Deltas Take Liberal Stand at Na tional Conclave Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 22 (By Fay M. Jackson for ANP) — That educated groups of colored men and women cannot afford to; remain smug in “social exclusive- j ness" while injustice and dis criminations prevail against mi nority groups, and that the de-j mauds of a new era in our social system call for a change in view point among college folk are some of the findings of the Delta Sig ma Theta national convention meeting in its 13th annual session ; here last week. With a view to bringing the j community closer to the sorority and the sorority into active lead ership in communities where members live, open luncheon j meetings attenedd by citizens; were an interesting part of eon-! vention activities. “We want people to know that Delta is seriously considering her responsibility as citizens and lead ers in our race", vicepresident Mary Lou Davis said at the first of the luncheon series. Miss Davis, who is a graduate of Atlanta university and an as sistant secretary treasurer of the State Insiuran^e company of Shreveport, presided in a most efficient manner at the Monday luncheon which brought out a large number of distinguished guests. Speaker of the day was Bert Wanzi, press correspondent of the Globe syndicate, who recently returned from Abyssinia and, prior to his trip to the Hark con tinent, spent three months in Italy. “The in vasio nof Abyssinia by ltal ian forces is an attempt, by Mussolini to ,save his face and nothing more”/ he said. “Italy is jealous iyf Abyssinia, its age, and its civilization.” The speaker also expressed the belief that Japan fvould not stand for the Italians to take possession of Abyssinia. Among the distinguished’guests was Langston Hughes, noted poet who was recently banned from speaking in the local branch of the YMCA because his social views differed from those of the board v)f management. Introducing Mr. Hughes, Juan ita Ellsworth-Miller, wife of the distinguished journalist, said that the time has passed when reac tionary forces put a general stamp of disapproval upon intelli gent and progressive young peo ple simply because they express dissatisfaction 'with the present System of graft and greed and emotional instability as opposed o Po intelligent direction and unifi ed notions of racial independence. Mr. Hughes delighed the Audi ence with readings of his poems that ha\£ been translated into o man yforeign danguages. Appfause lasting several min utes greeted the poet. O Claude Barnett ,director of ANP, in Los Angeles for a vis* with his noted wife, Etta Moten, and £ director of Tuskegee, gave illuminating remarks on chal lenges which Negro Colleges have to meet. o By popular request, partially out of respect to Alpha Kappa Alpha sonority, man yof whose members were present, Miss Mot en “broke up” the luncheon with several songs. Proving her popu larity with Deltas as well as in her own sorority, persistent de mands for her to sing the Delta hymn were facetiously made. “After all”, Etta said, “I AM an AKA and if you don’t mind, I’ll sing “Little Black Boy”. Hilda Davis ,dean of women of Sha wuniversity, led the discus sion in a most commendable man ner. “Sororities have got to change if they are to survive. A new so ciety is on the way. Educational challenges, religious challenges, racial challenges all indicating a decided turn, showed consider able study, serious analyses and • -* preparation by Miss Davis and, from response offered by partici pating sopors, met with whole hearted approval of the audience. Delta Artists’ Recital Wins High Praise OSCEOLA ADAMS ARCHER STARS IN DRAMA Sorority Representatives Feat ured at National Conclave. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 22— (ANP)—The Delta Sigma Theta Artists Recital held lat historic Trinity auditorium here Monday night proved to be one of vhe highlights of tbe 13th national convention of the Delta Sigma 1 beta sorority which has been in session here this week. Before a grand audience of a thousand par sons which crowded the auditori um, a quintet of the most talent ed women in Delta, an organiza tion which, has always emphasiz ed intellectual and cultural at tainment, gave proof of the ac complishment of Negro woman hood, in the field of fine arts. O Osceola Adams Archer, Flor ence Cole Talbert, Lorenza Jor dan Cole, Netta Paullyn Garner and Alice Buggs were the anLm presented who gave the dramatic, vocal land instrumental presenta tions on the program. Osceola Adams Archer of Washington, D. C., thrilled the feudally attired audience bv her presentations from 'the field of sennits drama, a field which few of our women have attained, pro ficiency. She gave Oscar Wilde's “Salome”; then the poignant scene 3, act four, of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. Miss Arch er, who has studied under some of the foremost masters in the dramatic world, gave a most un usual and artistic performance of her programmed numbers and then at the insistence of the audi ence also depisted a scene from “Anthony and Cleopatra”. Florence Cole Talbert, one of the noted coloratura sopranos of the country, singing to an audi ence of friends, many of whom had known her since girlhood, and with her mother occupying a seat of honor in a box, display ed great artistry as she sang a group of songs among them being the Aria “Je Suis Titania” from Mignon, by Thomas; “What is a Song” by Curran, and “Negro Love Song” by Dunbar and ar ranged by Wm. L. Dawson. Mrs. Talbert who bears the dis tinction of being the first singer of the group to sing Aida in Italy where she studied for several years, was in her usual good form. Of the group which she sang the audience was most re1 sponsive to the -Dunbar poem, “Jump Back, My Honey, Jump Back”. Vocally she was at her best in the aria from Mignon. She was forced to respond to an encore and rendered “The Hills of Home”. Lorenza Cole of Los Angeles, a pianist whose technique has been acclaimed by the foremost critics of Europe and America, played the “Concerto:” (A Minor-First Movement) by Greig, with Alice Buggs playing the orchestral accompaniment on the rogan. Mrs. Cole was received most 1 enthusiactically by the audience. She is also a product of Los An geles, having receive dher prepa ratory training here, later furth ering her musical education in Europe. Netta Paullyn Garner, the ac companist of the famous tenor, George Garner, chose a “Prelude and Fugue” by Mendelsshon. Mendelssohn’s works lend them selves quite well to the delicacy of Mrs. Garner’s touch. Al though hailing from Chicago, Mrs. Garner is making her permanent home in southern Cali fornia and is taking an active part in the musical program of the San Diego exposition. She too, studied in Europe and has had extensive training in piano technique. A reception for the artists, in which the audience participated, closed an evening which musical Los Angeles will long treasure in memory. Notice, Subscribers: If you don’t get your paper by Saturday, 2 p. m., cati Webster 1750. No reduction in , subscriptions unless request is com plied with. Harlem Sees Hope in Rhode Island Vote New York, Aug. 21, (By A. E. White for ANP)—Republican : leaders are smiling broadly over, the Rhode Island election and] have seized upon it as a glimmer of hope in their darkest days. They see the defeat of the New] Deal in 1936. But, as many of the keen political observers point1 out, this is not an important fac tor and the Democrats are de pending upon the south and the west to bring them through to victory in the big election. Yet right here in Harlem the fights among the Democrats are showing the dissatisfaction of the laymen with the powers that! be In the selection and designa tion for various positions. Down in the 19th Assembly District, the Harry C. Perry Democratic Club has named Rob ert Justice and Chas. Lynch, respectively, to run in the Demo cratic primaries on September! 17th against James E. Stephens and Charles Bradford, assembly man and alderman respectively. Blaming the leader of the dis trict, Martin Healy, for the lack of colored leadership, the mem-! bers of the club are seeking to place their own candidates in the field and seize the two important offices from the party. In tke 21st district, the Repub licans feel that in appointing Eunice Hunton Carter to the law staff of Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey, they have dis charged their obligation to that lady for her defeat at the hands of William Andrews for the As sembly two years ago. Mrs. Car- j ter has had other appointments since that time, but none have paid her the salary she is to re ceive in this two-year appoint ment. Tt will probably equal or surpass what salary she would | have received had she been elected to the Assembly. However, other phases of the situation remain the same here in Harlem with few Changes if any! in the line ups and the set ups for the primaries and the elections. _;_ 200,000 Ethiopian Soldiers Ready I _ (Continled from Paere 1) shed as must be visited upon : Ethiopia in the protection of her independence? Neither country is a sure shot |.to win this war. Pictures have ! been published showing the flow er of Italian youth on their way to East Africa. Photographs* have also showm the young Ethiopians going through their paces. War is not an ambition in the lives of either Italian or Ethiopian youth. 1 But this war is upon them and they are forced to make the sacri fice in the name of something called patriotism which, in Italy’s case, is closely synonymous with selfish political ambition. Thousands upon thousands of Ethiopians await the call to de fend their country. They have a proud heritage of years of inde pendence. That independence has | '__ been maintained by a glorious record of fighting. Never have the Ethiopians, united, been de feated. While the powerful whifS nations of the globe have gobbled up all the rest of Africa, the Ethi opians have fought off all comers. Back in 1866, King Theodore of Ethiopia was defeated by a large British army, but only after Ins own chieftains had turned against him. Twice, the Italians have been defeated by the Ethiopians. Gib bon records that when the armies of ancient Rome reached Ethio pia, they concluded they had gone far enough. Now against all the agencies of destruction which civilized inge nuity can devise, a united Ethio pia prepares to defend itself once more. Tin; special correspondent of the London Times has recent ly presented a preview of the war as it is expected to break in Sep tember. Ethiopia now has 200,000 of troops under arms, with 500,000 more straining at the leash. They are ready and willing to die. They have no realization of the deadli ness of the machines which Italy is sending to East Africa. They want and expect to meet the Ital- • ians man-to-man and destroy them. They have no fear of air planes or tanks, even of cannon. At Adowa, in 1896, the Ethio pians under Menelik II, repeated ly charged into the cannon fire! of the portified position of the Italians, climbing over the bodies ■ of their stricken countrymen. If you will consult yoor map of Ethiopia, you will be able to fol low the plan of the Ethiopian military strategists who will op pose Italy. Italy lias two African colonies bordering on Ethiopia,j Eritreo on the north and Somali-1 land on the south. Eighteen miles! from Eritrea in northwest EthicT pia is Adowa, scene of the disas trous defeat of the Italians in 1896. The Ethiopians believe that It aly will strike first in the north, in an effort to wipe out the stain of Adowa. They already envisage the capture of Adowa and a speech by Mussolini to commemo-1 rate it. The Ethiopians will offer, little resistance. To proceed southerly from Adowa would be almost suicidal for the Italians because of the mountains, so it is expected that the Italian army will adopt a flanking movement through the Barraka-Gash valley on the way to Gondar. Such a movement will, of course, length en the line of communications and supplies for the Italians, and re quire heavy rearguards for pro tection against Ethiopian snipers. Emperor Haile Selassie believes : the major attack from the Ital ians is to come from Somaliland on the south. He believes the in vasion in the north will be to wipe out the stain of Adowa and to protect against an Ethiopian invasion of Eritrea. From the south, the Italians, after transferring the bulk of their troops in Erihea via the Red Sea to Somaliland, might launch an offense from Walwal, already occupied, across the plains of Ogaden province. Mili tary roads are being built there now and the right flank of the Italian army would be protected by the English Sudan. The first objective of the Italian attack would be Harar, Emperor Haile Selassie’s own province, and the second, Addis Ababa, capital city. In two days, without unforseen difficulties, the Italians might reach Harar. The Italians would then move eastward toward Ad dis Ababa. In order to combat this duel threat of the Italians, Haile Se lassie must divide his army into two forces one northern and one southern and each protecting an imaginary line about thirty miles on either side of the capital. If commuincations in Ethiopia were up-to-date the two armies might operate as one. Although most of the large de tachments of troops which have passed through Addis Ababa have seemed to go into the north, it is currently believed that they are being concentrated in the south. The present disposition of arm ed troops in Ethiopia is as fol lows : The army of the North is divid ed into four parts. Ras Seyyum of Tigre province holds between 30,000 and 50,000 men concen trated in the region of Adowa, Aksuln and Makalle, all close to Eritrea. It is not expected that he would attempt to meet the Italians in pitched battle. His force will be divided into guerilla bands to harass the invaders. In Gondar and the northwest v. of the empire, Ras Kassa, the em peror’s cousin, has between 50, 000 and 70,000 men. Th.ey would menace Italian communications and supplies if they tried the southwest flanking passage thru the Barraka-Gash valley. To the east and south in Wollo province, there are between 30,000 and 40, 000 men under the command of the Crown Prince. These troops are congregated at Dessie to guard the desert tract from As sab and the eastern flank of the central Amhara plateau. Directly east from Dessie at Gojjam are 30,000 reserves under the command of Ras Imru. Much less is known of Ethio-i pian concentrations in the south than in the North. However, Dadj Nasseru is known to have 15,000 troops at Dagga Bur in Harar, from which province the Italians are expected to try their advance on Addis Ababa. Supporting him are 10,000 Galla soldiers. Howev er, the chief strength of the southern troops is expected to come from the Imperial Guard, said to number from 7,000 to 50, 000 troops, specially trained by Belgian officers. Thus, in excess of 200,000 men are already under arms. They are not well armed, ac cording to modern standards. In worse condition than these, are the 500,000 provincial retainers who will answer the first call to aims. It is estimated that the Em peror can quickly muster 500,000 1 i ties out of those already in pos j session, 14,000 modern pattern Military Mission and 16,000 mod ern rifles and 600 light automat ics imported through Ojibuti this year. They also have severalhun drcd machine guns. Ethiopia's principal difficulty is a lack of ammuntiom. From the most reliable sources, reports do not indicate that she possesses morg than 10,000,000 rounds ot ammunition. Seven million rounds of ammunition, ordered from Ant werp, were stopped this year. It is the European ambargo on ammunition that is going to cost thousands of Ethiopian lives. There is no calling them back from the defense of their country. The choice for defense or non-de fense does not rest with Haile Se lassie. If he sought to compromise with Mussolini, the Ethiopians themselves would depose him. They want no compromise. They art* frantic patriots. The position of the European nations is somewhat like that of the lynchers in the United States. There, the law enforcement offic ers take a poor Negro into cus tody, deprive him of all means of defending himself, and turn him loose to a howling mob which lias emptied all the hardware shops of firearms. The lynching of Ethiopia, if it occurs, will symptomize the spirit of modern white civilization and the essential weakness of prac ticed Christianity among the na tions of the west . 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