"Were race differentiation held to it
must increase civil discord. When the
balance of numbers is as it is in the
in America it must tend to
obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen "and
citizens face in the contrary direction
I do not say that they will attain im
mediately civil peace, but I am confi
dent that they will be traveling the
only road toward it.
"I do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combina
tion between humans in healthy
national life, but race difference is
discipline for the white man as well
as the black.
(the
CONVERTING TH E ESKIMO.
Christian missionaries seem to have
made little headway in converting the
Eskimo in the far north, according to
Donald B. MacMillan, head of the
Crockerland expedition, who has refrom
cently returned to New York| after
four years in the Arctic.
Mr. McMillan was in daily contact
with the Eskimos. He finds them
lovable and easly managed. The
i members of the expedition trusted, im
plicitly the little colony of six fam
ilies at Eta, base of the expedition,
on the northeast shore of Greenland,
and never suffered a loss by theft. Yet
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only one of many schismatic agencies.' parts of the country. Then this Is the
The solution of the difficulty involve, month in which the darned ground
same understanding of the Eski
mo character has made Mr. McMillan
skeptical as to the power of mission
ary work to better their social stand
ards.
VI don't believe the missionaries will
be able to change the social customs
of the Eskimos very greatly. They
are a happy, care-free, jovial people.
