New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

look unon tho alienation Of any territory on the
mainland as something akin to sacrileg" she
was shrewd enough to abstain from exciting
any susceptbties or resentment which might
have subsequently interfered with her project
OF becoming the senior and predominant part
ner in n firm formed OF an alliance OF the two
nations. In short, she did not care to sacriice
for the sake Of a mere strip Of territory her
PROSPECTS, Of becoming the dutifuly obeyed
master of the vast Chinese Empire with It's
population OF 4OOOOOOOO people, all as busy
and as industrious bees. That has been the
cause Of Japan's extraordinary forbearance
toward China, a forbearance the drift of when
was not recognized until too late BY the west
ern Powers. but which, judging from his ale
gorcal design quoted, was forcsccn some elSht
or nine years ago by the wideaWake German
Kaiser.
THE POWER IN AN ALLIANCE.
One would almost be tempted to believe that
it is on the advice Of Japan that China mas
yielded nominal leases the territories de-
manded by the European Powers Neither
Japan nor China was quite ready at the time
to oppose the request Their plans had not
been matured Indeed, it is extremely probable
that Japan recommended China to concede the
leases on the understanding that when the
moment came, and the alliance between the
two countries was completed and the Chinese
army and navy reOrganized by japan, 1t would
be easy enough to drive out the foreigners. For
no matter how great the military power OF
Germany and of France in Europe, they would
not be able to hold their possessions in the Far
Orient against any Chino-Japancse colnblha-
ton especially if the Chinese troops were prop
erly trained and equipped by the japanese
For aside from the difficulties of transporting
great military forces all the way from Europe
TO the China seas and the climatic disadVan-
tages to which white troops are subjected III
the Orient japan and China together would
always carry the day in the long run, thanks
to their overwhelming resources, the sheer
force Of numbers and the vicinity Of their base
of supplies Not even England or Russia, nay,
even a combination Of England, Russia. Ger
MANY and France could oppose Japanese ana
Chinese alliance such as has been indicated in
the foregoing in the Far East. In spite OF
Eneland's powerful navy and Russas reck-
lessness Of human life and her trans siberian
railroad they would always be overmatched as
long as the fighting was restricted to the orient.
MENACE TO EUROPE.
lust what chances the Western nations Of
Europe would have were Japan to place tseli
al the head Of a Chinese hostile movement in
the direction Of the setting sun 1t Is diincuit
10 say More than thousand years have
passed since Europe was last oVer"helh'd d!
an invasion from the Orient a torrent that
swept from its foundations the mlshty Roma"
Empire 1t remains to be seen whether the
Europe of today will be any more succesSlul
in stcmming this new Asiatic irruptlon. Chlha
niAl NM To- fas.fa
alone has a population of 4oo0ooooo Japan
bae 40 600 600 to her credit, while in India
there is teemng seethng mass OF some
2OO 600 600 Asiatics who are quite as much
imbued with a bitter and mortal hatred oi
tbe white races as are both the Chinese and
the japanese History is there to show us that
when once a huge human mass of this kind
begins moving il il carried along by It's own
Momentum ir an Irresistible advance, bearing
down everything before IT, and overWhelmlhG
and absorbing every thing that it encounters.
In fact il swallows up everything in its way.
Imagine then a gigantic tidal wave extend
ing nearly the entire breadth of Asia and com
noscd Of some 7O0OO0O00 people imbued with
/ fierce hatred of the white races, pouring
down on Europe under the intelligent direction
| r. direction is possible in such case of those
very japanese whom we have endowed with all
| tho fruits of our science Of our intelligence
and of our experience. This may sound fan
tastic But the conclusion OF an alliance be
tween China and Japan-an alliance WHICH,
| given the restless enterprisinS nature OF the
Japanese and the Asiatic hatred Of the white
races is bound in the long run to ultimately
| become violently aggressive-renders the peril
grim reality, and when early in the nineties
| the Kaiser suggested in his much ridiculed de
sign that the Western Powers should unite in
self defence against the yellow peril, he was not
foolish, but prophetic
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