Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-01
OAIlY POST INTELLIGENCER



A nastsER % THR FTTrKE
AZ .he basinning Of TIE pressus cen
tsry sapolson shs Great released TO look
vita favor ispons schena for ihs cen
aasst of China lie Acknowledged shas
ChIna s,cuId essily BE- eSncuered. but
based bin rsfasai on the possibilities %
the fisfnrs. "There are too faanS Chi-
nsse, r hs sflid. athev mlnst noa be taushs
shs arr Of war.r He reasoned that 70
seash the k,srdss Of Asa the Enesbods OF
Europsan warfare vonhs Involve The
sInsovs esrssin destruction Of Earsp~an
efyilisatlnn- Thres quarters Of = esn-
tury later We End tbs danger. which
sssnsd fonniaabls 10 Napoleon even a.
q remote contingency. made the sabiect
Of International discussion MSca bad
becn done In the meantime towards
teaching AHA h0w 10 conquer Europe-
One ~ tins great nations had dsaibsr-
nsely imported into Eilrcss Asiatie
soldssfs. armed. esaippsa and disci-
pIinsd a. Raropeans. for ~ purpose Of
ovsrssing another ereAs nation To
sssh On sxisnt had he warming Of Ma
polssm been disrerardesL Il u any
wondIsr that ct ths Congress Of Berlin
50 fsls-sssiag and uniinpassionsd q
STATESMAN as Count soiiouvaioif pro
tsstss noss sosemnly In the name Of
civilization, Of rslieiDa and Of man
kind against 3 policy % franght With
danger :
Eight yssrs have passsel siBee the az
pesifissni ef inirodaoinR Asistie troops
into Earops vas made. and ssven years
havs passed since Count sehoovaloif
saiiss upaa the civilized world 10 wit
aess his solsnn prossss. What progress
kss tsen made In the meaiitine5 More,
indss,d. than sehouvAloa ever dreamed
81. Within the past year Ne have sen
q Frsnsh army rostsd By the Chinese
ssd tEn Ent.liah army forced 10 give way
fefns ths Arabs. Tbeie was time.
asd Ii ID net 90 long AGO hot that people
who are still IN middle ace can Samem-
Der It. when an Raropsan force, no, one
half 20 large ~ that which The Frspeh
have 10 China. marched a. IL pleased
ihroseh the FlovsEy EtnRdom. and
foaibs shs simple and shiId-liks efforts
Of The Chinese 10 opppss them more
fidisulous shan dangerous There was
o time. and II Ia NOT 20 Ior.R seo bot thai
people whe are stili younq can remembsE
u, that an English foFoa could eight q
bodJ Of Arabs forty aimes its own
strsagsh, with persscs assurance Of vic.
cory. Nov the fiehi must be almosI
snan 10 man.
The Japanese array ID organized on
the lsrussiAn sysssrn. ard is armed with
issnslngton and Henry rifles The Chi.
nsss army ID sfIiesred by Germans. Who
are asaidaously teaching the Moneolians
The art Of var. The Arab has thrown
aaida bis spear. lie fights with Krupp
anna nov. An European nation IL at
srssans preparing 10 20 10 war, relying
for iis strength largely upon thousands
Of Alistie ioldiers. saperi,ly armed and
thon,uabiy disciplined. You zee, great
progress has been made. How much
fesshsr will II 20 before abs arms Of
Asia are tarned aasinst Earopei The
pupils aFs Aps enough. IL Is easy 10
toaei them the art Of war; II will be in.
hnisaiy more diiiicult 10 make them for
net H. Al the present rate II IL NOT ion
possible, u is not even improbable. thas
isurupe will have 10 face . Tremendous
invaiion from Asia aud Afriea long be-
fsre another century shall have relied
aFeaanA.
Do yeu smile 40 the danger : Oh
eourss you do. Earope will smile al
IL Civilization will smile at "a.
We despiss the Asiasie peoples, and
hagii al Tie idsa Of their ever bseom-
Ina isrmiaabls. II Ia natural that We
shonAd. The Modes asspissA ths Per
siAns untll thsy we're conquered by
them, ihs Rsrsians deapiisd The Greeks
sntti thsy we're eenqasisd by Thorn !,
abows eli. Tho Romans dsapissd the
rostllsrn larhArisns until Rome fell.
Ronas vss strong her civilization was
deeply Fcoied; she bad s,sthine 10 fear
fForn ths northern hordes. She did not
hesitate 10 teach she Germans The art Of
wars shs did MOI hesitate 10 discipline
ths Gaulsl shs soAresly destined TO
pisos arms In shs hands Of the Huns.
Ths result 10 history. and Il Il said shan
histary repeats Itself. The same disre-
sare Of esnseqasnsss that ruined one
eisiiiEatieu may ruin another. The
vork has noe sons too fiu 70 be ssopp-
I'd. bat tAsrs ere many Who vish now
that Napelson's advics hal been heexiei.