2 AUGUST 1919, Page 2

The black and white race riots in Chicago are very

serious, and the Governor of Illinois has mobilized all the military force of the State. it is reported that 28 persons have already been killed and about 500 wonnded. " A number of white women were shot and stabbed during the day," telegraphed the Times correspondent on Tuesday, " when the street cars were attacked by mobs of negroes. Similarly negresses were shot or beaten by parties of whites." The State of Illinois used to consider itself as quite immune from the horrors familiar in the less settled parts of America, where lynchings and race riots are always possible. The shock to the State cannot be lessened much by the reflection that the riots are due to the fact that negro labour came to Illinois from the South for war purposes.