The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-25

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and under the strain of great events
II likely to rub off and to display itsel
IN acts OF uncontrolled savagery.
Whether nation that has not yet grad
uated from the school Of western idea
is qualified to graft it's new Civilization
upon another people strongly intrenche
IN the conservatism of century-old idea
Is question. Certainly ii must be ad
mitted that China, reawakened. reinyig
GRATED and instructed by Japan, woult
present very different spectacle from
| China advancing under the leadership O.
any white nation, say Russia.
There is another consideration which
the most shrewd and farseeing Statesmen
have not failed to take into account
While Japan is eager for western ideas
inventions and industrial methods, hel
leaders are shrewd enough to know thai
they have nothing to expect from the
| powers. As recorded by so careful ar
observer as Mr.. A. r. Colquhoun, "the
| disposition of the japanese of all classes
| is to avoid foreign alliances as entangline
and unreliable and to depend upon them
selves, utilizing the opportunities which
are likely TO occur through the dissen-
sions of foreign western powers"
In spite of troubles which have been
sufficiently great to lead to war between
the two, there is no doubt that Japan is
more favorably inclined toward China
than toward the white nations that have
heretofore checked her ambitions One
need only read the report of the CONVEX
sations that took place at the negotia-
limo 70
onoseld to learn that the plan of union
between the two branches Of the yellow
race against the rest of the world has
been openly advocated in the east. Both
LII Hung Chang and the Marquis Ito sew
eral times referred to it in the course of
their protracted dialogues.
The policy which should rule the Ash
attic continent" said Ii Hung Chang at
one point, sis that we should establish an
enduring peace, in order to prevent the
yellow race Of Asia from succumbing to
the white race of Europe"
L endorse your excellency's views
heartily" was the response of the Japan
csc representative. Shortly afterawrd he
added: IF China will but make an eff
fort help will come from on high. Thus
may nation control its own destinies."
A well informed writer, commenting on
this remark, has added that it will be a
lucky thing for the rest Of the world if
the yellow race of Asia remains salts
he'd with controlling it's own destinies.
Quite aside from the possibility of a
Unfon-a possibility far
from remote-the white races may well
afford to feel apprehensive as to the vel
low peril bound UP in the Chinese empire
itself. To all who have observed the vast
resources Of China it is apparent that this
is no imaginary danger. 1t has been apt
ly remarked that in all but one essential
the Chinese empire is the greatest in the
world. With a population estimated at
from 35O0O0,000 to 450, 900 900, an area of
100000 square miles and a possible mill
tary strength of 10000, 900 men, China ap-
pears on paper as no mean antagonist for
any power or combination of powers.
The one factor that has been lacking
and that has made China an easy prey
for other nations has been the sentiment
Of national unity. The frey patriotism
and Unsuitable ambition which make ma
ions great are not found in the Chinese |
At present
1t is not at all certain that this ambi- |
lonless attitude will continue. A unity |
ng influence may appear; it may be evolv- |
20 from some such contest as the pres
INT one-from this contest itself. Should |
his unifying influence appear in the per-
son OF a great military leader the ulti-
nate consequences to western civilfza-
ion might prove disastrous
Should Prince Tuan or some unknown
nan of the people prove to be a Napo-
comic genius he might weld his people
nto lighting power which would sweep
ne natives of Europe or America from the
nap as the north wind sweeps the chaff
rom a threshing floor. Such a military
9ader would have behind him a force
qulpped with two of the strongest weap-
MS in eXistence-superstition and hatred
those against whom they fought
That civilization is in itself no fortifca-
lon has been proved many times in the
'orld's history, when nations which were
s great eXemplars have been crushed
ut Of existence by hordes unhampered
= its encumbrances. China itself was
ne Oldest and most "civilized' country
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han and his Mongolian followers.
Rome embodied the culture and educa-
on of the world when she was success
'ely conquered and pillaged by the s
oths, the Vandals and the Huns in the {
'urth and fifth centuries. Greece. Egvpt
nd the forgotten great rnonarchies of
lie east bear testimony TO the same truth I
utilization in itself would seem to be {
lther handicap in a life and death Z
'ntest against men who fight with hun /
" stomachs and with no dependence | I
)on commissariat /
The descent of the Goths, the vandals {
Id the Huns upon the rich countries of Y
'uthern Europe affords a fair compari- e
n for the possibilities bound I'D in /
hina- At the present time it is custom L
Y 10 ascribe the sudden collapse Of the I
oman empire to the decay Of its former a
urdy civilization. To a contemporary r
SERVER, however, the ease with which ! 7
e untutored barbarians overcame the
fences Of what had shortly before been
e greatest martial empire in the world
ust have seemed as remarkable as ths V
e spectacle Of the millions Of China ?
arening over Europe would seem at the a
esent day. =
tnsonizs. AITHo ediIa0Oocu7rvvvr,b-5 ,,1,,7, 7
The Goths were far less educated in 4
e art Of war as it existed 800 wears E
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