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


I | Caucasian nations. The Goths were
t pastoral people, who were driven to wa
by an inhospitable climate, rather tina
: by any innate fondness for fightine
5 They conquered the Byzantine empire be
! cause 1t was a good and fertile land, no
l from any aninnosity for the people VIII
) inhabited it. Thence they advanced alon
the Adriatic, overlooked into Italy. sur
rounded the imperial city, and subdued
by persistent siege They were not le
on by any savage hatred or religion
fanaticisn-in fact, they were semi-Chris
tians- Their vaIor in the use of arms wa
not remarkable. Their southwark ad
vance was like the resistless stamped,
OF a herd in search Of new pastures
rather than like the progress of peopl
battling purely from love of strife.
So 1t was with the Vandals. They wert
Germanic people, dwelling in the for
ests and the pastures of the north,
who were moved partly by knowledge OF
richer lands to the southwark and partly
by the pressure of other hordes behind
them to overrun Gaul and Spain, whence
they crossed into Africa, and, after sub
DUNG the northern shore, finally recrosseG
the Mediterranean to possess themselves
Of the attractive valleys Of Italy. Rome
was still an enormous city, holding vast
wealth and large army, yet she sue
cumbed to these herders of the north
and permitted them to destroy the fairest
and most sacred Of her historic treas
ures.
1t is worth while to note that two OF
| the greatest invasions in history had
| their inception on the plains Of what Is
| now part of China and were conducted by
Monaghan peoples. One Of these was the
/ onslaught of Genghis Khan upon the ter
ritory Of the neighboring empire of
China, which resulted in bringing Into
subsection the very rulers of that highly
| organized and educated nation.
| The other movement was directed to
the westward, and before it had spent its
course it had overrun every portion Of
| what was then known as the civilized
world. In history this movement is
known as the invasion of the Huns, and
it has been established that the Huns
were race of Monaghan origin who had
fought the Chinese from the uplands of
central Asia centuries before they ad-
vanced across the Ural mountains.
This was a people that certainly was
not to be compared with civilized nations
in knowledge Of the arts and articles of
war, yet it moved like a resistless tide
from the confines of China to southwest
ern Europe, conquering not only the SOL
diers trained by the Roman empire, but
the very conquerors Of Rome-the Goths
themselves.
Here is the true precedent for the "yel-
low peril which may threaten Europe
with the awakening Of China, to accom-
plish which so many efforts have been
etended. Here was a rude people, armed
with rude weapons, having no knowledge
of military science, with its many intri-
cacies. They were led by species of re-
llgious fanaticism, driven forward by
hunger and directed by an artful leader.
These were the sole factors in their sue
cess. 1t is not difficult to imagine that
the same ingredients may be supplied to
instigate Chinese invasion of Europe or
the Western Hemisphere at the present
time.
Prevailing methods Of making war have
become so thoroughly conventionalized
that it has come to be accepted that a
certain mechanism is necessary for carry
ing out any great military movement
This mechanism is held to include an eff
fective armament, thorough organiza-
ton and an enormous commissariat. Ac- |
cepting these as absolute essentials it |
must be admitted that there is small |
danger that China will be able to cope |
cessfully with the Caucasians nations. |
But it is not an invasion Of carefully |
armed and perfectly drilled and ex-
haustively equipped Chinese armies that |
constitutes the yellow peril" 1t IS an |
invasion of vast hordes drawn from the |
millions of the Mongols ana |
Chinese which would move eastward like |
L plague of locusts, fighting few battles, |
feeding upon the country they passed |
over, and leaving it waste behind them
1t would be an invasion, not of orderly
troops marching with well-timed precis-
on, but the influx of a moving people,
warming over a continent for the inhabi-
ants of which they would have only con-
empt and hatred, and united simply by
he control Of a common leader and a
common purpose. The power that lies in
uch movement is one that the modern
he past teaches any lessons whatever
me of them IS that such movements pos
ess a greater strength than the advance
# any army that has been or could be
assembled.
The pathways along which such
movement would advance if it were to be
Erected against Europe offer no insuper-
BILE obstacles. either in the way of arm
IS or Of natural difficulties. Assuming
hat it were TO originate and to gain its
Impetus in the western provinces of the
'hinese empire. very likely It would ad-
ance across Turkestan or through north .
m India and Afghanistan, overrunning ,
'ersia and Asia Minor and advancing
pom Europe by way of Turkey. Along ,
his route there is at present certainly no ,
deQuate obstacle TO withstand the prog ,
sss of vast force and the yellow | .
eril'' might be fairly upon Europe be ;
ore the nations could decide upon a Plan ]
Dr. united action in opposing It, :
Another conceivable course for the in ;
aders extends along more northerIy :
1ute. Should history repeat itself. and :
mother great migratory movement de- 4
elop upon the uplands Of Mongolia and ,
uTkesJan, drawing its propulsiva power
ON the vast domain Of the Celestial / ?
mpire, very naturally Il might advance i
trough central Asia. along the southern
orders of Siberia. It should be b0rne in ,
ind that the people of this portion Of 3
iberia are Themselves Monaghan. and >,
light be induced by the prospect Of ger =
le and tempting lands 10 be occupied .
'rther west 70 join the movement. Il :,
ould proceed with gathering impetus =
ist the shores Of the Aral sea, and r