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AWAITING THE MAN.
speculations as to the Outcome of t


Speculations as to the Outcome of the
Chinese War.
In Lord Roseberry's recent work on
Napoleon at st, Helena reference is
made to the regret that the great
French emperor frequently expressed
at his failure to take advantage of the
opportunity that he once believed that
he had had, while in Egypt, of. advan-
cling into Asia and founding In that
continent an empire comparable with
that of Alexander the Great Asia
only awaits man." he repeatedly said
in referring to this subject, and gave
numerous and cogent reasons for his
belief that, If the right man presented
himself, 1t would be possible to fuse to-
sether the Asiatic races into q military
mass that would dominate the world.
These comments Of Napoleon Bona
parte have significant force in view of
the experiences that have recently
taken place in China, and In view also,
of the somewhat corroboratory opn-
ions expressed by those who have had
great deal to do with China and the
| Chinese.
| 1t has sometimes been said that the
wars Of the future are to be determined
by thinking bayonets," and, man for
man, it is probably true that soldier
possessing high degree of intelligence
is to be preferred to one who Is not thus
endowed. But, on the other hand, thor
| ough drill and discipline unquestioning
obedience, combined with the enormous
mass which great and ambitious mil
itary leader could collect around him
and organize in Asia, would probably
offset to no slight degree the advan-
tages to be obtained through higher in
telligence. The resistance that the
Turks, an Oriental people, opposed to
, the Russians, in the last war between
Turkey and Russia. was signal proof
that, when brought under proper lead
ership, the Asiatic becomes a soldier
which no European military man can
afford to despise. Again, in its war
with China, and more recently in CO.
operating with the allied forces for the
relief of theministers at Pelkin, the Jap
anese troops proved themselves to be on
a military level with any Of their asso-
ciates.
We have on the continent Of Asia the
ldt SCSt dSSI NJ uuilIdi DGIIlSS VI
any Of the continents Of the world OF
the 1000, 100000 estimated population of
the earth, approximately eight hundred
and seventy-five million are to be found
in Asia, and, what is more, are to be
found there under conditions which
would render possible the utilization of
large part Of them in scheme of UNI
iversal conquest, provided the man
needed for the work should present
himself. 5ag
But the probabilities are. in spite of
Napoleon's inclfnations and the sue
cesses of Alexander the Great, that, if
ever an Asiatic wave of conquest were
to be formed, and launched upon iEu-
rope, it's leader would be OF Asiatic
birth and descent, merely possessing, as
Napoleon possessed, a mental aptitude
which raised him high above the ordi-
nary range of mankind OF course, the
chances are that a man of this kind
will not appear. He would have to be
not only one mannut of ten billion, but
the conditions under which his devel-
opment took place would need In some
special degree to favor his objects.
But, though it Is fortunate for what
may be termed modern civilization
that this is the case, 1t is, none the less,
well to bear in mind that the laws gov