Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-02-06

Of official denials by the French Gov
crnment of the repeated charges voic-
Cd In the German press and elsewhere
Of wholesale abuses of women and
children committed by the French col
ored troops garrisoned in the occupied
territory along the Rhine Is found in
an article written by Liili Jannasch in
Die Frau in Staat, and quoted from
in the November issue OF Die Friedens
Wartc Of Leipsic.
entitled "Black Disgrace-White Dis
grace" the writer points out that she
is not defending The use OF black sol
diers in Europe, but she insists that
the French arc not keeping them there
Just for tho fun, but because of fear Of
the plans for revenge being openly dis
GUESSED by the unregenerate PanGer-
mans and Junkers. After declaring
that only through casting out It's Chau
vtnists and showing itself repentant
and DESTROYS of becoming a worthy
member OF league of peaceful nations
can Germany hope for n reduction in
the occupying forces, she says:
And how about the black disgrace?
| lived a year Jim the occupied terri
tory In q little place garrissoncd for
months by several hundred black sol
ders. The chief official Of the district
G.andrat) assured ME that during
the entire time there had been no at
tacks upon women or children. In fact
the blacks had become quite popular.
And heard the same opinion from the
people. III many cases the blacks shar
oil their meals with the children Of the
neighborhOods.
From Ludwigshafen lady said to
me last summer, when I questioned
her: "WIhen we notice how Scandalous
ly our white women and girls make
friends with the blacks, how they flirt
and accept gifts Of chocolate, ETC., we
are not surprised If misfortune &C
ours. In fact, we know from our own
observation that many white women
find something alluring in entering In
to close relations with blacks; this we
have frequently been able TO verify
when members Of Negro tribes were
placed on exhibition in Germany. At
tho time Of the industrial Exhibition
in Berlin for example, 1t repeatedly
happened that Negroes Oh exhibition
there disappeared for several days and
/, was town talk that women Of good
society had been entertaining the Ne
grocs. Similar things have happened
in cities in all parts Of Germany, es-
pcolally in Hamburg. Is not this
white disgrace on tho side Of German
women much worse than tho black
disgrace?'
That the attacks by the blacks arc
not committed by the Wholesale, but
are scattered cases, is shown In all the
reports received from persons who do
not SEQ through Pan-German specta-
clcs. have been assured Of this by re
liable individuals from the Palatinate,
who arc constantly travelling through
there on business and by several per
sens from Wlesbaden. Most Of these
attacks are like the lying report that
the Goethe House in Frankfort was
filled with black troops during the oc
cupation.
In connection with report from
Washington Tint Representative Brit
ten OF Illinois was about 10 introduce
resolution OF protest against the
French Foreign Office announced on
further occupation Of the rhine ter
r.tory by black troops, the French For
eign Office announced on Jnauary 4,
that tho black soldiers had been with
drawn from tho Rhine several months
ago and sent to Syria and Africa lcnY
Ing only some Moroccan troops there
Attention was also drawn to al In.
vcstlgntion by the French War De
partment which had resulted IN clear
ing tho blacks from tho German
charges.
New York Ncws.)