The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-20
LIMITS OF THE WHITE RACE.

The limit of the territorial expension OF
the white race over the earth, unless GER
tain signs and facts are misleading, have
perhaps already been reached. Beyond
those limits white individuals may always
90 and reside either as merchants, plant
ers. capitalists. or as rulers; but against
the white race, in its social and FAMILY
relations, Nature in certain parts OF the
earth seems TO have thrown up barrier
which cannot be thrown down. AT this
point Nature seems TO become the power
| fut ally of the colered races. and how
effectively she may fight their battle the
future is likely to show.
Before calling special attention 90 the
situation in Australia. where strong eff
fort is being made to make an exclusively
''vhitemans country" we may hastily
survey, in an chronological sense. the color
| line as it sweeps about the world. Europe
North America. northern Asia, and the
lower part of South America are undoubt-
| edly secure in the supremacy of the
whites. not only in their government. but
in their social life and In the numerical
predominance OF white population.
Northern Asia may yet again be disputed
territory between the white and yellow
races. but at present the supremacy or
the Slays III Siberia seems assured. prob
ably for ages to come. 1t is certainly a
region in which the whites may thrive
and multiply. Nowhere else, 1t now ap-
pears. outside the regions mentioned. is
the possession of the worlds terrain Il
closed question We might say that in
% he ~ z n
! Union this question must remain open
fer generations to come. CT until the des-
tiny OF the American negroes 5hah be
determined: but this phase may for the
present be ignored and all North America
be included among the sure white mems
countries.
| Left in the chronological possession or
| colored races, however advanced or back
ward. may be included central and south
ern Asia, where the yellow and brown
races cannot possibly be displaced; Africa
| from the southern fringe OF the Sahara
| TO the Zambesi. in which black races find
their natural habit; all Malaga. including
the Philippines: all Polynesia. including
! Hawaii. and the tropics throughout its
broad belt around the earth. The border
! I3nQ mere ana tHeIe may ne III PEI pftuai
dispute. but, speaking in general terms.
/ these regions may be considered as Sc
! cure in possession OF the yellow. brown
and black races. Our own Hawaii l.,
/ o, course. already practically abandoned
| as white mans country although
/ a small white population has succeeded in
/ dwelling there and maintaining a high
/ form of family life for at least two gener-
! ations 1t is however. hopelessly Orient
/ al. numerically. through the overwhelming
p-edominanoe Of the Chinese and Japan
/ csc 1t its labor market. In the Philippines
( of course. no informed American now
/ looks for the creation CT an acclimatize1
I white mans society. All Malaga Tili De
! left 10 the native stock. or else the Chi
/ nese or japanese will overrun Il, because
I they surp2ss all others IN their power
4 10 labor In those regions. IL the narrow
Mediterranean belt Of Africa there inav
/ be some future for the white race. al
though Il will be rather precar.OUs: while
throughout central Africa IL Is ce-t~ \
I that the blacks will always pre6omiaatc
! owing TO the inability Of the European
I races there 10 maintain family lie and
propagate successfully tiFr.- apec,cs -
/ Springfield Republican.