The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
THE YELLOW BUGABOO.

TT HE joining of the struggle in the East seems to
have thrown over England and all of the other Eu-
ropean powers most disqueting pail of nameess
fear and haunting uneasiness Not many days ago
London paper devoted three columns of space to an
elaborate plan for the invasion of England by Germany
adding parentheticaly that harm was meant to Ger
many but that the working of such military puzzles
useful pastme which may be turned service the
most unexpected moment. Now there is book upon
the Eastern question which by its dismal prophecies OF
untold in for Europe has succeeded in rousng
the nervous in Great Britain such pitch of
citement that they afraid turn around and look
under their chairs
This asia and Europe by Meredith Townsend is
the reiteration Of the old bogy of yellow whrwind7
but in this instance there is touch of brown to the
cyclone, for the author would have that all India will
unite with China and japan in the future form
nvincible Asatic alliance whose cohorts like second
Iameranes, will sweep the white from Asia and
turn the tide far back into the heart OF Europe
Asia, many times invaded, has been conquered;
the contrary the author that the Far East move
ments of the last few years which have eliminated in
the have merely precptated the crystaza
ton this seethng hell pot and that the whole white
race expect the outburst which is to sound
their kne. india will fly pieces" says Townsend;
the ancient hoslities of and creed and history
none of which have had time to extngush will re-
vive at Within FIVE years of our departure we
shall recognize that the experiment made
by Europe in Asia but experiment after all Asia
which survived the Greek and the Roman and the Cru
sader will survive also the Teuton and the Slav"
The good people of England who follow the lead of
the London Daily Mail in seeing in Meredith Town
sends book weird prophecy portenous than that
or witch should take accounting facts
of history before allowing such aud wives tale as
that to sarte them into tremors They should
remember first and above all else that no nation has
been able to become aconquerng until has reached
the srranaton of/thc civilization of the Japan
may be called nation of comparatively high civiliza-
ton but it is nconcevable that with her leader
ship cropping China hating India could ever become
menace to the European long they continue
IN anything like their condition Even granted
that all of the Oriental countries enabled to reach
a high state of national culture and civic life it diff
cult to imagine force which could bring together
Buddhist and Taoist, Mohammedan and Christian Of
dozen different boods to act unit against Europe
The present war between Japan and Russia will prob
ably to be the greatest point of interests
involved which has been waged in the East in mod
times. Far from deciding whether or not the West
shall be master of the East the present conflict must de-
termine whether chief dominion in East shall lie
with typical eastern nation with partially civilized
eastern back the home OF its ancestors This
is no supreme fight between the Orient and the Occ
dent upon the result of which hinges the future OF
Europe