The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-01-28

ment and yet he has but little OF a
tangible natuHe-to show for the peo-
| pies money. / am told that he was
putting IL into ships which have never
made any visible Roadway He has
| from the beginning preached the or
| EaniZng of Negro business enterprise
es. but the millions of dollars here in
the Negro community, the biggest in
that world, are going their regular
course into the pockets of the other
race, We neeG more results and less
promises-he will never be able to exc
cute his great big plan, but with the
thousands Of dollars of the poor peo-
| pies money that he is getting might
4 be spent in building up business for
his people. The black man that can
furnish jobs for half dozen young
men and women of his race and pay
them at the end of the week is worth
more to us than a thousand theorist
that never bring anything to pass. |
believe that Mr., Garvey has done
some good in that he has caused the
black people in these parts to begin
the development of race conscious
ness that was almost wholly lacking.
But no one who starts out as a race
leader can get very far who advo-
Gates hatred and force. The world is
lust struggling back to it's feet after
the awful catastrophe in which that
theory was entirely exploded.
1t stands without question that four
hundred million souls of the black
race constitute tremendous force in
the affairs that are now Transporting
on the earth, but il must be remem-
bered that only a very small frag-
ment of that vast array of humanity
enjoy even the rudiments Of civili-
cation. Then too, the time is not yet,
III indeed II ever shall be, that any
group of people can enjoy long con-
tinued development and success with
out cultivating highly civilized races
of the earth could only come to the
realization of this truth at Il fearful
cost of blood and treasure, to which
the black man contributed his fun
share, 1t We're but the height of folly
for the Negro to proceed along a
similar line. The whole world is
challenged new to the gospel Of
peace and good will toward men,
which this season that is now upon
us has been bringing to this troubled
world for almost two thousand years
with ever increasing power and de-
finteness
Takes Passage on 8. s. Paris.
! In Acts 27.4i, we read And the
rest, some on boards, and some on
/ broken pieces of the ship. And II
came to pass. that they escaped all
| safe to land" The distinguished party
of investigators was in very serious
| financial ship wreck and broke up into
! fragment. Some went on at once after
| filing suit to recover their money,
and are by this time nearing the coast
of Liberia, while some returned to
their homes while still others are
waiting to see the result of the trial.
It has indeed been serious situation,
one to be deeply deplored by all
lovers of this race. Should there arise
nothing to intercept my program by
the time this article reaches the pub
lie L shall be somewhere in France"
] have today engaged passage on the
liner Paris to Bordeaux and viii go
by rail from there to Paris and then
to Harve, where / will again try the
ocean on the last lap of my journey
to the cost of Liberia.
There will necessarily be Few days
delay in France. but those days will
not be lost as ! am keen TO see the
land that has been made sacred to us
by the noble record of sacrifice and
achievement made by our black boyS
which adorn the pages of the history
: of the late war--the bloodest Of al
|, the ages-and fought out to preserve
: civilization and TO bring about Z
p reign of universal democracy Surel!
no black mans feet can press tn
soil of France without having brough
: forcibly to mind the intense SUFFERING
! of his brothers who struggled there
Many of the hills and meadows o
t blood and their bodies sleeping, await
: ing the call of the sleeping dead, be
: meath its age worn sod.
l The Paris starts on her storm
= voyage at noon today, Wednesday
January 49, This is the latest an
finest addition the celebrated Frenc
line fleet. is the largest Frenc
Z steamer in the world and only mad
4 her maiden voyage last June. In out
Q ward appearance the Paris, Is distin
q gushed by two masts and three gian
r tunnels She is 76S feet in length
6S feet beam and 60 feet in deptf
The distance from bridge deck to ket
d is 10 feet. The Paris has eleven decks
! eleven stories high is a simple way I
I put it. 1t has a displacement ton
e mage of $1,000 and her gross tonnag
g is $4,000. She is an oil burner and
t driven by quadruple engines, develop
= ing $4,000 horsepower and giving
o speed of % knots. This sea monste
has 60 life boats of latest type. in
GLIDING a powerful motor boat equip
4 ped with wireless system affordin