The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-11
JSpAN,s FUTURE.
A Vision Of What Might Follow Upon Her
Victory Over China.

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When Commodore Perry knocked the
mud forts of the Japanese about their
ears, he supposed that he was merely
opening now market for western prod
ucts, In the light of recent events it be-
gins to look as If Perry's cannons really
decided the fate of tho entire eastern
hemisphere.
Tho result of the adoption of Euro
pean civilization by Japan is now seen
In the fact that the mighty empire of
China is helpless in the presence OF the
Japanese army and navy. No one any
longer doubts that Japan can with ease
conquer China and establish new and
greater Japanese empire, with its capt.
tai at Peking The Chinese many years
ago were conquered by handful OF
wild Tartars and have ever since sub
mitted to Tartar rule. They would sub
NIT much more easily to the rule OF civ
ilized and intelligent Japanese.
Let us suppose that Japan takes pos
session of China and establishes strong
and enlightened government. Tho new
Japanese empire would then have pop
ulation of 400, 900, 900. The introduce
ton of universal military service would
give Japan an army Of 40, 900, 600 mon.
Gordon has proved that the Chinanaan
can be made an excellent soldier. An
army of 40, 900, 900 Cinnamon, well dis
tiplined, well armed and Differed by
Japanese, would be irresistible even by
the combined world in arms.
Under japanese rule China would BIO
covered with railways, and her material
! prosperity would be enormously increas-
ed. An Intelligent system Of taxation
would yield the government an almost
fabulous revenue. With this the Japa-
neso could build such fleet as the world
has never seen, fleet so numerous and
powerful that not foreign vessel could
rail the Pacific OF the Indian ocean ex-
cept by the permission Of the Japanese.
With its army and navy Japan would
find Ii mere holiday task to overrun
and take possession of India On the
north it would have no foes, for Russia
would cease to be aggressive and would
not merely be compelled to stand on the
defensive, but rely for its defense not on
its armies, but upon its SHOWS and DIES
erts. Masters of India and China, the
time would come when the japanese
would seek to extend their possessions
Following the path of the Turkish
hordes that long ago invaded Earopc
the japanese would conquer Ic-'sostar
Persia and Syria, and the dedit rraneg
would become Japanese lake 70 in
vaders would then pass into Enrope,
which would be powerless in tho lace o.
the innumerable soldiers and iEmens
fleets of the Japanese. Tho inva ION o,
the Turks, which in the middle arc fill
cd Europe with CONSERVATION, wa
ehild's play compared with an invasion
of millions of disciplined Chinese ano
Japanese. The European fleets would be
quickly destroyed and the combined Eu-
ropean armies dispersed. TIE JapHnes
flag would float over Vienna, Ee.lin,
Rome, Paris, Madrid and London, AND
in course of time even Russia would nc
longer find protection in her wintry
climate and vast distances, and the
whole of Asia and Europe would be Jap
anese.
Only about year ago, when there
was no reason to suppose that war would
break out between Japan and China,
and when it was supposed that China
would always be more than a match fol-
her little island neighbor, Lord Wolse
ley predicted that the day would come
when China would adopt western meth
DDS of military organization and would
then be in position to overrun all Eu
rope Should Japan completely conquer
China what Lord Wolseley predicted
might speedily come to pass. 1t is idle
to say that so small an empire as Japar
can never hold SO large and densely
populated an empire as China. If 40,
900, 900 Englishmen can hold and gov
ern 200, 900, 900 Indians from distance
of thousands of miles, 40, 900, 900 Japa
hese can certainly hold and govern
China, which lies almost within sigh
Of Japan.
The prospect that the empire of thu
world may become divided between
Japan and the United States may not a
first sight seem welcome one, but i
does not follow that it would be wholly
a misfortune were Europe to pass undel
the dominion of Japan. In such cas-
there would be an end of European wars
The peace of Japan would be as great {
blessing to Europe as the peace Of ROM
was to the Mediterranean nations. Ger
mans and Frenchmen and Italians ant
Russians would no longer be armed t.
the teeth and waiting for the opportu
nifty to spring at each others throat
They would all have common master
and that master would keep the peac
for the reason that there would no lon
ger be any enemy to fight. The Japanes
troops would keep order, and the peopl
of Europe, relieved of military servic
and safe from all aggression, would b.
able to earn their living in peace unde
a government that would be at least a
intelligent as the government Of thu