The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-04-06

The Yellow Peril
Bogy.


European m march s is,
made its first appearance il
print during the Boxer up
rising of 1900, in China. The whole
reading world stood aghast at the atroc-
tiles told daily of the acts of these mis-
guided brigands. In this far-away
cline are numerous secret societies,
which exist solely to terrorize and pill
lage These societies are known to
each other, but only on rare occasions
do they ever work together
The year 1900 found these several
organizations united to exterminate
foreigners, styling themselves a Chi
nese word which means in English,
Boxer. In their operations no foreign
er-not even a Jap-was safe from
their murderous assaults. The Japs
had in lS94-5 won great victory over
the Chinese, and possessed Port
Arthur for which the war was waged,
but Germany, Russia and France had
shown their hands, each claiming GER
tain concessions in China, and to the
slow-going Chinese government it
seemed that a general partitioning of
their Empire was at hand, and great
unrest at once became apparent, espe-
cially, in the northern provinces of this
immense territory. The foreign press,
even the four great operating print
shops i'll China, openly spoke of the
certainty of this very thing, uppermost
in the minds of the thinking classes of
China and Japan, Germany claiming a
certain seaport and much interior ter
ritOry as her sphere of influence
France made similar claim, and
Russia demanded Port Arthur. China
be it known, was seemingly helpless
| and like the 'lamb before the shearers
lay dumb awaiting the completion OF
the nefarious plans of the several un.
scrupulous powers of Europe, whose
| perfidy was perfectly known to them
but their ability to cope with any one
| of them was inadequate.
| The Boxer movement Immediately
| made its appearance, whose watch
| word was the determination of any
and all foreigners, and the homegrown
| sympathizers; aud to gain the psy
| Geological ear of the world, these gov
ernments nterested-thrOugh the
agency of the subsidized press-coineG
the word yelloao peril and worked il
for all it was worth. They thought te
terrorize all Caucasians with the idea
that united yellow race would spreao
into the most distant cline, conquer
ing where it would; and in the course
of comparatively brief period, entire
ly supplant any and all existing gov
erhments. That not only would China
see the Red Hand of the Boxer
but that untold trouble was sure t
be found for people wherever located
no matter how far removed from tn,
menacing Chinese assassins of that day
The word Yellow Peril had appar
emily come to stay, and European
journalism early and late cursed th,
Il ooAOl Ol-luO jill AoICC VI SuAuCSC WIN
were active in defending countr,
which was stheir's-against Russia, Ger
many and France who had seized thei
strongholds.
II The robber nations of Europe ha(
| agreed among themselves and in 1885,
had compelled Japan to withdraw al
her claims to the Liao-tung Peninsula
thus reserving the mainland for spoila
tion. In order to meet success in thei
land grabbing in Asia, the moral sup
port of all civilized nations of tn
j world must be assured, to accomplish
which, "perip p'-"yellow peril" with al
% its intensity must be made apparent
y and who of US has not at variou
SO times during the past five years beel
told of this so-called danger? Vie1
= the land grabbing of France, German
and Russia, and say then who is il
- peril. The yellow people and not tn
white races are in peril. 1t is tn
constant aim of the nations of Europ
i'd to shield their true purposes in this CT
is Of ayelIow peril" and to make Englan
and America believe that there is