Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-04-17
(By p. W. Wilson,

lie manuatOrieG for Gernadf colonies
in that continent. BY stroke OF the
pen. populations numbering 100000
are transferred from one sovereignty
to others, doubtless for their adyant
age yet without a plcbiseite or Other
method OF consultation. Some Of us
had hoped that nudcr the League, Ne
gro Africa would have boon consoli-
dated. like India, with this difference.
taat the Government would have been
international. This ideal has not boon
realized. Africa remains divided md
is part OF the spoils Of war. And the
arrangement means that tho white
man has still to solve tho problem
of the black man, which beoomes
more formidable With every year
that passes.
AT this moment OF upheaval tbar .
arc LOCO millions OF persons, living
uneaSilv on this planet. or these per
sons, one in cvary ten is OF Negro
hood and everywhere the Negro is
in a vague Torment somewhat go
sembling the unrest in the Hosl aln
world. II there had been no war at
all it is clear that with gradually i'm
proving education and his eun
churches and newspapers, the color
ell man must have become conscious
Of his own international origin aad
destiny. But the war has stimulated
that awakening From the United
States alone not far short Of 100000
Negroes entered the contest. In the
French Army there were numerous
SGncgaleSc and similar regiments
while | have myself addressed West
INrll {,,N At>xAA
Mr.. Winston Churchill wae all fea'
flooding Europe with A. many Asiat
ic aud African soldiers as coWh be
recruited anyhow. and of course the
emergency was severe. But tho White
man has now to face tho consequences
of summonng the native races to sot
tie his quarrels.
Before the war tho Negroes were
what the late Gen. Booth would move
called Il submerged tenth. Whether iR
the New World or In the Old, the shree
Of Ham hung heavy over those prim
Oval races. In the South Of the Unit
ell States the Negro has achieved
economic freedom, nut has not. Yet at
rived at social ana political eaua1tr
ty. In Africa his PROBES, homie, he
has been the sera Of the gold aad
, aiamondl nlihesj thes Victim OF the
rubber fond and the helpless s1ave
Of the Moslem raider. Of'>hllt great
/ Negro 0tateA Abyaufnia aHpAb i ra
mains independent. And her eiyiliaa
tios,s though, anciont, IS stin Tudt
Z mentnry..s Some Hyears 'ago II ~spuAt q
I week end In England, with the young
King OF Uganda, who Is a Christian
/ and the! }repfeseatativa OF aNdypesty,
! bnnstips,,I Think ,twenty-eiEht eonns
cuttye generations. But no had o. Brit
ish tutor and his country was u pro
} tt ctorate.i While Liberia Ia q fafly
! suecessful experiment, Hayti is an ad
! mitted failure, and It Us clear that M
| the prust.ce OF self-government the
! Negro-cvcn when no uses the pnras-
/, es-has yet q great deal to learn. 10
re,ntriate him to';nis ancestral ropt
les in Africa IS no solution OF his dig
icu,ties. For him there Is not and oaA
rot be my policy OF applied Zion:
ism +" Side by side with tho white
NAN. and under white mans ADMIN
;slration, he must live, and liVe, IL
lie can contentcdly. Segregation 10
not practical politics. Where tho Nc
groos are most national-that 10. IN
oeuntries entirely ixhabitated ny
thcm-they are the least able to race
the actualities OF modern prosreeS.
The serious thing ls tnat we Ws'e
asking the Negro to be at case III
world which is itself out or joint.
livery word said about self-determina
ton awakens a wild echo In his hearl'
Hitherto his grievances have bean
lecal and tho Negro who was flo1G
I'd on the Rand did not worry very
r.uch about the Negro who was lynsh
cd in Kentucky. But under the LEAD
ership OF men like MIR. DIV Bois. the
Ncsr oes are, as it were, mob1liElns
their grievances, SO that tho seDe
journal will advertise delegation
OF Basuto chiefs to the Nf}tiah GOV
crirnent and the Jim Grow car IN
Alab.H.. Between the British EN-
pire and the United States, theredofe
the Negro furnishes q now point OF
contact. Politically this may not com
lare in importance with 1nslanu. yet
il will tell, none the less. Over Ne
y,oes in the Ola World, Britain Is
the leadisg sugeraixn, and In the
New York this is the position OF the
United States, whether within her
own borders or in Hayu and San
Domingo. Already We have AmerS
can newspapers Of Negro sditorahtD
sometimes excluded from the Brit
iEh West Indies at the very moment
when Congress is talking Of, meas
ures to restrict the passage OF theSa
same newspapers through the Aneri
can mails.
For the iRtellect Of the Negro move
lient ia in this country Mr.. Du Bots
himaelf Is q Harvard man. In his pit
less way the scientist tells as that
tho brain Of the gorilla weights f1f
toen ounces anI Of the Negro thirty
five ounces; and OF the white Caucas
ian forty-five ounces; but there are
millions of parsons classed as color
ed who have white blood AMI white
ineta1c&i without enjoying white
privileges In Brazil and other South
American republics the color bar Is
not rigid, and in jamaica the planters
and the Official classes are playing
OF the mulattoes against the blacks
who do the common work OF tho su