The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-08

house in order again after the fearful
housecleaning-
With modest generosity he has
placed his stakes on the table and
with uDlifted palms bids the players
take them all-the imposing looking
stakes of the Open Door
A WORTHLESS STAKE?
When those stakes are won the vim
ners may we'll look to find them worth
less. The door will be open, indeed ;
and all will be invited to enter. But
the room will be full of Japs
The brown man has not played
against the Bear in order to give the
winnings to the white man. He
knows perfectly well that when it
comes to dealing with the MongOlian
and the other men of Asia. the Asiatic
japanese Is the one who will have the
benefit of race, the advantage of inti-
mate acquaintance, the superiority of
eontiguity and the prestige of military
success.
So he laughs in his fist as the white
world talks wisely of yellow peril. OF
coming attempt at making a great
Aslatlc attack on the rest of the world
II he even dreams of such an all:-
ance-1t is a dream afar. What he
wants now is not to combine the other
Asiat1c nations, but to exploit them.
What he wants and must have now is
not war with the. white world, but
friendship, during which he may un-
dersell it inside of the Open Door and.
when he cannot underseIl, control the
trade by every method known to
Asiatic subtlitY for which the clumsy
and hasty white man is a Door match.
as we are finding out in the Philip
pines
And England? Is she too old. as
some say, to be d dangerous player anv
more? Is the fact that she no longer
plans to surround her colonies with a
steel ring of defense as she surrounds
her own island of Britain symptom
of world-weariness Is the German
rlght when ne says that he is the heir
OF the world that was England's2
If that be so there is but one pIav
left for England, and that play is war
before the game goes against her too
far
Let it flame or fade, and the war roll
down like wind
We have proved we have hearts in a
cause, we are noble STILL"
WONDERFUL PLAYER
And this enemy of hers, this would
be or perhaps actual heir of her seas.
is surely dealing his cards with a firm
and unfaltering hand, with a wonder
ful run of luck to his credit, with un-
shaken, steady purpose, and with de-
signs so great that they frighten the
rest, even though they are only half
guessed and though they affect to
laugh at them.
Germany is. by all Odds the most
commanding player at the board to-
day. 1t is around Germany that the
spectators who know the fine points
OF the game crowd most closely, while
all the little players and 'fpiker'' ma
tions aim to follow her lead: for Ger
many is playing to break the bank.
Ftussla's S defeat in the east has han
dicapped Germany's game somewhat
She never imagined, as the superficial
argued, that Russian defeat in the east
would weaken her in the west and
lessen her danger as a neighbor. Ger
many's diplomacy has remained con
stant to the line laid out by Bismarck
She hoped that Russia might win over
whelmingly in Asia, and in that hone
Germany was guided by the iron hand
of the dead Chancellor. still reachina-
from the grave-because Russia as a
great eastern power Is an element ia
working out Germany's vast destinfes.
Russia has no business in the west .
said Bismarck Let her work out en-
pire in the east. That is her true do
main; there she. the Tartar nation. be-
longs
steadfastly Germany has desired