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"That there is any direct connection be tween the Japanese 'racial equality' cam paign and the clashes in American cities is so improbable it may be dismissed without further consideration. No evidence lias been unearthed tending to prove the existence in this country of Nipponese propaganda to excite unrest. "By making the question an international issue, however. Nippon has dignified it to .hi extent and the clashes in the United Stales may he an indirect result of the situation thus created. "The 2,000 Negroes who clamorously ap proved 'radicalism' on the part of members of the race as a 'means of obtaining their rights,' in the course of a meeting held yesterday at New York, were tinkering with edged tools. They could not have appreciated the gravity of their utterances or the danger of the policy they noisily ap proved. "The Chicago race riots, following on after those in Washington, probably will not l>c permitted to pursue the same course. The capital policy were slow to act and the demonstrations became uncontrollable be- Fore they adopted drastic steps to preserve public order. "With this spectacle before them, the authorities in the Middle Western metro polis may be expected to act energetically in order to prevent future clashes. "Thus far, the South has been immune From disturbances of this kind. It is sin cerely to be hoped that the conditions which obtained for several days in Washington and which kept the Chicago police busy Sunday will not be duplicated in the .states and cities where the mass of America's Xejrro population is domiciled." Because the colored man defended him self in a life and death struggle, the Times subtly implies it may have been at the behest of the Japanese, but then, doubtless remembering its monetary obligation to the Japanese, it qualifies the remark and apolo gizes. It then condemns an audience of 2,000 colored persons who demand justice for the colored citizens and brands it as "radicalism." The Times shows its antipathy for justice being given the colored man by hoping the conditions that prevailed in Washington would not extend to the South, where the colored man is in the majority. In heaven's name why does the Times, or any Christian citizens, want to protect the South in its barbaric treatment of the colored man.' It is unfortunate, if such scenes had to be, that they did not occur in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where a few days ago thousands of white men and women dug a hole in the ground and buried a colored man, all but his head and then, after tantalizing a vicious bulldog to a frenzied state, put him in the iron cage that covered the head of the doomed man and then danced with delight while the maddened brute tore the man's tongue and eyes out and likewise scalped him. Tt's too bad, it is repeated, that the streets of Yieksburir were not flooded with human gore and her buildings consumed with tiames. Oh, horrors of horrors, such a city should have been sunk by a frowning God and a second Dead Sea occupy its place. Papers of wide circulation, who in every race clash, seek to throw all the blame on the colored man are but sowing to the winds that the country may reap a whirl wind. HP C T All CM dentist. Examination free. UL\. \^. |. /ALjLiILIi, 211 Globe Bldg., Ist and Madison. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m.. 1 to 6p. m., Run days by appointment. Residence 1830 24th Avenue. East 6419. CAYTON'S WEEKLY made up after thtis style and fashion. Rates very reasonable. Beacon 1910. PFRA7TPR Real Estate. Insurance, Collect • l i\r\LLLLil\ ions. 316 Pacific Block, Seattle Main 4554. I. W. EDMUNDS. OPH. D.. gS« ?& Eye Specialist. Personal attention given in Eye ex aminations for Glasses. Fifteen years in Seattle. Balcony, Fraser-Paterson Co. EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS With money to burn the Seattle school board is rapidly moving- in the direction of an all consuming* fire. Not to be outdone by his brother Max, comes now Norman Wardall and wants old lady King County to adopt him. Now that Colonel Roosevelt has decided to trail President Wilson, knowing ones are of the opinion that Ted the Second has an eye isngle to Woody's job. According' to posters, Cle Elum is to have her usual annual August 4th barbecue, and. Oh, Boyl the time they will have. You may not always see things in news papers that are to your liking', but persons differ and editors are either men or women. Men in Tacoma may not have taken the necessary interest in the stockingless girl, but if she comes to Seattle, believe me, she will have to go some to prevent the men from displaying a touching interest in her. May, perhaps, Irving S. Cobb "is a good reporter," which he himself openly admits he is, but he left out a very essential part in that brief remark —for nothing—which would make it read, "a. good for nothing reporter." In turning over Shantung to Japan, Uncle Sam lost the respect of Japan and the freindship of China and gained the reputa tion of being a straddier among the Euro peans. That's diplomatic strategy to read about. Unless the unexpected happens it's a foregone conclusion that the late grand jury indictments will be quashed, not. perhaps, because any law has been violated, but, "jest 'cause." That heat that delayed the president's "swing 1 around the circles," it occurs to us, emanated more in the senate than in Old Sol. As did Peter deny Christ, so let Seattle deny that baseball aggregation down in California claiming her as its parent. It's simply a liar and the truth is not in it. as Seattle has no such good for nothing- "onry chilluns" as that. Though the "immortal" William Jennings Bryan made Woodrow Wilson president of the United States, yet in his lectures he is painfully silent about his creation, Avhieh leads us to think he has had reasons to change his mind as to the usefulness of his work. According to the Associated Press re ports, the colored folks got all the worst of the rioting in Chicago, but it did admit that more whites than coloreds got killed. Oh, well, the A. P. was just born that way. With the Union Record damning capital and the Business Chronicle damning labor, there is a most beautiful chance to adjust the differences between the two. Two ex tremes never give a mean. Who knows but that Chicago's unex pected street car strike is a blessing in dis guise so far as the race riot in concerned? The curious are forced to remain home nights. For some reason President Wilson sud denly changed his mind and forwarded the Franco-American treaty to the senate. It begins to look very much like that the Republicans have His Excellency on the "beat it" at a J. I. 0. gait. Not being able to brow beat any of the Republican senators into supporting his private peace pact, President Wilson will leave Washington City August 10th to con vert the dear people to his way of thinking, and what a hell of a time he will have in doing so. One hundred half colored and French babies were reported in one town in France where colored soldiers had been for nearly two years camped. It's an ill wind that bloweth no one good. There is one thing certain. Professor Pickena is an amoonng little cuss, his streaks of seriousness to the contrary not withstanding 1. Race riots is a familiar headline in the United States this summer. Evidently the colored man is still fighting to make the world safe for democracy. We suspect that that fellow in Yakima now realizes that Ole Hanson is just as full of tight as he is of hot air. "Ts Democracy a Failure" is a headline. Not in a thousand years, but those who manufacture democracy, in some instances at least, are most miserable failures. From the signs of the times, Mr. Black Man has said to the Lord to whom he has been praying for help: "Now, Mr. Lord, if you won't help me do not help the other fellow and you will see one hell of a fight." Without inquiring into the legality of the appointment of E. B. French by Governor Hart, we trust the Legion will succeed in knocking his appointment into a cocked hat. French is a political stiff that won't stay put. The fight films of the AVillard-Dempsey fight are worthless as they cannot be taken to other states and the Ohio authorities declare the fight too worthless to be shown. Good bye, old Willard, good bye. If Japanese are able to buy apartment houses and groceries and the white owners of them are willing to sell to the Japanese, who delegated the power to an inconsequen tial little snoty nose whipple of the Miller Freeman type to interfere. The white men who sold the groceries have almost as much intelligence as has Freeman, and they would not have to have very much to have a hundred times more than has he. Miller Freeman seems about as badly alarmed about Japan dominancy over the white man as he has always been about the colored man. The fact of the matter is. Miller is not all there, which is largely responsible for his spasmodic outbreaks. WHERE TO EAT 1207 Jackson Street At the Diamond you will find every thing as you like it. Chaffen Dishes Our Specialty. So long as you eat, so long will you live. If, therefore, you want to live long, come to the Diamond to eat. Boxes for ladies. . AYE NEVER SLEEP GEORGE SIMMONDS, Proprietor William MeHinton, Manager 1207 Jackson Street SANDERS & COMPANY LOANS NEGOTIATED 1003-1004 L. C. Smith Building Office Hours From 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Seattle, Wash. Elliott 4662 Phone East 179 Calls Made Promptly Day or Night PENN UNDERTAKING CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS H. 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