The Monitor A Natloaal Weakly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub lishing Company. Entered as Becond-Cinas Mall Matter July i, 1916, at the PostoIBce at Omaha, Neb., under the Act of March S. 1879. [ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. George H W Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address, The Monitor, ‘-*01 hat'flr Block. Omaha, Neb. Telephone Douglas 3224. V ,, __J \ FRIEND OF Ol ft YOUTH W. ALLSISON SWEENEY! We can see his kind fare now as mem ory goes back to our boyhood days in Detroit, Mich., more than forty years ago. We were a high school student and a newsboy. Some friends hail told him some nice things about us! At all events we met. He took a lik ing to us ami we to him. He had come to Detroit to publish a colored newspaper, “The Voice of The People." Would we sell it for him on the streets j Saturday? Would we? Indeed, we would and we did. That was the be ginning of the friendship between us i and W. Allison Sweeney, the great, journalist and author who has recently been called to his well-earned rest at the ripe age of seventy-two years. So sunny and genial was he that the years '■ dealt gently with him as was his wont to deal with his fellow men and one did not realize that he had reached hi-; three-score years and ten. His life was a useful one. In his summons home not only the race of which he was such a worthy representative, but America has lost a great journalist. May light perpetual shine upon him. THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH RESIDENT Harding delivered a j ^ notable address at Birmingham, Alabama, last week. When one con siders who the speaker was and where he spoke the speech stands without a parallel among the utterances of the chief executives of the nation. It is i from the viewpoint of a Republican president, speaking in the heart of the South, upon a subject which the South considers itself alone qualified to j speak with authority, that the speech is to be judged. It is to be judged, too, not from isolated statements or propo sitions, from which some of us would differ with the distinguished speaker, but as a whole and in reference to the chief points advancd. Frankly, there are three propositions with which The Monitor does not agree with President Harding, which it is not pertinent that, we discuss here, but there is so much 1 with which we do agree and for the fearless enunciation of which princi pls we are profoundly grateful that we can afford to let other principle's, which from our viewpoint are equally important, because basic and funda mental, await adjustment. Pres. Hard ing’s contention that the colored American must have increased eco nomic, educational and political op portunity is fundamentally sound, and should be so apparent that one mar vels that any thoughtful person would attempt to gainsay it. The fullest: enjoyment of the rights of citizenship is what the colored American is con tending for; not the privilege of en- j tering any white man’s home or soci ety, where he is not wanted, or mar rying into his family. The colored | American would not be worthy of American citizenship if he were satis-; fied with any less than the fullest measure of political, economic, educa tional and civil rights. These he wants and for these he will contend until they are granted. These are not questions of “social equality,’’ what-' ever this much-abused term may mean, or “social intermingling.” In pleading for these fundamental things, j President Harding is right. His sug-! gestion that the race should divide \ along political lines has been the I teaching of many thoughtful colored Americans for years. In giving this advice President Harding is but inter preting the hand-writing on the wall. Considered as a whole, the speech is sane and statesmanlike and diplomat ic. It will repay careful reading and study. It points the pathway towards a solution of the color-problem which looms large among the nations of the wrld, a prblem which like all other world problems can only be solved by the application of the principles of the Christian religion. This solution i involved in the President’s plea for a , ‘partnership of the races in develop ing the highest aims of all hlumanity." Partnership, be it also noted, implies j friendly association, which may not have been clearly in the President’s j mind when he used this suggestive i phrase. COLORED AMERICANS MIST ACT The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill ha.' | been reported favorably by the com | mittee of the judiciary. It is known as the DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL I H. R. 13. Now is the time to flood Congress 1 with telegrams, letters, even personal j visits to Washington. Vve must let this Congres kn | that a failure to bring the Dyer Bill | to a vote will be regarded as a be-1 tiayal. We must let each representative | know that a vote against the Dyer j Bill will be known as a vote for lynch ir g GET BUSY, COLORED AMERI < *. NS! WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN DEAR EDITOR: P'ease permit me to urge upon ev ery man and woman of the race and ; upon every friend of the race to tele graph or write their represntativs in congress urging them to vote for the passage of H. R. 13 known as the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill,‘now before Congress. At the same time, I wish to warn each one communicating with congre sional representatives, to avoid all threats of political retaliation and use less expressions. Remember these men are human and will resent some things at whatever cost. Many are the good measures that have been defeated and to my knowledge, at least, two great friends of the race have gone to their political graves due largely to •erne indiscreet utterance of the colored press but to some who should pursue a more conciliatory manner of treating matters that are of vital interest to the race. Soft methods will prevail, where blustering will fail. A hint to the wise is suficient. J. D. CRUM, Sec’y. 1417 North 24th St. Right Now is a Good Time to Pay Your Subscription II GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. VV»S»N GROCERY CO. Ah* Wtmk MU ud Vegetable.. MS Curing St. Telephone Docglaa IMS ——..~..-■ ... ... i Clareri meron White f V VIOLINIST % 1 - f I v Brandeis Theatre nth v f y ■ ♦: ❖ ❖!; I ' Cattle and Cameik at .< t ere. (Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C.) A Christian nation when our ances tors were floundering in paganism, now as for centuries an African em pire—one of the three or four remain ing empires of the world—and the only hit of land on the great conti nent of Africa, with the exception of the little republic of Liberia, which has not been made a possession or a protectorate of a European power— such Is Abyssinia, little heard of In the world's affairs, but possessing a history and a promise of future economic importance which make It deserve a different fate. The country owes its independence in large part both directly and indi rectly to Its geographical environment. Set upon a (treat plateau, It is a nat ural fortress; ami while the natives of most other sections ol' tropical Africa dwell in enervating Jungles or Inhos pitable deserts, the people of Abys sinia, thanks to their altitude, fertile soli and temperate conditions in gen eral. have aa invigorating climate and a land literally of “mUk and honey." A situation m nr Arabia and Palestine, too, has drawn Arabian and Jewish blond to Abyssinia and has given the people' of tlie country a racial advan tage which the African tribes of pure negro blood have not had. Hut while geographical situation lias in many ways been an advantage to Abyssinia, it lias brought Its disad vantages also. Without access to the sea for eel 11 lilies, the Abyssinians. held to their mlnmi tahJelands without contact with the outside world, faded to make the most of their possession of a lofty religion and an early start toward civilization, and have re mained a semlhnrharie people. It is perhaps remarkable that, isolated as they were, they maintained (tiatrChris tianity in any recognizable form. OI> fwrvrr« marvel at the fact that the principal tenets and observances of the faith ar- practically pure rather than at die growth beside them of certain superstitions and laxities. Cut Off From Sea and Nile. As the situation non stands, Abys sinia is entirely cut off from the sea ami tin Vile by the colonies of Euro pean powers. Italian Eritrea, French Somaliland and British Somaliland on the north; Italian Somaliland on the east ; British East Africa on the south and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on the west. But this Is a mere holding of the gates by new keepers; since the rise of Mohammedan power in the Near East the country has been cut off about equally ns effectively by various Mohammedan tribes. Those people of Arabian blood were able to take possession of the low desert lands, hut on their Invigorating high lands the Abyssinians were, with rare exceptions, masters. Abyssinia Is more than twice the size of the German republic and of about the area of California, Oregon and Nevada together. The country lies in the same latitude us Venezuela and the southern islands of the Philip pines, well in the tropics; hut because of Its general high elevation It has. like Mexico, a much cooler and more healthful climate than Its proximity to the equator would Indicate. These highlands are from fi.Ofki to 8.01X1 feet above the sett. Their roll ing prairies are well watered and have a good growth of grass. The climate ng these uplands Is superb, and If one desires cooler surroundings there are mountain chains rising from the pla teau in almost all sections of the coun try. Some of these mountains roach a height of 15,000 feet and are topped by perpetual snow Irrigation could be practiced in Abyssinia to great ad vantage, but the utilization of the abundant water supply In that way seems never to have entered the minds of the natives. Canyons and Deep Valleys. The great amount of water which runs down from the Abyssinian moun tains has carved gigantic gorges through the tablelands, some of which, In depth at least, rival the Grand canyon of the Colorado. The gorge of the Blue Nile which flows for more than haJf its length through Abyssinia is from 5,000 to 6JXXI feet deep In places. The material washed from this remote chasm has played an important part, Incidentally, In the history of the world. Ground into silt and deposited through the centuries and millenniums in ihe lower valley of the Nile. It produced there a garden spot and made possible the growth of j Reid—Duffy Pharmacy j l 24th and Lake Sts. f \ Free Delivery Webster 0659 | nne of ilie world's e,ir"- ~t clvlllza tiling In tlir hot toms of these deep valleys. sotne iif which are fairly wide, mid In other depressions, tropical conditions prevail, so ihat the possible products of Abyssinia range from these of the trdpifs to those of ;he nor:io iti tern pence one. I.ittle lots ... done townrtl he development of agriculttiri beyond its primitive stages. The rais ing of cattle, sheep and goats for their milk, flesh and skins is ilie mire popu lar pursuit. The Ahyssioliin h s been deserihed by one A’ leihun as "miher an hide pendent. easy living, battle-loving, rnw-iina -ealing. sensual, dcvil-tua.' care chap.” Socially, the people arc living if feudal times. The various reigning princes of the provinces owe allegin'-e to the emperor and must furnish soldiers to support him In time of war. The land is theoretically owned by the emperor ami those who make use of It are his tenants. “Jus tlee” is administered personally by the rulers and their representatives. When a person Is accused of a crime the first step is to confiscate his property. Decision as to his innocence nr guilt can follow Iti due time. Beeuttsi prop erty has been unsafe for a long period people of wealth have hurled what they could for safe keeping. Vast quantities of gold, silver a Id Ivory are believed to lie underground at the present time, tin* latter, of 'nurse, de teriorating. Good Roads Are Scarce. One great drawback to the commer cial development of Abyssinia has been the lack of roads b ding ttn to the high plateau and ovu it ertaee The routes of travel which nc.v been used for more than a tiiou'.ind years I are mere trails, and the . n»ris have been carried on mule and camel hack since the days of the great Queen of Sheba, who. 'Ins' traditions of the Ahysshilans say. was the queen of Ethiopia. The royal liio >UI'ns de scent from her and Solomon. Some years aco the Trench heg.ui construct ing a rail too I from their port of Jibuti, (tist below hi utiiuih of the lted sea, townrtl Abyssinia 'Ilie i Abyssliilans permitted this to lie ex tended into their eountry and in 1017 | If rem-bed Adis Ahelia the capital, j Over this road a large part of the 1 hides, coffee, beeswax and ivory', which constitute the t hief exports of the em pire. arc shipped. Specialists In various fields who have visited the eountry believe that this is but a small pat: of the prod uets that could be shipped to the | world, and that the people are enjoy ing but a fraction of the pr<*-|ierit., thin they might enjoy If they devel oped their resources along im-Oem lines. As the only African |»eople wnich has been able to maintain its Inde pendence in modern times in a war j with a Euroiieaii power, the Abys sinian* have ts ciuiie rather conceited and are inclined not to recognize the superiority even of Western C'IjIzk lion and cult tire. Their -ictor* was won over the Italians in lists: tf the battle of Atloyva where the pick of fife Italian army whs cut to pieces. The Abyssinian* have bought large quanti ties of modern rides in recent years and could probably put In the Held in ease of war an army of 'J.KUXMI well equipped soldiers, a large part of them mounted. Tested the Saw. Mr. Higgs whs planning to build a motor shed in his garden, so he bought an expensive saw. lie left Ids , office early the next afternoon, with the Intention of starting the Job. Put ting on a pair of overalls, he went out Into the garden. An hour or so later ! he came Into Ihe dining room and flung himself down into a chair In dls gust. "Thai new saw I bought isn't worth 2 pence!" he stormed "Why, the thing wouldn't cut butter!” Ills small son. Harry, looked up In surprise. "eured before a professional me dimn. Ned- Yes. and as It was the first ghost she’d ever seen It threw her ! loto convulsion*. 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