Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-10-17

$ mobilize the racial antagonisms
e fears, hatreds and suspicious and
: create ain attitude Of federation in
Y the public mind of the peoples of the
earth. If our country is to have any
position of leadership ! trust it may
! be in that direction, and l believe
that the place where it should begin
. is at home Let us cast off our
hatreds. Let us candidly accept our
, treaties and our natural obligations
of peace. We know and every Ole
knows that these old systems. antag-
on:sms and reliance on force have
failed.
Lord Wllingdon was both emphat-
ic and specific in what he said in
England and the expressions of Hon.
j. H Oldham were equally so. The
telegraphic report is as follows:
ga white member of Parliament
must meet on terms of absolute
equality those whom, to put the
post on quite, frankly he has pre-
viously regarded as Interiors, de-
clared the former Governor of the
Indian provinces in a remarkable
address on race problems. 1T is
Imperative, he said, that this prob
lem be solved by peaceful methods
and not by clash of races, which
would, be the ghastliest tragedy the
world has ever known.
The boiicy of united white front
against peoples of other colors was
unsparingly denounced by j. H. Old
ham, who has teen secretary of the
International ;. Missionary Council
since 1921, and who has travelled all
over the world. Let us face the
facts squarely', said Mr.. Oldham. A
solid white front certainly and in
evitably means a solid yellow front.
solid brown frcnt and a solid
back front and that can have only
one end-,t means war;!
The dangers of vast race war
WILDLY painted by others, less quai-
flied, however, to speak with author
ity, made a profound impression on
the congress. Lord Wilmington de-
cared that the war had convinced
the colored man that the white man's
civilization had many defects and
THAI, the domination OF the WHITE
man was threatened in many coun-
tries. In his address, which is likely
to have a strong reaction in India,
Lord Will ngdou warned that because
of certain incidents the educated
people of India were beginning to
doubt the sincerity of British assur-
ances as to their political advance
ment.
sI asm convinced, ne went on.
IF we wish to continue our assoc-a
on with and influence upon those
countries which the white races have
developed largely for the ultimate
benefit of the colored man, that 1T
must be in spirit Of absolute
equality and not by arrogating to
ourselves an attitude of race super
iority. The white man must no lon
ger dominate the co1ored man even
for his own good'.
The same warning was emphasized
by Mr.. Oldham, who said that no one
could look out upon the world To-Day
without realizing the deep and grow
ing antagon' SIN between the races.
The rivalry for markets, he said, and
for access to sources OF raw material
was bound to become more and more
a ground for antagonlsm between
the Western and Oriental peoples
and he pointed out that the exclusive
immigration policies Of the British
Dominions and the United States
already had produced tension.
Mr.. Oldham declared that while
there was nothing in common be-
tween Islam and Bolshevism many
leading Moslems were now inclined
to throw in Their lot with Bolshevism
for the soc reason that the Bolshe-
vis.s treated them as equals while
the Western nat ons did not.
A vehement pea was made by a
turbaned Indian Christian for the
abolition of the white mans priv
lleges J
While President Coolidge was not
so definite in his utte-ances. 1T IS
evident from the language useo tnat
all of the speakers had the same idea
In mind and were endeavoring to
outline a course that would Lead this
and o.her countries away from war
rather than in the direction of an
other world war conflagration. The
DISTINGUISHED American specified
equal and exact justice to all as the
most direct way to accomplish this
much desired result.
So much for war. 1t is 81 losing
proposition, when viewed from any
angle. President Coolidge has the
facts and the experience to prove It,.
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