The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-31
SWEEP OF THE MoNGoLIAN RACE.
Indications That the Chinese May
Yet Overrun Civilized Lands.
From, The Poston Transcript

Indications 1nat the ChAhSSC way
Yet Overrun Civilized Lands.
From the Boston Transcript.
Evidences are not altogether lacking that
Macaulay's traveller from New Zealand,
visiting in tie London of the future, will
find himself instead of "in the midst of
vast solitude" in the center OF popu-
lalion of several millions of almond-eyed,
yellow-skinned denizens of the metropolis
of the world. The sweep of the Monaghan
race is a fixed fact, TO which the wlsest
and brightest of minds may well turn their
attention. Some Nautilus of the future,
some Hofrath HeusTecke of yet unbound
ed institute for the repression of popula-
ton, may rise TO give his serious attention
to this problem, ere the west be swallowed
up by the al-ensufng jaws of the yellow
dragon. Backward one may consider the
civiiizat' on of the Chinese, the fact yer
remains that where they are given an men
they take an ell, and neither the exclusion
of The Semitic race Is absolutely enectuad
in stopping the forward movement OF the
Monaghan. There are gaps m the Chinese
wall The barrier was effectual for ages
and generations in keeping The foreign
devils" out of. China. but it could not keep
in the Cinnamon. The Chinese trader has
pushed his way from Pe<in to st. Peters
burg, ard from Canton to the port OF Vlad-
ivostock in spite of the strenuous obJec-
ton of the Russian Jew, who retires, baf-
fled and beaten after set-to with the &C.
lestial With al {their reputed hatred OF
progress as eXempfltied by the locomotive
and The Krag-Jorgensen rifle, the queued
merchants have not teen slow in preempt-
ing the most available business locat ons
along the line OF the Tans-Siberian rail-
way
There Is an awakening consciousness
among the Students of e theological charac-
ter.stics that the people of TIE celestial en-
pire have been misunderstood and that
they possess a simplicity which is, after
all a high species of cunning. 1t is report
ed that the recent illness of the dowager
EMPRESS was but a subterfuge to allow
Marquis Ito 10 establish a few needed re-
forms around the imperial household and
10 give him a chance 10 eliminate certain
individuals No the Chinese are not so
slow as some people would have US think,
Of ccurse we all know that they were IA
miliar with gunpowder centuries before
Monk Schwartz pestle was blown sky
ward but possibly seeing the effect OF Civ
ing fire 10 mortals they kept the KNOWLEDGE
to thensSlve Yet as tn y move across the
map Of Asia and Europe hey may be eX-
pected 10 introduce new notions into
world which considered their doctrines as
strange rs their appearance and dress
Harikari, at least in political sense we
already owe to them and what other great
oriental institutions may not follow the
march Of the MongoHan race? Possibly
our own vegetarians may be paving the
way for The domination of the relocating
people Surely The signs of the times. in
! spite of all our boasts of Anglo Saxon SUI
/ premacy, point to a conflict, generations
/ hence. with our new Acknowledged neigh
| bors of the east and there are not want
| irg those of our re pie who see in imas ma
ton some "son of the sun" as the future
/ ruler Of a universal Imperialism under
| Monaghan rule.