The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-12-27
THE EASTERN STRUGGLE.


The great struggle now apparently
drawing to a close in China between
that enormous power and her neighbor,
Japan, may yet be fraugbt with or at
tended by consequences not without
their effects upon the civilization, ,finan-
ces and welfare generally Of the western
nations, western Europe, the United
States, Mexico, Central America and
the states of Brazil and the western
coast of South America as we'll as the
islands of the Pacific. China is an
enormous nation in extent, in produc-
tions, and most of all in her immense
population. Four hundred millions
of people ruled by one central govern
ment. Even if this vast number OF
people are only half civilized, if pro-
perly directed, it would soon become
formidable to the world. 1t is said that
if the horse could be made to under
stand his power he would become ln-
dependent of man. Here is d parallel:
If the Chinese understood the signifi-
canoe of those 400, ,000, 600 of people, or
what could be accomplished by this
horde of humanity, she would soon be-
come the absolute master of the east,
and be able to extend her sway west
ward, give the law to India. and to
threaten from that direction eastern
Europe, Turkey, Egypt and the whole
Mediterranean country. The present
war with which she is struggling will
inevitably teach her the worth of civili-
zation, especially in the art of war,
over the modes prevailing in the effete
east. Japan with far less than one
fourth of her numerical strength
owing to her greater advance in civill-
zation, especially in war-has been
able to knock her about like old shoes.
China is immitative if she is anything.
When she learns to manufacture long
range and powerful ordnance, the
new and fearful floating batteries, has
her army fitted with all the best i'm
proved engines of destruction, led by
scientific officers, and that army
amounting to gross of fifteen millions
of men, she will become practically
the master of the world. This war has
a significance for civilization of which
few people have thought and none
have as yet spoken. 1t may yet prove
g he the school-master OF China and
Snd6r Irs stern ana bitter TEACHINGS
she may learn her own strength. Woe
to the west if she learns it well.
The other day brief telegram an
nounced that her agents were ne
gotiating with Brazil for the purcha Sc
of the Nichtheroy and the Acquidiban,
the very formidable war ships which cut
SO large figure in the late rebellion
there. To the thoughtful that brief
telegram must have terrible signi-
fcance. Suppose she succeeds in pur-
chasing them she will have 40 diff
Guilty in hiring officers to command and
fight them scientifically. They, in
themselves would prove formidable,
but as models for the con struction of
an hundred more of the same kind,
would suggest a force to the MoDgolians
which would place the seas and the sea
coasts of the world at the mercy of the
almond-eyed pig-tailed Cinnamon of
whom Europe and America know SO
little and understand SO much less.
who laugh daily at the crude indio-
syncracies of the rat-eaters.
Some months since in brief article
this paper suggested that as China and
Japan were Supervising nations, per-
hape the solution of their troubles
would play an important part in
the settle ment of our financial
troubles, perhaps to the extent
of forcing he-remonetization of silver.
Certainly this suggestion, briet and i'm
perfect as it is, as to the physical
power of the east, is yet the suggestion
VI a
because, with the better understand
ing of her own physical power sure to
come by this war, will also come
better understanding of her moral
power also. This will be made effec-
tive by she rough lessons she is now
taking from her little neighbor and to-
gether they may resolve to sit down on
Rothchilds and his goldbuggery, and
the "bugger'' will be squelched be-
yond doubt, surely 30, when the be-
trayed and sold-out people of the
United States join in to wreak little
revenge in helping the Mongolians out
by lending them a few hundreds of
thousands of the hardest hitting
soldiers of the age.
ONE of the leading dry goods mer-
chants of Provo declared Yesterday |