i ne sH afieiii. HI legally n*e r aaaj4< . No other world is as Uberfliin.,the nw<)< at n arriving late on the field of international ban e :ry. hungers for fertile, populous colonies. ]Abys s' 11 a is the only available territory fit to snatch. i 1 dressed up. military speaking, and ('nowhere to f , Italy, blocked in Europe, turns to Africa. Ethiopia is on the spot. France jwill not help I r; France has just completed an agreement with I ily giving her a free hand in (Ethiopia in exchange c r keeping out of the Balkan-Central European r >sk. Britain will not help her. Britain is also a I rty to the tripartite robber agreement. She will \ llingly wink at the rape of Ethiopia in exchange f ■ maintenance of the status quo in Europe. Ethiopia is on the spot. She is guilty of the un f "livable international sin: i. e., being desirable a d,at the same time technologically backward. Cut o l ifrom the sea- and with no arms factories of her o n, what chance has she against Italy, backed by F ance and Britain! uopia is on^the spot. Her conquest will mean profit to the French bankers, who recently d Mussolini a huge loan. British cotton in owning the 'rich Anglo-Egyptian Sudan will d to hear that this independenC nation con g the source of their water supply, the Blue las fallen. dopia is on the spot. She need not look to for help, for Russia stood by and watched rent ly, the rape of Manchuria. She need not i Japan for help, for Japan cannot assist her t becoming involved with the three robber, i scheming Ethiopia’s partition. And with) growling at her doorstep, Japan cannot af 1 offend these other powers, it won’t be long now. There will probably rs of guerilla warfare, but the end is easily sied. ;Let Ehiopia’s fate be a lesson to all lations and groups. Be prepared. Power and mle the world today as throughout history, who have neither are ; doomed. SOUTHERN SLAVES STIRRING Southern slaves are stirring. Down in Ar the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union is en black and white sharecroppers wholesale. ?, jailing, intimidation have not dampen le enthusiasm of these horribly exploited serfs :anization. tiificant is the fact that the Socialists organ nd directing the campaign have insisted in in black and white sharecroppers wholesale, their common problems together. That is progress. k in 1919 Eastern Arkansas planters sought The, A. A. A. C. i* 1 + *1,,— *1—. \r — tuinizajon of the i: must be The vicious nl a n t ai io n - r b e ry ^rstem i r$Irras Snrsotittt ,wf? |^oui4 /ierxm£> nna rroeroa: ^J^gg _-mr H :sd: d:r« at> T, LET THE FACTS SPEAK In a recent address, ^4cnt of jhe Comjnojpve$lt,h and Southern Corpora-., stSAfi^aiated out the interesting fact that rtm-1 &£• tat^jiaxes are apit tjijr be much greater in eommun’i lies haviifg_l4^ exempt municipal electric systems, than in those servedj|nr-priTate utilities, which must pay their own wa^-.including taotes, whether times 33 ^od or had, ^f${l--harcfr’t1-municipal treasuries' behind •tbem.sr'; *>z " . . ifc> (IoC* s’taHT ’no & ■)*■* __ -ne-Jar.tlwvcny^of 'fetcoma,-for.example, which has a'1ftui!ieig.^J^ctti^-planl;-property having a $5,000 , valuation pays $l33,:year. in .taxes. In the compara A*Care $96.50. A. similar.situation .exists in the crH«ris.©£;ik5attfee, wrfh its municipal system, and At-' ifthfa,' with -fim-ate serv'ice, and ifl-biftfcy other’eorri infinities. ^--- ~ In the same addaes^-am*! the most famous example of public power develop ment, the Ontario system, has not justified held ou, for it by gjiong shot. When it \£s.VsT'arte‘a.1 the promise was fl^ade that the system would be deb. free in 30 ye^rs—at the A^pd_of thaj^ti^utvfiie^ commission had Eyjbilltres' df ‘ *$2t)6^000,U() agaiitst commission had 1 abilitiesaydi". Sixty Six Billion Against* property " costing Two) Hundred and Thirty Billjpn the system ,it puresasecTMfs power from'generating stations and sold itgn Toronto IjUH’se^qv' er a year. After ^gliding its* own plant, the* cost of | power in Toronto ^xac^^-doubb^fX,fr, SjflJ It is a fact that private utilities sell power cheap- i er than do compaS&bleH B*t£gciyal at home or abroad,^ hen all costs are taken into ac count. “Cheap raf«£ offryedyby 4ar^ e^gnft,Tp®ni< c-ipal plants, often^fell but half of the story—they are made possible j$y pgtjge fts reflected in higherjaxes on all property in the city involved. Municipal ownership advocates make sweeping claims foj^rtheir theories—Imt, ia. the-t-oid. , hard light of prae£|ee, the results ala'nsuairy-l ery - different than wa&anticipated. <; %_ Federal Coordinator or Transportaion ^EasThiari has presented hiq long-anticipated report to the President and the Congress. The report which fills two volumes, goes’ exhaustively into the transport problem, and presents definite proposals which Mr. Eastman believes would help solve it. _ The report is divii which would require transportation policy.^he^thi strong'ly advocated,by plan which will doubtless appeal to the bulk of our citizens. ; 1 It is based on voluntary collective action, does not involve such revolutionjAv doctrines 1 government ownership of the 'raili Federal regulation would be exten^ of transportation—now, in Mr. Eastman’s words.! “The Federal government regulates railroads thor oughly, it regulates other carriers little or not at all.” Railroad man*g.» pjnnnr Tliuse «Ko forecast that the prfesfnT \ t^ojild okaying of : ihe ‘Je C*n i thfse — to! ^x jmess^ it. It isrCV so.disruptive I to 3foJ'!^se, but it| is giving Mr. ©cfeftgMid ;t0 th nk about. "T ftp Jrrsft airOigtJsfJi^Jion against What^-R^use efthw in the Senate, when the.. Wor-M Co^pt ^'as up. for a Vote. JBver^President:siupj the war has 4d TPCktad Aiiiefioain partieipatiorfan the court, - with- nRreryations—and ".dv^ry President "ha's' been turn 4.’ down, flat by thfii^epaj^ it -wa^aimpstvaniv^r sally baWeveshbwev6r, that Mr. Roosev. it woflM -be able to' do; Vhat Hardjf5^; t?.Q<3n'^^M_JHQc(ygr w<*re ^anatle to do. ^fQSt J>jg neygspajpsrs —outside. of r-the Hearst .chain—were for the. WorfdaCouTt, as’tf?re jndst rublJhhrts ftritf political commentators of both pSrtifcs.. u It' Is, «aid .that eqn ,gy^jul$tjpp& were being retSeivfed by World Court advocates before a wot/ was taken, so c.rtain seemed the pa4s ing.of t^^cfis^-hin. Fight for the Court was 1^ Ky\iW jori^CLeader^ Roy.aop—po .expert f>n idr«ga -policy, hfr -is- eonscie&iioib, hard working, loyal to his chief.'j’igjht against rt was 1 d by Senators ®orah I Johnson, who fear and despise any ki'nd of participaCon in European affairs. * i _ Result was that^he, Qoort was 4e 'feated—it - gained" a substantial r^a jority in the vote, but not th&J-two thlrdf ssafy 81 focl^a&hbipziTig American participation. Some t^entw ^trwcyana .^pna^rs^ ^feerted"' Mr*. Kooseverf to'vofe against the biljt’ Thatyps mai«r;r^u^mmb X onef Sumbef’two-wTii pwbabl^ arise' yhen the President’s social security .-pdo-C begins 'Xq .TJ5 IWEfflfiSarhit.^Fovr Senators se 4m to favor Mr. Itoosje-' ^c^^epdatie nspth^'- 4iaVe“ otft£f Wind, for the most part, igjld'er' ideas as,to wdi#t should be done for" thd'iSg1 il^he (iU a§4 the' Sestftute: jlti is no secret that the White ^JoUee ;is” !Kft*gtei® ^^nJC»B‘4&€isr£e to bear in an effort to subdue opposition. The Presid nU&^^ey^.^OCHjub-'. lie works bill has also fotind hard gj> 'S°5brr?fSITlen are oppose^ giiingjjvtlscle authority for distairs Mr. Ioosevelt’s hands,, wish, tdjat/nirk the m/oney for definite, purposes. As a result, legislation is held up. V, i the WJute Hansn ig tha olfi nIn’ political patronage. Mr. Roosevelt has not, in the view of many Con, gressmen, allowed them to make th*ir choice of “Deserving Democrats” fjoi government jobs; he has often disre-1 snja enta#-elas tcl state OV^l! .” bf _ _ _. y and profitable jobs, is in no mood fir joining wholeheartedly into a prb gram advanced by the man who did the “robbing.” trade has beenj [ult of problems ist year an ojF-* kde by passing* legislation whereby the President wis empowered to enter into reciprocal!I trade agreements with foreign power*, j under which feck ebufflr (jfcilj lgpe to grant the itlll-T&GwwJ fl Secretary of State Hull is heart arjd! 30ul in favor of these treaties—hje *, wants all foreign nations not discrimi-j iWffiWa with ua. He is , opposed to tra^e guV.&il rVgltafcn/ation and similar' carriers to the free flow of product}. I Jl’QF’laW this is GeorKe Pself, 1 special white House Advisor nn fnJ- * ?igll trade—and tho h^-?an 1 riiws of Mfcs«. PfeOm^HuIl has, | iciording W- Bu4ine4s -Wee*-, “blocked -he whol^ Qfrecovw I ;r7- Mr. Peek stands for govern- j Hint barter, with iron-handed regi 13002 ‘&9¥/ “d «f! A short time ago bttsmead mei ve^e elated at an authonfctti'^r report chat the President^«^^R^/^ecided igainst Mr Peek, apd fhrrMx. Hull!. Je will throw his 4^nt) &fond re ciprocal trade agneemants,.aat barter. Thus, tfi^lji^i^Ctr^tlWt strong efforts will sgm-^p Vfidej to bring rade back, -tlaC-4 doirse of ac ion has been decided upon. Tf thnaa fforts succeed, many hundreds of mil ions of dollars will come from for ks’11 shores to tinkle in American cash egisters. Business observers are now saying hat what the construction industry lid to break the depression of 1921, he motor industry seems to be do ng on behalf of the current and infi dteljj more important depression, loth production and sales are rising, nd it is forecast that 3,000,000 units rill be sold in 1935. S oiidirt vdJj9tTOqquc •lewru** eqbisiw «to6 ri Dear Readirs: i must admit that at last 1 come to port, and I must drop iriy anchor as a writer, and I place myself up for to me to tackle this one as had some v ■ to discuss. i blame, if j successfully. The topic reads (Jp'he^yfro |£nd^ America”. Well, lr IndgjytJ. g VitJ it would be in my mind as the North and South poles. Each is the extreme I cf the other. The N gro is just a race, and America is a countrv, car privileges and opportunities to any nation, them to American born Negroes. This is why I use the two poles in compari son. America has such a warm heart for all Nations and the same heart crows so cold when it comes to the Negro. Friends, this has confronted us for is *ettinj?t p caaJ. sfeTit. With ourtfllaJ parents they said they were deprived because they were slaves and did not know how to ask or demand it. thaF th kddorirfdns. They are yet pushed aside, and all »p-‘ ifo-tunities that the Am rica¥$f^g)i-j wot get for-themisdres1, they ^Ivctpi ^still they siry-the •“Eaiid-of tflg L^^^jiey...qualify, ffo jiSw/fOs/iiri ually, "We ciinnot usb colored m tjiis (position”...SOU jg[>Il j—.!■ havr-rggd "wngfe "Negro'"aoefore1 ’W but eTPUld rkther take a chance gr any other ! iuu.iuiuuj.y except a ^ gro, tney I 'Dff8>D0ifO8fl0£jility Would car us, there BcVi^F fle thiukands wh< -e not tryJg.^Riolwould reach • opporWmtifs.*^ut i|s|it they realize that they can onlt- ;» so ■fayr so hard. Eveli when h^fents 1) j^J laws of our qountry. F-’1Jk than and pass think when on comes up to protect It He na» a whole, placing some jpgotec ound the Negro, they Iqitickly tai„ ..-or adjourn to keep frojn mak ing it a law. Oh, Justice, Where art thou? | - So, my fri nds, you see it ii -e«llv. +per Hrafxs^ t>i iw American p ;aple. To some, hot, and to some, so colc^ 3 s em to be Ho much agSfnsl; each ofher. The reison J[ do not know. They hate to ;ep °one go up. They envy his succ ss ia Ji^ try to block his advancement, and if he succeeds in his attempt, thqy do, everything to hurt him, and ’ fill -not use what he has for f ar th eyj will eWtf *t^kl!“ libi^s to lend a helping hand to an; rkc i bi$ their own. They tell the nthcv rac&' the s crets of ■■■their own peoule, tell thers g^t tHe ke them ricfv. ct othe s to re so fnpeh | t A ITfSinilk^ I you can s^e just |^nT,»n, and I do hope 'ttyarf -am'ifnt too plain spoken, but the truth Vf^jttoip tto Tthe. ^ifnisHt^sr-ouete of any-^AAk»o ijt W tr^-hhftTei tjo be more ipr each ot^er and stiak tp ieacSl and ‘dTsfflces. "He l#,one,o£. us aod- rfcnhm stjrong. as .its' weakest link. rSo if we la#e to’ ofrertkttvtjm fHe t -apfirtThqt the other American ■ W^.kagaiteC'usk eyarw link in our chain, so as lot b. k^bld to ^iS^%3ierfe^ 1 )oi gcry cent for the flag: und$r whi :h we livcy-no^'hmt fh e,’- but >§0 us try^to a^ke Anierici fe.l Hike this: “Afl^Wr-^onfe* AMKoi e for all, and God fq?£*itf A ^ IVJ , ’"o 'J'.oX g, 31A3 X0T4Xj&uM02AM - 802t aV/ ^y'Hotl tqmoi'1-48 iS .M TOSS Jjj TOLD YOU SO Ait wocb&w£ mfjQQ/nle^w *&&(&.Fng at the time to point out that Mitchell, although a Negro himself, would not represent Negroes in Congress. I in sisted that he owed his election,. and Mtii$SK cK1Wlft £&■ dustrialists, who finance* 'lixr paign. I went far enouj^i to venfunj that he would serve them to the detri ment-trP^iJs ^QSespita jfty-peooimjemy-I^A&pSn^l? prepared for the «ft»y thus -fardioplttycd-by the- Illinois Democrat. Hardly38Bfcm<£l&3$&$i ??./ firiSis come m-that-he-rashed- ty Afa-~ bama to assure this he would do nothing to offend them. ftdawtf&Ul0 i9sa Th>a*ii»* 3<”*p3aa*f0 outburst: was a hrit^n which he told newspaper men- tliat he owed nothing to Negroes _ who, he charged, herftuL went on F#S Illinois _______ _ in the nation and tlmt-.it..includes .therrieh Chicago Loop.OyA&de^StlAS® he ^ilVWTB,(^W^Wiy. men who ™the I need not dwell <&*&&& m the men who own these. la >sj! ■ Fjr ^STi^tOrSncrperalties against t n se who lynch persons not then in cusl o< Py. rffo&WfaSDff CmA-MJfeHli ti on N?°fiWxfehf°bSSftWfafl* queers U e ^H^°!8©Q®<«PKJMK»A€e< < ut Ll°y¥F^j{WiD3SM W*>X»fcld kill aM* ^jsoift^LP^soaQAK aaao«y and* ,?L0t&T^0itfAr&»irfe saved. “Don’t arrest Negroes, l;n:h rfcfiriifft’t SfftSig* DiIi» »4, n OFFICE BOY qfi^g _ For The Literal >cr J, bna Husband ***** tft-KfiAC trakpWejit Dick Hubby Confesses. |T az srniT~bIO For advice, write u> rare 01 Mtrrary l burea Ma'LATMKKh': I am a decp..,t,r.vuirti‘..b,l married gu-^and I, flMPyi to ran around on her and 1 jH-s^aJ.uut jt. Sy\v. >e it Otr. and “wbnT back to fa in another tfePft* | oull&jwnGilAa JH?nfli|CJoi»|her. Lwaa hbr btusklbutkL dfah ’ L want to task .bei< Ibduhlisk* she snk |he ’d never coflBt \b40Jv How can 1 get her back? I swear I’ll do liJht if Sh£iiII ISfi < HAfli .\|px. Alex: I’m imprejss^d wit 1 fcour cbnft-kdrm fefl'^n^pe ‘Tou__aile Real ly penitent. True, you iftjved ImgwTbrgive tkn f trrrn t wour wife wdkiorjdye you. Go !C|her, make a finFconfcssion. Phdn- to i d.£:BSO£2ikC bMie’shJe k leRvil give you anotliprrJ-ham.-c I ifjyou let pride keeptntrti piking fJlvc/rlTrtii Tfnr not t e:4rve ahy >£e pffitAhyssini^. I Abys^jnia, wduch ^ locat h in iMcz-thailt st inp«en dent Negro country on. the f ic of iqmoi*! Italia M’^rshiiMwgunboats, c u and phrh^rttrmrs’ar steaming the Red Sea,1 heavily liwilwf-U'lt h IKfitSiSalY-ISflfioasands %JP 1 r TheKifleHWiiC Eritrea and ;■ Soip^UJ|L!^di,^oth-,o£rfrjhich horde JA2.CI 2JIT ., -, Un thejl.mpyjjrefc jft of Abyrssifcan ‘ Bsrmffi ^Ironp^" orftfie Italian Eoflal iland border line, Mussolini’s trdfops intfT^(i>ner lan^of thif.henWed, jn, -de^gpsetess : s’jg Rubric.' Jt>nJ{af»ii^ 6(JP^ii0 Lavi .ir'of ^aacaapd jyto-'iw sj^gd an i gtte ment whereby Italy gave up her pn periallsiic" mfentions “in Jugo-J lAia in &ft* f f¥ffiQRrt*iJM?K’ioncedin rgko jltaly^, fchg owtpol :-hf! fthrj ,oniy I ulet 'Abyaainja had.btdl the outaiij# n old. Th»Iflpiae|' ymcpa aaSBvad le idftg «br*!IAO®A« Wfcttl&ratftlaLfte cjtftt© ,Jf>Sl*bys dla. Abyssinia is now without anv, -ole °5Foa3^ aterau^ar .arms| Ad materials^fq^j^eij own defense. ^a»5fHSl#irHfn fore has the comp bloody onslau^^ WOE wan Jt JWPSafWtr8®- 1 e »M^WB^«umsnrwiwKfrtlh r - 'gfatiemai yrfesepntynt—tmtteT""~!gi|s . lin!ilff!d“frjWfed tl3 * andTbyteii&g oWra&U. *‘*MH,fls£r2«. tary of the League of Struggle 1 r Ne#*3 Rllfr«P i&fcfcd^ suterw t which reads in part; “In thisiafrug^Te against the in rt - i?ftai'^s®ei3i5reTPlhE«9ra11 r • the Un rsaiTv^rolmprovement A • sociat. __ tner organizations f ■ the support of African independ : to dWlg^wAl^Bel^flJtstru: tm Meuru-rtgliw in ah initiating < l mittac^«flbi*4(4Aetl«i4II^ demon*; tionaownfcgjifljattJmflesbllf front Italian cemsulittek; ifljfHcan inde] MMM9etc;W A .M ^OSafinst Ita S5TFI^l^!^5r5f< ia 1 SPeffit^raffCrttg •‘ATTOui ma IMkrte'lWi Negro -f*W’2nd WhiW tditers in AmeHcii' foy' sup am&Uddnkijfollflft fifeWYgainst perialism. Hands Off A sinia”! £7eg TA l ENGLISH MAGAXLN^ EL,..* rfg-untl -W*. LYNCHING T £ | _berfiv:a1 ■fflfr/TJ" .• ,mooli I A»tij?ipvery Reg porter an$, ^bpfigjne*? friend of L<>n§ .i^tS Marianna, £"*&&■& S0 m4ff| five ppjhi^ithft “it. iari aw^a^sita