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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
KEEP SKI LOVER THERE"

Few intelligent people will take
issue with the Frenchman when he
practices full freedom for every man
alike. The French people are lib
eral, fair, honest in their beliefs,
and entirely without color prejudice.
This is wonderful thing. It is
just what the world will finally con-
cede to be the true spirit of man
toward man.
But France is France, be it said,
and her liberal policy is what makes
her the country she is. She has
more friends on the globe than an
other single nation. Her subjects,
mostly black or of the darker hue.
are loyal and stand ready to die for
France.
The recent rise of Sikh to pugil-
istic fame has brought to the sur
face a very literal and practical
demonstration Of the fairness Of the
French people. Sikh was declared
champion. He was not only de-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
Harlem News Comments
on Segregation Of Butler

New York, Nov. 1O.-Commenting
OF: the segregation methods used by
Southern members of, the American
Legion in preventing Sol Butler, for
nler American running broad jump
record holder, from competing in the
athletic games held in New Orleans
last month, the Harlem Home News,
a white semi-weekly publication, in
its issue of November l has the fol-
lowing to say:
SOL Butler, colored athlete, was
rot allowed to compete in the New
Orleans American Legion meet be-
cause of racial prejudices. Nothing
unusual for New Orleans, we sup
pose, but not exactly up to our no.
tiCn, of American ideals. If Sol But
Ter was good enough to be trained
during the war for a berth as an
officer in the United States army, and
II he was good enough to represent
the United States in the Olvmnic
games, he ought to be good enough
to run a race in New Orleans.
"Prejudices of the kind that kent
Sol Buetler, broad jump champion,
cut Of the American Legion track
and field meet recently held at New
Orleans are vicious principles, sub
verslve OF the best interests of
american sportmanship and thor
oughly meritorius of the contempt
OF the country: The meet should not
have been held in a city where like
llhood of such an incident was i'm
E1inent. The New York delegation
was steadfast in Buffers support and
at least there is some satisfaction in
knowing that not all of the Legion
mares are living thousand years
behind the times"
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clared champion, but he was hailed
and accepted by the French people
as the champion. In this country
there would have been some excuse
offered, some pretext asserted to pre-
vent a 'black" from becoming cham
pion. But this country is the only
country in the world with the kind of
color prejudice known to American
soil. In France, Sikh could be hailed
as champion by all the people, be-
cause they are fair in their sports,
in their wars, in their business deal
| ings, and in their relations with
other members of the great human
family.
In France, Sikh, the new cham
pion, can enjoy his crown. He will
be accorded the same privileges
Carpenter enjoyed. He is a French
man, a black Frenchman, loved by
his country for what he is, and more
so because he is champion. He is a
| Frenchman with an honor well
earned. He is allowed to wear his
honors without molestation or en-
barrassment.
But there is some talk of bringing
him to this country for fstic en-
gagements. The Courier hopes he
will not come. This may appear
cowardly, but his visit to this coun-
try will mean more than is anticipat-
ed by the fight promoters who see
only the money value of his visit.
In Frances. Sikh means something
In this country he will be a Negro
He may be Senegalese in France
but he will be nothing but a Negro
in this country. The newspapers
have paved the way for that already
His wild nights in Paris; his white
wife and white consorts; the refusal
of the, "American colony'' in Paris
to dine or drink In the same cafe
with him-all this has prepared fo1
Sikh the embarrassment of his life
if he visits America.
And the American Negro will be
the sufferer Everything Jack John
son ever did will be rehashed when
Sikh is seen in New York with his
French wife and child. Every EN-.
barrassment we ever suffered by rea-
son of Jack Johnson's wild indiscre-
lions will be revisited upon US if Sikh
comes over.
True it is that this should not be.
But this country cares not "a hang''
about what ought to be; or what
ought not to be, when the white peo-
pie desire to express their color pref
udice. It will be a most enlbarrass-
ing moment for the American Negro.
it Sikh is allowed to parade our land.
We have tried to live down Jack
Johnson's idiotic conduct. Wills is
our next hope of redemption.
Please spare us further relapse just
now. Keep Sikh where the public is
liberal enough to allow him to enjoy
his laurels. In about another GEN.
tury, our country will be ready for
him.-Pittsburgh Courier.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
president HEARS
Dyer Y BILL Plea

Washington, D., c., Nov. 1O-A
delegation of the National EQUAL
Rights League had an audience with
President Harding at the White
House Office Saturday for. the pur-
pose Of speeding up action bv the
United States Senate on the Over
anti-lynching bill. The audience had
been arranged through Senator H. c.
Lodge OF Massachusetts and lasted
30 minutes.
d The delegation consisted of VIM.
Monroe Trotter, citizen of Massa-
chusetts; M. W. Spencer of Dele
ware; J. L. Neill Of Tennessee; Rev.
E. A. Abbott Of New York; Rev. w.
.. Darlington Of North Carolina:
Rev. J. Ii Pinn Of New York; T. A.
Johnson of Georgia; J. l.. Taylor of
Alabama; H. p. Slaughter Of Ken
lucky, editor of the Odd Fellows
Journal. with Trotter as spokesman.
Mr.. Trotter explained the mission
to be that of urging the President to
use the powers, prestige and influ-
ence of his position and of his per
sonality to speed up actual enact
ment of the Dyer anti-lynching bill
: by the United States Senate, espe-
cially in connection with the contem-
plated extraordinary session this
month, as it was remedy for mob
murders and these were continuing
at the average rate of one each week
He then presented a petition with
10000 signatures from nearly 80
states asking the President to name
1.-THE bill in his call for the extra ses-
lsion.
/ The first petition was from the
Presidents home town, Marion, Ohio
one was from Omaha, Neb.. one from
members Of the 24th U. S. infantry
At Fort ~Benning, Ca, several from
EGeorgla, Mississippi, Alabama, etc.
Inc President expressed himself
as IN sympathy with the cause pre-.
tsented. -,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
hlatlans Strongly Opposed
To Proposed American Loan

New York City, Nov. 4-The
Haitian-San Domingo Independence
Society is strongly opposed to the
proposed $16,00O,OOO Republic of
Haiti loan which is in process of
f1otation by the National City COM
pany, the financial interests alleged
to have brought about the American
occupation CT Haiti and the conse-
quent murder Of thousands of Hal
t.ans.
The statement declared that the
loan had been issued over. the protest
Of virtually the entire Haitian peo-
pie, and that it was based on the fol-
lowing illegal steps:
Military invasion of United States
naval forces Of the Independent Re-
public Of Haiti in July, 1915.
Overthrow Of a treaty through
military pressure !" (werds Of Ad-
nalrat Caperton, commanding United
States forces) - - $500
- Flotation Of a loan, terms Of
which automatically extend United
States occupation for at least thirty
years" -. =
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gentleman and recognized in decent
and respectable society among his
own race. He Is socially ostracized
only IN the event that he should lead
70 the altar in honorable wedlock
The mother of his scolored children,
and since this cannot be lawfully
Lone. the law prohibiting racial in
termarriage is shield and a pro-
lection to him in mixing the blood
of the two races.
I THE MORAL that was intended to
be drawn in the picture that APP
peared in this paper was to illustrate
and point out the hypocrisy and false
|pretenses of the white Americans,
who are fortunately in the minority,
who are constantly preaching the
doctrine of the purity of the Cauca-
sian race but who do not practice
what they preach. AS a general
rule those who are the loudest and
most denaonstrative in denouncing
and condemning racial intermarriage
are the very ones who lead dual lives
and are engaged clandestinely in
mixing the blood of the two races
II the Tribune can correct these
evils or start movement that will
have tendency in that direction we
can assure that journal it will have
the cooperation, assistance and sup
port OF it's contemporary, the Worlds
Greatest Weekly-the Chicago De.
fender. "a .-.
(The foregoing editorial is reprint.
ed from the Chicago Defender.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
ColOred Man Killed WHEN He
Protests Being "Jim Croxed''

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 4.-Frank
Walker protested against the ssiim
crow car discrimination, and being
roughly showed into the sim crows
section of a city street car by the
conductor. -. az
AS result Walker was shot dead
in his seat. The white condnctnr is
being held under $4,000 hail. The
murdered colored man WAS -. s+rar .s
|er to the discriminatorv enf nj
ments here. - - = -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
"ADvlcEs 70 NEGRO LEADERS,

THE TRIBUNE of this city in it's
issue of October Is took occasion to
give what it is pleased to term "some
advice to Negro leaders" The occa-
sion for this gratuitous so-called ad-
vice was based upon a photograph
which recently appeared on the front
page Of this paper. The word lad
vice" was a 111isnomer. Instead of
being judicious advice from friend
ly source it was a yelled threat from
an unfriendly source. Since it ap-
peared in the columns of the "world's
greatest newspaper which in many
respects is the worlds smallest news
paper, its mischievous effect will
not be seriously felt. .. :.
CARTOONS are usually intended
to point a moral. Whether the
moral be good or bad depends largely
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
Dr.. Furniss Addresses
Mixed Political Audience

! Connersville, Ind, Oct. 3O.-Dr.
S. A. Furniss, prominent Indian
apoiis medical practitioner and for
mer city councilman of the Hoosier
capital, addressed large mixed and
highly enthusiastic audience here,
Thursday night of last week.
The address, which was made in
the court house in the interest of the
Republican ticket, is said by local
politicians to have been clean-cut
embodiment Of sound logic and COM
mon sense.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11

Three other illegal steps were
mentioned, including "Dissolution of
the Haitian legislature" imposition
Of new constitution by an *illegal
plebiscite," and election of dummy
president.
The protest concluded with the
statement: "The Haitian people, de-
spite arrests, court martial and i'm
prisonment, have repeatedly protest
ed that the loan is illegal; is based
on force and fraud, and will be re-
pudiated by them at the first oppor-
tunity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
Col. Charles Young Post I.
Protests Army Discrimination

New York, Nov CRUSADER Serv-
ice). Protesting against rejection of
colored men from the Citizens
Training Camp at Plattsburg. the
Col. Charles Young Post, No. 1893,
American Legion, has written to
Secretary of War Weeks demanding
equal rights for the race.
The letter says in part: Gas
American citizens whose history in
the land antedates the Mayflower, a
people whose blood stains every bat
tleground in the nations history. and
above all as warriors whose records
stand interchangeable, we feel justi-
fled in protesting"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
Alleged Mistreat-
TnentofCo|oredu.S.
S. Soldiers ]||I| in Georgia
National Association Writes to
Secretary Of War

1nquiring into frequent charges"
OF mlstreatment of colored members
of the 24th United States infantry.
stationed at Camp Benning, Georgia,
and asserting that the charges are
such as to warrant congressional in
vestigation, the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Co1ored
People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York.
today made public letter to the
Secretary Of War asking for a state
ment from the War Department.
The letter asks chat the War De-
partment state whether it is true
that the colored regiment has been
deprived of it's arms in community
that resents the presence of colored
men in United States uniform !;
whether the regiment has been de-
prlved of its own colonel and placed
IN command of one with bad record
for brutality to colored soldiers;
whether the War Department coun-
tenances advice. from commanding
officers to colored soldiers that they
permit themselves to be called
Damn Niggers" and remember first
of all that they are colored.
The Advancement Associations
letter, which is signed by the chair
man of the board of directors, Mary
White Ovington, is as follows:
!. +. November 2, 1922.
The Secretary of War,
: War Department, :
Washington, D. c.
Sir: - H.
Frequent reports have come to
this office that the 24th Infantry IT.
5. A., consisting of colored troops.
some OF them veterans of the Span
ish-American and the World Wars.
have been disarmed, deprived of
their commanding officer, Colonel
Schofield, and stationed at Fort
Benning, Georgia, where they are, in
virtue ct their being without arms.
at the mercy of every brutal Negro
hating white man. - =.
1.-The reports to this office of the
treatment accorded these colored
soldiers are such as to justify con-
gressional investigation into the con-
duct of Camp Benning,, Georgia, by
ITS present commanding officer. Be-
fore placing. the matter before con-
gress, may we have from the War
Department reply stating whether:
Il: The Oath Infantry, U. S. A.,
has been stationed at Camp Ben
ming, Georgia, and disarmed. =:
"2. The oath Infantry has been
deprived of it's commanding officer.
Colonel Schofield. -
20. It is the policy of the War De-
partment to ountenance advice from
commanding officers to soldiers that
they permit white soldiers to call
them Damn Niggers.' ..-
~. It is the policy of the War
Department to countenance advice
from commanding officers to United
States soldiers that they are to re-
member first of all that they are
colored.
IS. Mail from the 24th Infantry
at Camp Benning is censored in or
der to prevent knowledge of the
facts reaching the public. :
1T is respectfully suggested that
investigation f these charges be
made by the War Department d.
:. Very truly yours, - y ..
* Signed Mary White Ovington,
Chairman, Board of Directors Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People,"
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YAsBib|e Thoughtfor Today

HOW TO ESCAPE FROM EVIL:
Because thou hast made the Lord,
which is my refuge, even the Most
High, thy habitation; there shall no
evil befall thee, neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling. For
he shall give his angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways
Psalm 91:9-11.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
THE SIN OF SILENCE j.

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, tho in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak end
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-ElIa Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
THE MAN WHO DARES

honor the man who in the coI1sci-
entious discharge of his duty dares to
stand alone; the world, with ignorant,
intolerant judgment, may condemn,
the countenances of relatives may be
averted, and the hearts of friends grow
cold, but the sense of duty done shall
be sweeter than the applause of the
world, the courtenancee of relatives or
the hearts of friends. Charles Sumner.
The New York herald., 1922-11-28
DENBY ANGRY OVER
FOOTBALL ORGY
Denounces Middies Who Took
Defeat Too Hard and Took
to Liquor.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HRALD.
New York Herald bureau.
Washington. d. c., Nov. "a.
The drinking in Philadelphia last
Saturday during and after the Army
Navy football game was taken up to-day
when Secretary of the Navy DENLY
ordered an immediate investigation into
the part taken by the mtdshipmen from
the Naval Academy in the wet carnival.
Declaring the conduct of the midship-
mon had brought disgrace" on the
Naval Academy and on those of the
regiment who abstained from drinking,
tho Secretary added that such a thing
never would happen again and that
appropriate measures would be taken to
wipe the stain off the academy.
Secretary DENLY admitted that he
knew that midshipmen partook Of liquor
fully and freely. but believes the greater
number Of the regiment of 2,400 was
sober.
Secretary Of War Weeks Is not taking
the matter seriously. Reports that he
would take up at the Cabinet meeting
tomorrow the wholesale wet celebration
after the thrilling game at Franklin
Field are denied. 1t was in Philadelphia
that Secretary Weeks recently warned
the country that prohibition was break
ing down, and the celebration staged
there last Saturday. according to all OBJ
servers, goes, far to justify his predic-
ton.
Secretary Denby's statement breathed
righteous indignation. 1t said:
How many midshipmen drank heav-
fly I do not know. The whole regiment
was In Philadelphia Only relatively
small proportion of the regiment at
tended the ball. OF this proportion I
think the great majority conducted
themselves with propriety. but enough
failed Of their duty to their uniform
and to their country to bring shame upon
all. Such an occurrence will never be
repeated, for such steps as are necessary
VIII be taken as to make 1t impossible
| in the future
The New York herald., 1922-11-28
AUSTRALIAN FOUND
NEW YORK VERY DRY
Saw But Three Drunks in SO
Days, Tells Anti-AlcohOl-
ism League.
PRAISES q. s. INITIATIVE
Greatest Humanitarian Piece
Of Observation-Disclosures
Makes q Report.

TORONTO, Nov. 27.--In fifty-nine days
spent in New York city the Rev. Clifford
Gordon OF Melbourne, Australia, finan-
cial secretary Of the Victorian Anti-Sa-
loon League, saw but three drunken men,
he told the convention of the World
League Against Alcoholism to-day in an
address In which he paid tribute to the
leadership the United States has taken
in the prohibition movement. The first
fifty-eight days OF his stay, he said,
were spent In fruitless search for intoxi-
Gated persons. On the fifty-ninth. how
ever, he went to the Bowery and there
saw the lone trio"
II have travelled $4,000 miles through
the United States to gain first hand
knowledge OF the results Of prohibition"
Mr.. Gordon said. Although I found
many infractions of the law, jails, homes
for inebriates and alcoholic hospitals re-
ported fewer inmates, and many of them
had gone out Of business altogether"
He characterized the adoption OF the
Eighteenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution as "the greatest hu-
manitarlan piece OF legislation ever put
across in the history of government"
The Rev. Edwin Dinwiddie. grand
chief of the Good Templars Of the United
States, said that the Eighteenth
Amendment to his nations Constitution
would not be repealed ami that the
forces OF law and order would triumph
ultimately over prohibition outlaws.
William II. Anderson, state superin-
tendenf of the Anti-Saloon League OF
New York. made long report In which
he quoted from magazines, newspapers
and society reports to show that the
abolition of the saloon had been accom-
panied by moral. physical and economic
benefits, that crime had decreased,
homes and families were happier and
health and life better preserved.
Mr.. Anderson's report says in part:
"The election by an overwhelming
majority of the wet Tammany candidate
for Governor on a beer plank proves
nothing. for tho reason that. whether
stupidity or treacherously, most of the
local leaders Of the party of the enforce
ment Governor who was seeking reelec-
ton gave him no effective support.
"Mr. Henry Rood, writing in the wet
New York World of March 26, 1922.
quoted the official figures of the Bureau
of Vital Statistics OF the New York city
Health Department showing that the
total of deaths from alcoholism, includ-
ing those by wood alcohol and alcohol
poison. had dropped from 900 In 1916.
or the last full license year, to 127 in
1920 and 141 in 1921.
"The commitments to all the penal
institutions In the State In the last two
years prior to prohibition-and they
were partial prohibition years-were
The New York herald., 1922-11-28

21S,734. In the first two years OF pro-
hibition (1920-1s21) they decreased to
132,9S0. aJreduction of S5,754.
Those having charge of placing the
children available for adoption have re-
ported a sharp falling off In the number
of such children available, and the wet
Brooklyn Daily Eagle of May 21. 1922
said: All workers agree that prohibition
played a large part In effecting this re-
suit
"As compared with the average for
five wet years between 1913 and 1917
the New York State vital statistics for
1921 showed that while New York city
had Increases In population more than
10 per cent. the death rate had de-
creased over 20 per cent. from an aver
age OF 14.5T per 1000, of population the