The San Francisco call., 1904-07-17

why then, 4zmost before he knows II.
he fnds himself IN your capital. That
finishes the game. You find out what
1t Is he really wants Crowded 1t II
something within reason. and you hap
pen to have 1t handy you give Il to
him). He goes home growing; and you.
on your side, laugh when you think
how cleverly you succeeded In Turing
him away from his base. There Is q
bright side to all things. The gentle
man charged with the defense OF a
fortress will meet the other gentleman
who has captured it and shake hands
With him amid the ruins. so. here
you are at last" he viii exclairn- why
didn't you come before? We have been
waiting for you" And he will send or
dispatches felicitating his chief on hav-
ing got that fortress or their hands,
together with all the worry and ex-
pense it has been to them
When prisoners are taken you viii
console yourself with the reflection that
the cost Of feeding them will have to
be borne by the enemy. Captured can
non you will watch being trailed away
with a sigh Of relief. "Confounded heavy
THANK goodness, I've got rid Of them.
Let him have the fun Of dragging them
about these CHASTITY roads. See how he
likes the job!" War Is a ridiculous
method OF settling disputes. Anything
that can tend to make its ridiculous
aspect more apparent Is to be well
coined. The new school OF military
dispatch-writers may succeed IN turn
ing even the laughter Of the mob
against 1t. The present trouble in the
East would never have occurred but
for the white mans enthusiasm for
bearing other peoples burdens. What
we call the yellow danger is the fear
that the yellow man may before long
request us, so far as he is concerned,
to put his particular burden down. 1t
may occur to him that, seeing 1t Is
his property, he would just as soon car
ry it himself. A London policeman
told me a story the other day that
struck him as an example Of Cockney
humor under trying circumstances. But
1t may also serve as a fable. From
a lonely street in the neighborhood OF
Covent Garden early ono morning the
constable heard cries Of stop. theft"
shouted in a childish treble He ar
rived on the scene just IN time to col
lar a young Hooligan who, having
snatched a basket OF fruit from q small
Iad-a greengrocer's errand boy, a. Il
turned out-was with 1t making tracks.
Tho greengrocer's boy, between pant
ing and tears, delivered his accusation.
The Hooligan regarded him with an
expression OF amazed Indignation
What dyer mean. stealing itr'' ex-
claimed Mr.. Hooligan, why, I was
carrying it fer yer!" The white man
has got into the way OF Carrying
other peoples burdens; and now IL
looks as If the yellow man wers going
to object to our carrying his any fur
ther. Maybe he is going to get nasty
and insist on carrying it himself We
call this the yellow danger" A friend
of mine-he Is a man who in the street
walks into lamp posts and apologies
sees rising from the East the dawn Of
a new day in the worlds history. The
yellow danger is to him a golden hope.
He sees a race long stagnant stretch
ing it's giant limbs with the first vague
movements Of returning life. He Is
moor sort Of patriot; he calls himself.
suppose, a white man, yet he shame
Iessly confesses he would rather see
Asia's millions rise from the ruins OF
their ancient civilization to take part
in the future Of humanity than that
half the population OF the globe should
remain bound In savagery for the
pleasure and profit Of his own particu-
lar species. He even goes so far as TO
think that the white man may have
something to learn The world has be-
loneed to him now for some thousands
of years. Has he done all with 1t that
could have been done? Are his ideals
the last word? Not what the Yellow
man has absorbed from Europe it is
that interests my friend. He is watch
ing the birth of a new force; an infiu-
ence as yet unknown. He clings to the
fond belief that new ideas, new for
mulae to replace the old worn shibbo-
leths may during these thousands OF
years have been developing in those
keen brains that behind the impressive
yellow mask have been working so long
- .fIorca and in MYSTERY
(Copyright, 1904 by Central News and
Press Exchange)