The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-23
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HAITI AND HER TROUBLES.

Since we come to think of 1t The
Washington Eagle in its editorial of
the 10th inst on the Haitians and
their troubles has not missed the
truth: '"The Haitians are a queer lot.
Officially they have always held aloof
from Afro-Americans. Their accredit-
ed diplomatic representatives here
have always Stunned their Afro-Amer-
lean brethren. Some of them have
been so proud and exclusive that they
would have no social intercourse
with such eminent Afro-Americans as
Frederick Douglass, B. K. Bruce, John
R. Lynch and the like when they
were all residents of the District of
Columbia
However, there was one outstaAd-
ing exception The late distinguished
eminent and honorable Hannibal
Price, Minister Plenipotentiary to the
United States. for whom the Right
Reverend Bishop John Hurst was
secretary of Legation in the latter
SOS associated with American Negroes
to the limit of his official capacity.
| He was a rare man of fine parts,
devoid of selfishness, and has written
his name indelibly in Haitian Annals.
But if a foreign official holds too
great an Intercourse with Negroes in
the United States, he can easily be.
! come what in diplomatic circles is
known as persona non grata" with
our government, thus rendering him
self liable to be called home by his
government. Especially would this
be true of the Haitians, whose record
from the famous September 22, 1871
to January 1, 1904 might be consider
ed contagious, as it might be conduc-
tive to imitation.
Now in our own beloved country
there is natural disposition for Col
ored men to seek the association of
white men q merely state the fact
the limits of this article does not per-
NIT to discuss the cause) and when
this contact is freely permitted it
tends to ALLEVIATE or segregate such
Colored men from their fellows that
have not such association. How then
can we blame foreigners?
What is really gained by association
with Colored people? Have you ever
thought of it? Who ever espouses our
cause, be he as powerful as the Ia
mented ex-President Roosevelt, gets
in bad using the language of the
streets. When the late gallant James
B. Foraker went to the last ditch for
us, and thereby lost his high estate,
we sympathized with him. but were
powerless to do him good.
We, according to the statutes are
true blue American citizens, free and
all like that! but in reality we do not
enjoy the rights even of a European
alien. Consequently there is nothing ;
to us that a foreigner, however we'll
disposed he may be, can tie to unless ]
he get himself into jeopardy.
Our case, however is not hopeless
We can make ourselves worth while !
There is way that we can come in
to our own. We are cropping to find {
that way. The mouse was once of
assistance to the lion. We can and
must make friends.
If Haiti in her heyday was not in a
position to say or do much for the {
Negro of the United States save in
vite him to make his home there, and
this invitation was repeatedly extend
g dbefore our government usurped the
protectorate; that is not sufficient
cause for us to allow her to be erased
from the list of sovereign nations
without, at least, our word of protest .
We, helpless as we are, have done =
The Haitian State some service. For
when the intelligence filtered into a
this country that our government had
the Haitian Constitution
making it inimical to native interests, =
The Negro in the United States felt :
that something was wrong. Here and
there he raised his voice in protest, :,
feeble at first finally it caused the :,
Visit and report of j. w.. Johnson,
which indirectly led to the timely ut :,
erance of Sen. Harding, Republican
candidate for President. Thus the
natter got before the world and the IL
Metropolitan dailies began to front o
'age and headline Haiti's troubles. G.
Now the announcement comes that y
Secretary Daniels has ordered an in "
'estigation October %, 1920.
No Negro under present conditions Y
AN look with unconcern at a luckless y
hight of another Negro and calmly u
ay it served him right. T
Remember Negroes are not lynch =
ng and burning white men, no mat :,
ef what are their fauIta or daads "A
WILLIAM II. DAWLEY. JR. n