Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-05-03
DIR DUBOIS ANGRY.

In the issue of the Crisis for May,
the brilliant journalist and able lead
err, DIR. W. E. B. Du Bots, loses his
usual eQuipose and conservative judg'
ment for which he has been noted ana
plunges into the use of radical, ex-
IRENE language, for which President
General Marcus Garvey has been noted.
He throws to the winds the warning
which has come down through the
ages:
Whom the gods would destroy,
They first make mad.
He may have had just cause for this
outburst of temper, but it cannot DO
justified in leader, who occupies
such a high pinnacle, as the one upon
which his admirers, both white and col
ored have placed him These thoughts
came to us after reading his rather re-
markable comment upon Marcus Gar
vey and his surprising propaganda
among the white people of this coun-
try.
To us it seems that as the distingr-
ished Negro leader has Numbered IN
attempting to undermine the rights
and privileges of the American born
citizen of color by urging the contlnu-
ance of the crusade against according
to him all of his rights and privileges
under the American Constitution, Dr.
W. E. B. Du Bots has erred in giving
him so much space in his widely circu-
lated journal relative to this attack up
on vital fundamental rights in this
country.
The mere statement of the facts
with little or no comment would have
been and is sufficient to bring about
Mr.. Garvey's undoing among loyal
American citizens, who have the brains
and ability 70 think for themselves
Mr.. James Weldon Johnson was caustic
in his attack, but DR.. Du Bots goes even
beyond his drastic utterances. Among
other things, he says:
In it's endeavor to avoid any injus--
tice toward Marcus Carney and MS
followers The Crisis has almost lean
ed backward. Notwithstanding his
wanton squandering of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars we have refused
to assume that he was common thief
In spite of his monumental and persls
tent lying we have discussed only tire
larger and truer aspects of his propa-
ganda. We have refrained from all com
ment on his trial and conviction for
fraud. We have done this too in spite
Of his personal vituperation of the ed'-
tor of The Crisis and persistent and un
remitting repetition of falsehood after
falsehood as to the EDITORS beliefs and
acts and as to the program OF the N.
A. A. CP. Il FHR
1t would seem that Garvey's attacks
have struck home" so far as DR.. W.
E. B. Du Bots and his associates are
concerned And again:
In the face. however, Of the unbe-
lsevable depths of debasement and hui
initiation to which this demagog has
descended in order to keep himself out
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clearly:
Marcus Garvey is, without doubt, the
most dangerous enemy Of the Negro
race in America and in the world. He
is either lunatic or traitor. He Is
sending all over this country tons o.
letters and pamphlets appealing to
Congressmen, business men, philan-
thropists and educators to join him on
platform whose half concealed planks
may be interpreted as follows:
That no person of Negro descent can
ever hope to become an American citi
zen.
That forcible separation of the races
and the Punishment of Negroes to Afrl
ca is the only solution of the Negro
problem
That race war is sure to follow any
attempt TO realize the program of the
n. A. A. C. P.
And again:
We would have refused to believe
that any man of Negro descent could
have fathered such propaganda II
the evidence did not lie before us in
black and white signed by this man.