New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-22

These figures show no falling OF. ana sun.
ciently substantiate my position
There are certain technical difficulties d.
clared by experts TO exist against the SUCCESSFUL
manufacture or the finest cotton cloth in China.
beginning OF the native supe-fntendents IA
lions as or minor value, and take NY stand o.
broader grounds, which maintain have been
sufficiently proved Seconds our reasoning rom
a material point or view, and we corclude TIA.
there Is to be feared no commercial ana t,6ns.
trial yellow terror. As for reawakane6 tureIlsct
mankind may as readily expect from Il berer.c
as harm. Its former discoveries were FOR a.
good or the race, and why should IT'S later onss
turn 70 evil7
We confess 70 no apprehension on this scors
and can see nothing but congratuIatior On ne
excit1ng spectacle OF an awakened China Thing
OF her broadening IN her march the road thsr
Japan as pioneer has trodden before her an her
countless millions alive with new uta anxtolI.
70 range themselves in the brotherhood OF ma
lions ana 70 take their part IN the world de-
Velopmenc Japan may well be proud Il such a
result Is reached through her Influenza ard tba
prospect OF It may turn her mind frorn thar
other dream which persist IN thinking 81,
chertsheS viz, the humiliation OF the white man
anu the conquest OF Europe japan Is the most
amo1r1ous or nations. Is success against Russia.
likely 20 abats her pride. or TO whet her desire
70 appear before the world as the victorious
head OF the East? Would that this might be
as easily put aside. but reflection has only
served 10 strengthen my opinion that Japan and
Chlna VIII inevitably come together and that
Lney Will completely control all matters in the
Far East That they viii clear the white man
out OF their donntniOns appears 10 me certain
and the merchant and the missionary must
abide China's good pleasure. Whether thew will
follow this up by precipttatfng themselves on
Europe may be IN doubt, but the chances are
rather in favor OF their doing So
7 Ind that the feeling against foreigners in
Japan Is stronger than 7 had supposed. and
their hsinuation throughout China more thor.
ough. There are thousands or japanese teach-
ers IN China and thousands OF Chinese students
IN japan japanese are 20 be found almost
everywhere as partners in business enterprises
such as cotton mills. mines, steamers etc IN
this way the Chtnanan's dislike or them Is be-
ing gradually exungutshed, and the two nations
are being surely drawn together. Tt win rot -,
long before japan undertakes China's military
education. and when thar has In a measure beeu
accomplished let Europe beware.
In whatever sense this war between Japan
and Russia may end. IN any case. II II Is foUrh-
10 finish, the results may be startling FOR n.
prize IS nothing less than the control OF China
Very few persons, hardly one In a thousand
have any idea how momentOus those issues are
WIN not the lace OF the world be changedf
II japan succeeds we may have the yellow ter
ror. Hitherto Eastern nations have been con-
tent 70 accept the superiority which the whites
have claimed Tha success - Ta7s- a--T,Ss
change all that It would mean q revival ~
spirit a different sttftude TTne- So rEst -,
Eastern nation has pitted itself in war against
one OF the mightiest OF the West. and has Won
And they think what may we not do. II united.
so tne East SNAKES on her stupor rises rom her
lethargy and stands erect Even india feels
the reviving impulse pouring through her veins
and becomes really dangerous. How long VIII
she remain subuissfve2
IF Russia succeeds viii there not arise
white terror? Should we gain anything By
that? Russia would then be the drilImaster OF
China instead OF Japan and adding Chira's
resources in material and men to her own. what
might she not do with them? With all Asia IN
her hands. what could Europe deny her? Would
not India be swept away with the rest? Eng
lands Premier. aghast at the alternative Of
fered him, may wonder which OF the couhatants
he could favor with the least danger, the
success OF either seems 10 spell ruin We. IN
America, are. at least for the present. a Tab-i'
but England may have most n1onentous de-
ctsiou take, and which may affect the III.
OF the empire Has she the mani II Palmer
ston or Disraef held the helm. she could de-
pend with confidence on his nerve But to-day
who is there? am inclined 70 believe she will
prefer 10 accept all the possibilities OF Japau's
success and decide that at any cost Russia
must be defeated. II gives her tndescrfbabIa
relief 10 see that so far events seem TO be
shaping themselves TO that end without the need
OF her raising a finger"