The Omaha guide., 1939-11-18

German submarines We're cruis-
ing about the Caribbean sea such
rrscautisns have been taken that
these latit1des SO distaHl from
kur0pi arc fiji. ed with patrols
and with passive Defense as if
tl.ay were another war-zone. A
Estate of emergency" is in force
with censorship and curtailment
OF me. ting5 and free speech.
a British paper speaks of
William Pattersot's expressed
views. "Is it a Black Mans
War;" This Negro leader points
out that "those in Amsrica who
hate and persecute Negroes are
tho friends Of the Nazis. The
nrorf 4 err Of the Klan in the
American legion, are borrowing
from the Nazi's racial theories.
Tho fri nds of Nazism are the
enemies of Roosevelt and of the
New Deal policies. No, this is not
a white mans wal alone. The
Polish people must have all pos
sible support from the Negro
people"
The Polish p~oople-Today Pc
land is a conquered country. Many
tens of thousands of Poles, living
in France are however beng
raaAe into q s perate army which
will figh5 on the French front
and the minister Of public works
Go Monte has JUS made public
hommage to their great leader
and patriot Kosciusko. Kosciusko
should be the. oncer of every
Negro throughout the world: for
it was he, Thaddeus Kosciusko,
who went to fight against the
domination of England in the
American War of independence.
Washington chose him as his
aide-de-camp. He received the
grade of general, the Order of
Cincinnatus, the title of "Citi-
zen of the USA.p So highly was
no thought of. He was then 38
and returned to his own country
where, in the Revolution of 1894
he held out against the King of
Prussia for over four months,
was wounded and made prisoner.
and later libsrted by the Tar of
Russia. !
De Monte said: Like the
Black Virgin of murdered Czesto-
chowa which escaped yhe German
bomb last September, the soul of
Poland escapes always. 1t is diff
ficult to overrun her; impossible
to daunt her." This is how they
have been fighting in parts of
Poland against the Nazis. The
uhlans of Colonel Pilsowski at
tackled the armed tanks with
a. the end of which were
burning brands which they tried
to thrust into the tanks open
Sixty Polish cavalrymen
were killed before the 61st was
able to accomplish this.
Polish workers lever forget
Kosciusko. There is n in my |
OWN village and he said to me as
we we're drinking coffee with an
American colored friend Of mine
who knew no French: "Tell him
| am Of the land Of that great
man, Kosciusko, who fought for
uho liberation of the c%olored
Of America"
Disgust and sorrow were felt
by the Polish patriot at learning
thai these slaves wers not to be
by the very fact of their
fought for the liberation
Of white Americans from the
English yoke. He did what he
could. He recognized THAI educa-
ton is a means of liberation and
Of progress; and he left Thomas
Jefferson the sum of $4,000 for
the education of Negro children
when he died.
A ve1'y different type of man,
the first lord of the admirably,
Winston Churchill, WHIP is half
American, made an excellent
comparison the other day for
Which we salute him. His words ,
TO the effect that nc matter
what the courage and skill shown
by the confederates in the Amer
lean Secession war the fact re-
NAMED that they "could not free
themselves from the horrible
stain of slavery" Today the Ger
man people could be compared to
them in that they we're poisoned
by the monstrous thing that is
Nazism.