The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-10
the RUSSIAN CRY or yellow PERIL

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THE RUSSIAN CRY or yellow PERIL. {"
favor aristocratic and autocratic gov
eminent and the policy of keeping the
masses illiterate and excluding them
from all political power, have been re-
gently raising g. eat cry about the
yellow Peril" They maintain, that
the japanese have, man for NAMES
pecially considering their lack of &C
cunnulated wealth TO draw on in their
hours Of exhaustion from war-become
one of the foremost military nations of
the world; that the Chinese, when
trained, have shown military capacity
ouite equal to that of the Japanese
and that should Japan obtain para
mount influence in China, and develope
that country as Japan has been deVei-
oped in the last quarter of century
tba two nations combined may form a
force sufficient to overwhelm the CIVIL
lied world And they further argue
that as the Chinese and japanese are
kindred races, as different from the
white race in social and economical
tastes and customs, as they are in
their physical development, there 1s
danger of them endeavoring to over
whelm the civilized world and to De-
come. in future, it's dominant and
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These arguments, specifically, are
very plausible; but it is case OF the
wolf accusing others Of the sef-same
designs he has himself. The japanese
have only attained to a position rival
ling the most educated and progress
sIve races of Europe and America, py
using the most advanced methods or
universal education and democratic re-
cognition Of individual merit and cap
acity. irrespective of the individuaIs
position, family influence or wealth.. IN
fact they have accepted the principles
that all men are equal before the law
that all men have an equal right TO
Justice; that all men are entitled. at
least, to an elementary education; ana
that all men should have voice IN
the government of the nation; and they
have adopted a constitutional govern
rnent and social and political customs
that make the actual practice or these
principles possible and enforceable.
Now what quarrel can the advanced |
nations of the West have with ma
ton, for wanting to force upon them
a form of government and principles |
both social and political, which 1t IS
their boast they enjoy already.
On the other hand, the Russian |
Peril" supported by all those political
forces that unite with Russia in cry
ing yellow Peril" is a very real and |
present one. Napoleon said, that |
Europe would become either Repub- !
Iican or Cossack. The governments of |
the most advanced nations of Europe |
are Republican in principle and prac- |
tice, whether they are so in name or |
not From the days of Peter The |
Great, it has been the answering aim |
and ceaseless policy of Russia, to alb |
serb and Russianize all Europe, and, |
ultimately, the whole civilized world. |
And the Russia of today, with its one |
and forty-one millions Of peo- |
pie and the vigorous sympathy and |
active support of the monarchs, the |
aristocracies and the Church in all |
those civilized nations that have not |
yet given their masses either universal |
education or political franchise, is !
much greater world force, than was |
the Russia of Peter The Great. or the |
still larger and more powerful Russia |
that broke the prestige of Napoleon.
What would happen, if Russia were /
to defeat Japan and harness the four |
hundred millions of Chinese into her |
military system, constitutes peril to |,
the comparatively few millions under
the democratic governments of west |
ern Europe and America, that is very |
pressing and real and which it has |
been the unrelaxing object Of Russia |
to make an accomplished fact for |
many centuries.