The evening times., 1900-08-01
THE YELLOW FRANKENsTEIN
4 WSefuI Harvest From Teachings
of Civilized Nations


For many years the civilized world has
been urging the barbarian and the SEMI
civilized TO buy arms OF precision and tae
most powerful explosives, and 10 an tne
modern art OF war. Our Government has
tried 10 prevent the sale of arms 10 the
Indian, and Europe h2s iRJerdicted the s. le
OF arms 70 the saFages Of Africa and the
Pacific Islands. but these saXages have
never experienced any difficulty in getting
arms and ammunition. Almost the only
products OF civilization for which the saw
age develops al appetite are firearms ard
FIRE water, and the trader sees 20 il that he
gets all he will pay for OF both The
United States has declined for many years
TO join Europe in preventing the sale OF
arms 20 the Pacific Islanders: tie only
Americans who went 10 those islands - ere
the missionaries. who don't count. and the
traders, who make an enormous profit on
guns and whisky. Efforts have been msGe
10 keep the Africans from acquiring med
ern arms. but with the same result that
has attended our efforts 10 keep modern
arms away from the Indians; the red men
have generally been better armed than the
United States troops.
BUt in the case Of organized nations
under settled governments outside Of
ChristendoIn. the statesman and the
trader have combined TO force rifles and
artillery and high explosives upon the
pagan aud the MOslsm- GoTernments were
ready TO endorse the bond issues OF Asiatic
nations II the latter would spend the
proceeds IN buying war materials from
the subjects OF the endorsing nation The
Emperor Williams trip 10 Turkey was
understood 10 be intimately connected with
the sale Of Wat material He prese1te ed
the sultan with a battery OF feId artillery
and the sublime Porte responded with q
heavy order to KrUpp- English shipyards
have been building nen-Cf-wsr for every
nation in Asia; Germany and Russia lent
their army officers 10 train the soldiers Of
Turkey and China; France has been kind
to Siam Japan could have anything she
wanted IN the way OF war material or
military instruction. She has associated
herself with the civilized nations. but there
are Observers who believe that when the
issue is sharply drawn between Europe
and Asia, Japan viii be on the Asiatic
side.
France and Germany have allowed Off
GERS educated at Government expense to
teach b2rbarOus and semi -barbarous geo
pie the art OF modern war. England and
the United States have done likewise The
Beers were under the tutelage OF EuTO-
pean officers and the Chinese have learned
from similar sources. Chins's resistance
Of Japan in 1894 was paerile. The navy
made one good fight and was destroyed: !:
the army made itself ridiculous. At once
all Europe undertook to teach China how
10 tight and provide her with the neces-
saTy weapons. All TIE legations were at
the service of their feIloE-citizens who
made war material and desired Chinese
contracts Russia sent officers 10 train
the Chinese soldiers. We are beginning TO
reap the harvest. No Christian nation
ever trusted one of its subjects TO The
justice and mercy Of an Asiatic court. till
extra-teTritoriality in Japan was surreu-
deT6d last year. But all 'ChristendOm was
willing to trust its subjects and CONNER
eial interests to ths millions of Orientals
armed with Occidental weapons of destrue-
ton
European artillery has battered dcwn
the legation residences in the Chinese
capital; European rifles have massaered
European men, women. and children Ia
Pekin; in Tientsin it has been found that
the Chinese no longer fight with fans and
umbrellas; the myth that the chief equip
ment of a Chinese soldier is a bird cage
has been exploded; the Chinese no longer
expect masks OF hideOus aspect to turn the
enemy to fight. as the japanese say they
did six years ago; Eor do the Chinese fee
after a few shots from a machine gun
they have machine guns themselves. and
they charge those Of their European enc
mics in the most approved manner Of
modern warfare
Europe has been doing a great trade
with Asia for several years. and now in
blood and FIRE and outrage she is leap
Ing what she has sown-