The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-20
THE YELLOW PERIL
Is Beginning to Force Itself Upon
the World.

| tho World.
A dispatch from London to The
New York Sun says there is disposi
tion among the most competent Euro
pcan observers to regard the battle o.
the Yalu as marking an epoch il
modern history. 1t is not that i,
possesses great intrinsic Importance
nor does it settle in any way the
Eoutcome Of the war. 1t suf1ices, how
ever, as the Spectator gravely re-
marks, TO modify possibly for all time
the relation OF Europe to Asia.
Until that battle was fought the
white race was still unconvinced thai
the Japanese army could rival or de-
feat a European force OF anything
like adequate dimensions. The pride
of the white contingent had for three
centuries seemed to be justified by
history. The struggle on the Yalu
provides precisely the concrete evi.
dence needed to disSiplte this conf.
dence; hence 1t may be an event which
future historians will quote as one OF
the marking points Of time,
GERMANYs ATTITUDE.
The German press, on the other
hand, has been as bad as the Russian
in suppreSsing and minimizing the
news of Japan's great success. Ger
many's attitude, in fact, becomes
more and more suspicious. The Spec
tator, discussing the kaiser's recent
Speeches, says:
What was the effect he wanted to
produce when last week he suddenly
let himself 80 in regard to France
and said things which kings and EN-.
perors usually studious'y avoid? The
f. simplest explanation, but one to which
we do not desire to give the slightest
Endorsement, is that the kaiser is
threatening France just as Bisnark
threatened her in 1873. 1T is pointed
out that RusSiaS cntan9lements in
the Far East have practically dis
solved the Dual Alliance. We hoii
that the idea that Germany is prepar-
ing to attack France must be Danish
ed as entirely out OF the question
Whatever else the emperor means, he
does not mean to make a sudden war
with France.
There are those even in England
who regard Japans unbroken success
with anxiety. They see great menace
to the rest Of the world in her com.
plcte domination Of Asia, which will
be the natural outcome Of Russia's de-
feat. They believe that it will be
impossible to aviod similar military
growth Of China under japanese tute-
lage, and this view has been strongly
urged upon the attention OF the Brit
ish public for the past few days.
The correspondent Of The Sun at
at ST. Petersburg writes: t,lllnYlng
the Yalu battle the ministry OF the
interior issued instructions to the
Russian newspapers to refrain from
commenting on it's effect on the pros
poets Of Russia raising a foreign loan.
The council Of ministers at series Of
special sessions during. the last few
daJS decided that the government
must have large supply OF ready
money within the next three months.
Tie contractors engaged in public
works, which were cOuntermanded by
the cars recent order, as a measure
of internal economy which would en-
able the government to divert the
money to the war lest, have heen
asked to prepare to r6 sumo operations.
The council has taken the view that
internal economy, wi ich would reduce
the wages paid to the industrial popu-
lation would be dangerous, while keep.
int the working men in employment
under the government should stitle
diSaIcction. Projects have conse
qucntly been opened for four railways
in South Russia and a great extension
OF the iron works in the Ural province.
The government has informed a
French agent here regarding the loan
that it is determined to have the
money. The only question is as to
what rate it shall pay.
Writers in the Russian press who
are most directly under control of NJ
de Plehve, the minister OF foreign af-
fairs, mintained that the operations
hitherto amount only to movements
OF troops and transports and that the
war has not begun yet. The minis
tcrS themselves are completely dis
/ mayed at the evidence OF the japanese
ability to sustain 4 stubborn attack
over successive days and nights and
press on despite losses. The belief
that the japanese were only equal to
runh attacks where the probability
tliat their own ltsics would be almost
nil was the basis Of the general staff
calculations, which the ministers re-
echoed.
'At present the government is alb
solutely at a loss what to do except tc
keep the country quiet, in which they
have been outwardly successful. The
| Slackness Of manufactures increases
the number Of unemployed, whom the
ministry Of the interior requires t,
return to their native villages, no,
wishing to have crowds in the towns
The necessity OF finding employment
for these is an important fact In con
ncction with the loan question. +"
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