Washington sentinel., 1900-06-30
Making the Century Run Tor
History.

Hi STORY.
1t probably occurs to few OF the
many millions OF newspaper read
ers in the United States who each
day peruse with eager interest dis
patches from all parts Of the globe
that they are living in one of the
most stirring epochs in the world 5
history. For the world is appar-
emily upon the verge OF radical
Transformation, with the probabil-
ity that in a ieW years there will be
extraordinary changes in Asia and
Africa, if not in Europe and Amer
ica as we'll. History is being made
rapidly in the closing year OF the
nineteenth century, and it is eVi-
dent that the coming century will
bring with it many startling de-
velopments.
Western civilization is encroach-
ing upon the East more aggres
sively than ever before. The
worlds wars are now all waged by
Western powers against Eastern
peoples, with the exception
that in Africa Great Britain is
crushing two little republics peo-
pied by Europeans. The most an
cient empire in e2tistence-Chiua
has been invaded by the soldiers
and marines Of Europe and Amer
ica. In the Philippines the grea
Western Republic, with its new
born desire for territorial acquisi-
tions. is endeavoring to conquer
10, ,ooo, 900 AsIatics and hold them
in a sort of vassalage, thus present
inP the curious spectacle OF a ma
tion which has republican institu-
tions at home and imperial institu'
tions in it's provinces abroad.
The student OF history may well
wonder where the world is drifting
and what is to be the result Of this
invasion OF Asia and Africa by
Europe. There is no exact paral-
lei for it in the annals OF the world.
Specifically it appears that the
great powers have organized a
trust-a land syndicate, as it were
--and have resolved to absorb all
OF the world which is not strong
enough 60 resist their aggressions.
England gained a foothold ia
Egypt not many years ago under
the pretense Of setting the country
in order and establishing good
government. Not only is the
Briton in Egypt to stay, but the
sphere OF British influence has been
extended to the Soudan. the po Wer
OF the Dervishes has been broken,
and now with the absorption OF the
Dutch republics the British flag
will soon float over Africa from
Cairo to the Cape Of Good Hope.
It is true that there are German,
Fren III and P rtuguese posses
sions in the Dark Continent, but
Great Britain has the pick Of the
land and is the paramount power.
BY the end OF the twentieth CEN
turY Africa will be the home Of
millions of English speaking Deo-
pie, and the native blacks wall
share the fate of all interior races.
They will have no voice in the
government and will be mere hew-
ers of wood and drawers OF water.
China, also, seems destined to
become the prey of the powers oil
Europe, with possibly a slice OF
territory for the United States. The
rising Of the Boxers, and the fact
that the Chinese Government
seems to have made common cause
with the reVolutionists, may pre-
cipitate the partition oil the empire.
The Boxer, according to his view.
is a patriot, who is trying to save
China for the Chinese. He be-
lieves that foreigners have long in
tended to overthrow the Chinese
Government and to establish their
own rule over the Celestial EN-
pire. This conviction accounts for
his hatred of Europeans - a
hatred which may not stop short
OF massacre, and which will afford
the land robbers Of Western civil
ization the pretext they have long
sought for an attack upon the in
tegritY OF the Chinese Empire.
The eyes Of all the world are
turned toward China now, and no
one can tell what international
convulsions may follow the inter
vention Of the powers and the 10
vasion OF Chinese soil by the fight
ing men oi the civilized West.
To kha