The Afro-American Review du lieu suivant : Salina, Kansas • 5

AMERICAN' REVIEW PAGE FIVE. IIC AND INDUSTRIAL CON-yS OF THE RACE IN PITTS- BCRO, KANSAS, England said she went to war because Germany would not respect the neutrality of Belgium," which country is just reaping what she sowed in Congo Africa. King Leopold II of Belgium when he could not get the natives of "The Congo Free State" to bring as it i yiighty per cent of the race itf rg1 darn tneir livennooa dy min- of mining a few are em- THE TEST OF.CIVILIZATION. The present war in Europe shows without a doubt how much of the veneer there is in civilization. Ben Tillman of South Carolina used to say in his public utterences before he became practically blind, 'and physically down and out, "Scratch the negro and you get a savage." What is he going to say when the rulers of the leading nations of civilization, Great Britain, France and Germany "have plunged almost the entire civilized world in one of the most gory conflicts of history? What is Tillman saying now concerning civilization against savagery when these co-called leaders of civilization are fiendishly driving millions of men, the best men of their mucii uuucr us lie uiuugnt uiey uugut to bring in he murdered and butchered them with as much relish as a thirsty man drinks a cup of cold water.

'Germany said that she was forced to go to war (and crossing Belgium was only incidental) to defend the "Fatherland," that "France had already mobilized her troops for the purpose of attacking her possessions." France said that "she had no such' intention, and that she was forced in by "The Pittsburg Petrified the tile works and at the rds. re is little mining to do as at the peresent time (mines grating' half "ana three quarters time," they f. i1- depend vc id jobs which are few, to make The pay roll of the miners to $1000 every two weeks. 7 p-opie it appears have a fairly opportunity to get ahead at the 'yards', being employed generally respective countries, to certain death? to this war to defend her interests -hAut. tahe plant and yet they which were threatened with destruc What is he going to say when he con-, siders the aftermath, the' paralization tion by Prussian of.

business, the wretched, misery, But the war was started not because Ua tiftlKo in Vio fhrnno nf A nefriQ-T-Tnn- squalor and poverty of the' people, the widows and the single women and the gary was murdered by Servians; not because Servia refused to permit the increase of prostitution and polygamy? I in many instances, anything earn and deserve. get $2.00 per day, fire-; yard men get $1.50, from $2 to $5 (they 1 'according to the amount of i.sy do). Wagon gangs' get from per, brick pitchers get rsr, day. The, brick burner and of the night gang, both Afro- Austria-Hungarian authorities to take Servia's judicial authority into their own hands, in the trial of the alleged Servian murderers; not because Ger- manv flarorl in vinlato tho TlAlltrnlitV UlUklJ UU1VU JW MV wtf of Belgium; but because these civiliz-' get $95.00. per 5n get $65.00 per month.

Men crk in the "shale pit' get $1.50 ed nationsall of them saw an opportunity where they might gain more What is he going to say of the millions of boys andgirls who will' lie left fatherless, and the awful burden of responsibility that will rest upon the shoulders of the living? Or what will Tom Dixon say abott the present conduct of the leading European powers, with the so-called Anglo-Saxon supijority and civilization? How is he going to reconcile the present conduct of the leading European powers with the co-called "inferior" Afro-American when the rulers-of Europe represent races and nations that have had a continuous educational history for at least one thousand years. It is inconceivable to us how Dixon as he goes throuout the country showing in his film play called reason was merely a subterfuge. "Off burners" get $1.75 per cL. Press feeders, get $1.50 per day. "Kctcr- gets $2.00 "per day Ten cr.

twelve work in the tile yards. women. are forced for the most be the bread, winners, and even they can only get a 'limited fwork. people are not buying -either I or iana iasi in rutsuurg. uu- aVe lis i cent own property.

One reas- Ais condition is because prop- The "Triple Alliance," and the "Triple Entent" both strove to' master of Europe. Both strove to "keep the bal-nace of power" which meant in reality ie keeping of the smaller countries in subjection. Envious of one another's commercial supremacy brought about this fearful slaughter in human lives. Commercial ascendency was to these civilized states of Europe of vastly more value than the lives of their fel-lowmen, meant infinitely more to them than the laying waste of territories and destroying works of art which took centuries of time and millions of dollars to develope and produce. Each nation felt that it had a right tn fin an it nlfased.

and e-n whsrs it "The Birth of a Nation," ridiculing the, and real estate agents riO.V liiem far more than the prop- Ccf A worth. They just can't buy 1 rema sot figures. Consequently tney union cause and depreciating the Afro-American, can give the white race credit for so much superority, and the black race rare credit for so in-ferority in the face of Europe's conduct. 7 Or what can any man of the type of Tillman, and Blease think about Anglo-Saxon civilization ed to live for the most part in common homes and in the bontA 20, erv surroundings. I Successful Man.

'k But it did. not consider the Qther fellow's right. Each nation tiro tsA tyi ryt nAnrni T'Vi a tm k4mic ttm Can. from has- one. and superiority when the foremost rulers and nations of the world, have I mainta.inenf.fi of wavs.

rivil vi esDeciallv. Made an av- forced it into mourning; have commit nautu iuuic yt xuc vaixuuo wax ring nations of Europe today are exhibiting the same overmastering, am- uroughout the course of 95 per ted a deed the pernicious efforts of all studies. Lowest was 85 which will last for years. in general accounting..