The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-26
THAT STEINER STUFF

The average man cannot follow
the labyrinth OF scientific processes
in fathoming the signs of the
times, and so must resort to COM
mon sense. While some days give
promise of peace in the world for
an indefinite period, common sense
dictates that the heavily armed
nations must fight at last. A crowd
Of armed men be they towards,
bluffs or desperadoes, will finally
shoot If they keep on pranking with
firearms. Hitler and MuSSolini keep
on pranking and somebody is bound
to be shot by and by, and then
this worlds fluctuations will begin
anew.
The explanation of war thus far
postponed is TO be found not in
the diplomacies and Populations Of
Chamberlain and his satellites but
in Poland who has elected to pro-
tect herself, England or no Eng
land, allies or no allies. Poland
has made the world realize that
she can start world war as well
as Hitler and just why Chamber
lain has been slow to recognize this
fact makes him all the more cul-
pable in his appeaSement tactics.
Poland cannot whip Germany nor
even long resist; but Poland can
make mess in Europe and her
threat to do just that thing has
stood off the supposed mad man
Hitler Because of Poland's firm
stand Hitler is talking with more
sense and consideration than for
the past several months. Poland is
showing that sterner stuff" called
courage and the impudence and in
science of Hitler pales before this
ike frost before the rising sun.
ENGLAND TO BLAME
If Chamberlain had not betray-
ed Czechoslovakia and the league
Of nations had not betrayed Ethio-
pia there would be different story
to tell and the sacrifice of these
TWO fine little nations would not
be written down in history as the
arch-disgrace of the twentieth CEN
Jury. The entire blame is England's
whose hypocritical disinterestedness
stole the confidence of the world.
When Chamberlain met with Hitler
at Munich to barter away Czechos-
lovakia it was bluff meeting bluff
Hitler bluffing Chamberlain and
Chamberlain bluffing the world
But when Hitler met Poland it was
bluff meeting s;tuff, Poland has
stood off the mighty international
terror called Hitler and thus de-
serves the credit for the postpone
ment to date of a world war.
STEINER STUFF NEEDED
The hero of Europe does not hail
from London but Warsaw. The sal
walton of individuals, races, nations
and situations depends not upon
bluff but upon stuff that sterner
stuff If you please A whole lot of
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cation is merely a bluff and it does
not matter whether this mere talk
is by whites or Negroes Booker T.
Washington saw it nearly fifty years
ago and warned his people that un-
less our claims to citizenship were
backed up by substantial char
acterS and substantial bank &C.
counts, our pretense at full fledged
was mere bluff Those
Negroes who form the backbone of |
the races economic life today are
those who took Washington serious
ly. We are today in the midst of
a business beginning that promises
much of good for the future of the
race. Washington called attention
to this long before he passed on
And so in almost every situation
where the Negro is advancing we
are following a trail marked out by
LOSING OUT
En- route to Richmond from st.
louis the other day I entered the
lining car and recognized in one
# the walters a young man whom
had seen in the Savarian restau-