The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
GREAT CONFLICT PREDICTED.
Incidents Pointing to Serious Trouble BE
tween Christians and Orientais.

serious If0uDIe ne
tween Christians and Orientais.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
An American who has travelled much
recently in Europe and Asia comes
home with the impression that serious
trouble is brewing between the Euro
pean and the Oriental world. One of
the unpleasant things predicted is the
most gigantic conflict yet known be-
tween the two great divisions of the
human race" The Graeco-Turkish war
is pointed to as the first skirmish in
the coming conflict, and the rising of
the hill tribes against the British as
manifestation of the same kind. 1t is
in truth a somewhat disturbing fact
to find Turkey able to call into the
field instantly a formidable army Of
100000 men. But the sultan could not
have performed this feat without Euro
pean assistance. His soldiers have been
trained by German officers. and they
carry rifles of European make. Turkey
represents European jealousy. not ASH
attic strength. The sultan should have
been crushed long ago by the great
pow ers. 1t is true that their present
policy contains the germs of the danger
dhat Asia may awake. and her S50,000
poo inhabitants, more than half the
earth's population, rise with a giants
strength, to use it like giant.
The Turks are not the only orientals
people who have been armed and
trained in military strategy by occi-
dental races A striking instance is of
no little concern to the United States.
We forced Japan to open it's ports
about half century ago, and now are
called on to consider what damage ia
pan can int1ict upon us as a Warlille
power JapanS fleet on the Pacific Will
soon be superior to our own, and com
posed of ships Of the most powerful
modern type Western races may we'll
ask themselves how far it is safe 10
proceed in teaching Asiatics the art of
war and selling them ornaments and
naYies. The emperor of Germany is
playing with fire in Turkey, England is
cultivating the ambitious spirit of the
fighting Abyssinans and the japanese,
numbering over 100000, propose to as
sert themselves as a military nation.
Europe is forging the guns that may
some day be turned upon itself
In the war between Greece and Tur-
key it was the Christian power that
went down, and with it dropped back
into misery Christian people, the Ar
menians. now left defenseless. All this
happened with Christian aid and con-
sent. No one can doubt that if the sui
tan had the power he would arm the
Mohammedan world and launch 1t, as
of old. against the civilization of the
West. The whole rental race is ir-
IttbilCildb II VIII llOl anu pti laps
cannot change. Plainly, the business
of teaching ii the science of arms and
selling it guns is perilous. Now that
Turkey has been awakened and its I'M
mense army persuaded that it is invin-
chile. the powers of Europe are at a
loss 10 know what to do about it. Eng
land has retreated far into the back
ground and the other members of the
concert are scarcely less dismayed,
with the exception of Germany, whose
rash ruler is playing the part of an in
cendiary in the east. Prophets of
new conflict between the hordes of Asia
and occidental people are not without
some reasons for expecting n struggle
that may tax the energies of Christen-
dom. =. "a ksselaS