The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-27


sidered. The question of ultimate domi-
nancy. IL such thing is ever to occur. lies
between the Aryan and the Mongolian, the
white and the yellow DISCRIMINATING stlll
further, it may be said to lie between the
Chinese. the Russian and the Anglo-Saxon,
including in the latter designation the Ger
mans. This is not ethnologicalIy accurate,
but it will do for general purpose, and
really the Germans are more nearly allied
to the English and Anglo-Americans than
they are to any other people.
In considering this question one is struck
at first by the fact that the yellow race
considerably outnumbers the combined fam
lilies of the white race, being $50, 100000 TO
545. 600 600. OF this number China alone has
40s, OOO. They are not as aggressive as
the white race. but they have shown Won
derful tenacity of national life and great
power of reproductions. If the Chinese
should ever break beyond their present
bounds they might astonish the. world.
About five years ago Captain Mahan, the
well-known naval authority, published a let
ter in which he said:
It is a question for the whole civilized
world, and not for the United States only,
geographical and military Importance. I'M
rivaled by that Of any other position in the
North Pacific, shall in the future be an out
parative barbarism of China. 1t is suf-
hciently known, but not;s perhaps, generally
noted in our country, that many military
men abroad familiar with Eastern condi-
tions and character look with apprehension
toward the day when the vast mass or
China-now inert-may yield to one of those
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civilization under a wave of barbaric in
lvasion. The great armies of Europe, whose
be providentialy intended as bar
rier to that great movement, if 1t come.
Certainly, while China remains as she IS,
nothing more disastrous for the future OF
the world can be imagined than that gen.
eral disarmament of Europe which is the
Utopian dream of some philanthroplsts But
China may burst her barriers eastward as
well as westward toward the Pacific as well
as toward the European continent. In such
movement it would be impossible to exais
gerate the mOmentous issues dependent
upon firm hold of the Sandwich islands by
a great, civilized maritime power
For our present purpose the point of in
terest in this extract is the recognition by
high authority of the possibility that the
Monaghan race, which greatly outnumbers
the Aryan, may some day break beyond it's
present bounds and roll over the world in
the Aryan race united, the peoples of con-
tinental Europe, Great Britain and the
United States combined, could repel such a
movement by the Chinese alone, though it
would not be easy; bur they could hardly
hope to resist the entire Monaghan race
combined. Such a combination would in
clude, besides the Chinese the Turks, Tar
tars, Indo-Chinese, etc, and embrace half
the human race.
But the Aryan race is not united and
takes no note of the possibility of a Mon
golian invasion. Its different branches
themselves fierce rivals for supremacy.
Viewed from that standpoint, the question
of ultimate domination seems to be between
Russia and the Anglo-Saxon family. These
are the two most aggressive and expansive
peoples on earth, and it looks as if the strug-
gle for universal domination, if it ever
comes, will be between them. Even now
there is a contest between them for SUI
premacy in the East which may lead to
war. The London Times, commenting on
the Eastern situation, said few days ago:
'If the Russian demands are allowed to
fact that China is about to be rapidly re-
duced to the position of the khanates of
central Asia, first terrorzed and paralyzed
and ultimately swallowed up by Russia"
Great Britain will fight long and hard be-
fore she will permit Russia, already too
powerful, to swallow China, or any consid-
cradle part of 1t.
Judged by the linguistic standard, the
Englsh-speaking people have extended
much more rapidly during the present GEN.
fury than any other European people. In
1901 the English language was spoken by
2O,52O,OC0 persons the French language by
and the Russian language by 80, no, 900. In
1850 English was spoken by Ill 10000 per-
sons, French by 51,2O0,0O0, German by u.s.
100000 and Russian by 75, 100000. During that
period the number of persons speaking En-
glish increased from IL per cent. of the pop
ulation of the world to ~ per cent; those
speaking French decreased from 10 per cent.
of the whole to z per cent; the proportion
of those speaking German remained sta
tionary, while those speaking Russian de-
creased from 10 per cent of the whole to
Is per cent. These figures show that the
English language is making much more
rapid progress than any other, and if that
means domination the Anglo-Saxon race is
getting there. AT all events, it will be
hard race to dominate