. 1t
praises the treatment of the negro by
the &c. mans as contrasted with the
treatment accorded the negro by the
Allied forces. 1t urges the negro to
join the /. w. w: pays tribute to
Debs and every other convicted enemy
of the government and prays for the
of q Bolshevist GOV
arnment in this land. 1t is evident that
the I. w. w. is financing it in an effort
to have the negro of America join it in
their revolutionary plans
Representative Byrnes said this
urged that negroes be made
police captains in all large cities. The
July issue of The Messenger, he said,
carried this statement:
"All such big negro communities are
of race prejudice dynamite,
ready TO explode at any moment upon
putting the flame to the fuse. Riots
are imlnincnt--rcal race riots-in all
such large cities as New York, Phla-
delphia. Baltimore, Washington, Chi
cago, Pittsburg, and st. Louis"
Violence Deliberately Planned.
Since the publication Of this maya
zine" Mr.. Byrnes continued, most un-
fortunate race riots have occurred in
Washington and Chicago. In deter
mining who was the aggrcssor the
above statements are enlightening.
They show that the negro leaders had
deliberately planned a campaign Of
violence"
Mr.. Byrnes said that If there was at
present no law prohibiting circulation
through the mails Of incendiary doc
trines, it was time that legislation be
enacted to- prohibit it. The foreign
press, which, through publication of
revolutionary doctrines, was once a
danger, was now under surveillance. he
declared, and like steps should be TAX
en- against the use of the negro press
for the Bolshevik ana !. w. W..
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