Mr. Hughes in his spe$ch to a
colored audience stated that* he stoodtj
for -equal .and exact justice for all
citizens regardless of color, and he
said further:
am mire you do not wish par-!
ticular things done because of color."
That was a strong point, so it'seems
queer that some of the jim-crow
colored papers were careful to elimi
it Cutting out a strong point
like that shows the working of the
jim-crow mind.
The American thinking,r intelligent,o
any particula thing,
wan
ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION. level-headed colored people certainly
The Canadian expedition which has treated exactly as other
atter horw alluring, because of color,
a
I
the north coast of the American con- Americans are treated they'll be sat-
tinent has returned, bringing much
isn
important data from that frozen treatment or especial favors because
region. One of the most interesting
ed. They are not asking different
color,
MUST BE A JOKE.
An exchange telegraph dispatch
from Geneva says that it is under
stood the German government pro
poses to lodge a complaint with the
International Red Cross against the
use of the so-called "tanks." The
complaint will be on the ground that
the use of these new engines of war
is contrary to recognized methods of
civilized warfare.
After the sinking of the Lusitania,
the rape of Belgium, the despoiling of
Serbia, the Zeppelin airship raids over
England, killing innocent women and
children, and other infamous acts of
Germans in the present world war, it
as if some grim joker is abroad
in the land.
NO DENIAL.
