Some American tourist threw from a bus a French Negro, a War veteran, who was touring the battlefields.
Many Americans resent the French doctrine of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, when applied to Negroes. Several disagreeable incidents have occured when the tourists have strenuously objected to the rising tide of color in Montmartre.
Candace and Bousse, Deputies, colored, prepared to raise a storm of anti-American protest in the Chamber. Supporting them, the French
Foreign Office issued a communiqué, directing the police to protect Frenchmen at all costs, regardless of color, and threatening offensive tourists with expulsion if they...
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