The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-02
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Frenchmen Fenr Combination OF
the ssgongaIian Races.

the Mongafian Races.
The ob1ecsinH OF the European powers to
the Isolated armed Intervention OF Japan
in China is easily explained by many ex-
pressions of opinion on that subject pub
lished In tAaspspers OF Germany, England.
and France Piou. a Deputy OF the
French chsgsshsr, IN the course of his re-
cent Interpolation concerning the conduct
OF the Cabinet in the Chinese question,
said:
FROM that immense Empire of 40e. 000,
ooo OF people the European is driven away
as being foreign devil The Japanese,
too, may be devil. but he is not for
eign one. He belongs to the same origin
and race as the Chinaman. He is his
young relative, relative ambitious. ac-
tive, even disquieting, but belonging
after all, to the same religion and
the same blood. Between Japan and
China there are no racial quarreIs,
but only family disputes. What should
we be, what would Europe be, if
AFTER having allowed Japan to assume the
hrst place IN the combat, she came to
clam the first also in the fruits of the
victory accomplished? What would We
have done but to have increased the dan
ger by loosing another and a greater one.
Perhaps
To these words NJ Henri Turot. who
travelled quite lately in the Far East
to study the countries from moral and
political point of view, has added in the
Petite Republique." Of Paris. the follow
ing comments;
"All those who have visited the Far
East Will be of the same opinion expressed
by Deputy Piou- II is a folly to intrust to
Japan the task OF pacifying the revolted
Chinese provinces. Hatred for the for
elgners is at least as acute and violent in
the Mikado Empire as in the Celestial
Empire During my recent voyage l have
been able to notice that insults were no
more spared to the foreigners in the
streets of KIoto and Osaka than In those
OF Canton or Foo-ChoW. Nay. in Japan
insults are still less excusable. since they
proceed from the men who are supposed
best to represent civilization. It is. in
deed, almost impossible to pass near
group C students and other school follow
ers without hearing words Of menace and
without noticing gestures OF contempt In
China, at least, you do not run the risk
ordinarily of being insulted by other peo-
pie than coolies. 1t is also an error to
believe that the Japanese war has
angered forever Chinese and Japanese
against each other For a long while on
the contrary, Japanis statesmen, Marquis
Ito among them. have been dreaming OF
an alliance Of all the yellow peGpie against
those of the white race, and several times
negotiations have been opened In that di-
rection. These negotiations have not
reached any result yet, | admit. but it is
sufficient to incite Europe 10 be on her
guard II would require a great ignorance
of the dupIicity and trickery Of Oriental
diplomats 70 believe for a single instant
IN the disfnterestednes5 and sincerity Of
Japan when she offers her services Give
her a free rein and it won't be long before
the consequences will be seen. II the Jap
anese go to China they will not fail IN
doubtedly 10 organize there a fight against
Europe, and to place themselves at the
head OF the Boxers in order to anAihiIate
the white race