The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-01-26

fruzn eos qufrirx the mss' err ~ Asia tn.
ee re tsrcsm,iafons II 10 pcffcctir rat.
uf,l .ps beronh's TO .rpSss DE pst pa ~
that naaihett 10 fsesirx 81 She rsIpt Of
ibetf eirliisstisr are 81 he solidarity 81
thsif ini<rrs,s We rstsrslly ak ourselves
4 ihs question ~tetbtrs c9ssiSssing the char.
ac;u 81 tks civil rtiar. we have :, .sou 10
fear ~ fafpesss. Yet. ~ ierroeSiea BY
the greA, nasposs thsi are 10 true ,rgon.
snis, Ne hni characteristics 10 pe,eefsIrcs.
Ctins hss xiven her elslls,iiar 10 the "a.
tlcrs that ssrrouad her vr al sstes, ~iih-
cot sHy desire 70 eonqvcr them or 10 IN
plot ihsIf weslth. The soldier 10 dis,irc,-
ly sshortinste 20 ihq man q peace 10 the
naiionsl dsss. Ola hsrself, while torn
BY the nosi terrific lhi.rusi Jl,,enssons.
hsd Essentially policy and psllosoph, OF
peace her sots, Ike those which have PER.
lodscsily oyoriakss China, btirg due to the
lack oi "a ctiye resistance inviting the for.
slrn invader ard cofqaeror Jspsr, wlih
all The w1lIke spirit Ia Der blood, has s,ill
sci The n,Aa Of peace above those Of war,
~ 10 ttcn 10 Der nstlonfi festivals. And 10 /
III temper Of her artistic and social life"
The srse,er Of the yellow peril" esok.
Ell BY thesc who View with spprehen sion
the ero~irg prestige Of japan, 10 prououn.
esd by Professor R-lnsch 1.-THE most chin
erlcal phsnomenon that has appeared ~
political thought slooe he Middle Ages
II Is equally fautss ic. he thinks, whether
regsrtrd from the miiltory or Industrial
,,atdpoilt lie writes further:
There 10 10 present o Ln,sl conot iobs
and q less no, the less, yes,ige that can be
used ~ balls for slarmist prophecies.
Neither Chlns, icdis, uor Japan has ever
epasg'd 10 tf.nsive wsrfare OF conquest.
They have themselves 90 n red az the hsr do
Of The hofdes AZ ibe memory OF which The
nations 81 Europe sre still tnmbllng; and
II 10 one OF the gloriss Of Japan TO have
SUCCESSFULLY repeiled these Invaders, who
sgsin and sgsin overrsn The rich countries
Of the Continent.
The thought OF an Industrial peril las
1rfFad f,trlf more probability. Blu, before
INDUCING In sensational visions II Ia WE'LL
10 remember ihst tho Ofieptal nations can {
Keel US only through efficiency, and that,
q order to become dangerous competitors,
hey must develop our Industrial and finsn.
'isl mechanism, they must have smopR .
heir worfmen the intellIgf nee without :
which cur highly ccmplicst,d machinery /,
#ould be useless. Their labor can 10 long /,
II remain chesp; for, without raising the
tsndsrd Of living, the efficiency Of Euro !,
'esD and American woikmen can not be
pproached. At the present time, q factory
,irl 10 Massachusetts, does the work which
0 Japan 10 performed by six people, Should
he Oriental manufacturer, In the course OF .
me, be able 10 turn out the coarser pro. r
ucls, the finer articles would still be made y
y US, Such development would be a
istinct gain since The richer our customers ;,
nd the more productive their industries .
be more will they be able to purchase
'om Us. Withsll the development of Jap.
rese Industry 10 the lsst three decades,
er Imports from the Western nations have Al
icrea'sd thirt, tod. a,