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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16299, 24 August 1918, Page 9

Tho thirly-ono representatives of the negro Press who wore in conference in Washington a few weeks ago, under the auspices of tho War Department and the Committee on Public Information, adopted resolutions of loyalty to tho nation before adjourning. The editors, whoso publications, havo. a circulation of more than a million copies, principally among tho coloured people of the country,, affirmed their belief that the defeat of i»o German Government and what it represents is of paramount importance to tho welfaro oil the world. "Wc deem it hardly necessary,'' tho resolution read, "in view Of tho untarnished reoord of negro Americans, to reaffirm our loyalty to our country and our readiness to make every sacrifice to win this war. Wo wish, however, as students and guides of public opinion among our people, to use our every endeavour to keep these 12,000,000 people at the highest pitch, not eimply of passive loyalty, but of active, enthusiastic and aelf-aacrificing nnrticipation in tho war*"