New-York tribune., 1899-08-20


tween China and Japan, so as "to form an op-
posing force to the pretenslonS "i inc
Powers in the orient"
contemporary diplomatic considerations
declared the Prince, may result in combina-
tIons liable to obscure the main issue TOT 'ne
present. But they are only details OF great
struggle which is going on between the WIZ
and the yellow races, in which the Chinese ana
japanese must inevitably stand side by siue'
Western people look upon the yellow races WIN
n contempt that is mixed with rear. i"e
Prince in conclusion advises his countryfneh
,o, ., foIIov tho had example of Europeans IN
showing contempt for the Chinese, and to aVoid
.,ib ioicinoe at the defeat of China in the
last war He recommends thern, on the con-
.., % chou the utmost frendliness to the
Chinese. and to remove from the breasts oi '"e
latter all feelings of envy, usplcioh anu i'
sentiment.
Japan PREDOMINANT Az PEhlN"
Nor did this article constitute the only warn
ing of the yellow peril" Previous TO the wal
between China and Japan, the TWO ha'ion' w"
wont TO despise each other japan oi' "'
conceal her conviction that emma was wy
tortoise in all that concerned progress anu
welded to methods and ways OF thousa"'
wears ago, while on the other fand the Cou''
Of Peking could not forget that Japan mao o''
time been its vassal and even went 50 lar do
to manifest a reluctance to accord 10 the
| Mikado's envoy the same consideration anu
privileges as those conceded to the diplomatic
representatives Of the Western Powers
After the war. however, there ensued an
amazing and from Western point ol Eie"'
ominous change. The japanese plenIpotehtlarS
to the Forbidden City" is now 'reated "'th dh
infinitely higher degree of cons deratloh' anne
by the Dowager Empress and b! the lSuhs-n
yanen than any of his Western colleagues his
| advice is followed and his requests are grantee
with a unanimity and an entire absence Vi al
| that double dealing which characteriZes Ch''e9e
roIations with the Western Powers. oh the
other hand. in Japan all the former disposition
70 dospise and ridicue China has disappeared
The Japanese people have come t. look upon 'he
Chinese as a species of ward, whose interests
are identified with their own ana VINO heeu'
! assistance development and friendship hoie
over the Japanese now find II tolluC 10 lc'''"
| the fact that they are indebted icr 'he'i hiio"'
edge Of art to China, and that Their entire CLASS
ical literature dating back 2,VoO years VI i'o'e'
| is all printed and written III ChiHese III '"O''
the Chinese language in Japan occupies Huch
| the same position as Latin does WIN US
HOW JAPAN FORCED RUSSIA TO RETREAT
One thing which cannot fail to lave Impressed
the Chinese vastly with the adv antages 70 oe
! derived from an alliance with Japan was the
fact of which amazingly little mention mas peeh
made either in Europe or in the Uhlted o'd'eS'
| namely that some eighteen mofths ago NUS
sia which had practically estatIIshed hersei'
in Corea TO the dismay of the AUTHORITIES at
Pekng and in defiance of the protests OF Eng
| land beat a retreat so complete as TO verge Oh
! the ignominious in response to a prreinpt"ry ne
mand from the japanese Government Russia
had the King of Corea and It's government
under her tutelage and had, moreover d NUM-
ber of her troops in the kingdom. YET she sur
! rendered all these advantages without a struS-
oIe and withdrew entirely from the Land OF the
Morning Calm although she knew .ull WeH tha'
her evacuation would be Immediately followed
bv Japan's succession to her position as mentor
! to the Corean Government. Russia maze d
half hearted attempt to excuse her retreat on
the ground that as soon as the trans siberian
railroad was completed she could easily recover
all her points Of vantage.
But the fact remains that the MuscoN'e 90
lossus which had turned deaf ca TO the re-
monstrances Of Great Britain had amely SUD
mitted to peremPtory demand OH the Pdi' Vi
japan. preferrng the loss of all the fruits o her
diplomacy. as well as of her prestige III the
Orient to a war with the Mikado The Chlnese
naturally took note of this, and nave naturally
nreferred to throw in their lot with nation
OF the same color and the same race as them
selves. bound to them by ties of traction, liter
ature faith and custom, and which was able to
coerce into surrender the Russian giant,
~ a1ly themselves
those Western Powers whose friendship would
i IL. ...a4l Inf tLal Id I.alL