Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25

remembered that the idea of THE Yellow
Danger was no new one to European
statesmen. Again and again had the more
keen eyed of politicians pointed eastward.
and said to Europe: THE Yellow Dangeri
the Yellow Danger!' Only a year or so
previously had Lord Charles Beresford, in
speech delivered, we think. at Hull. used
words like there: THE cloud at present
may seem only the size of a mans hand
but it is there, and its seemingly small size
is due merely to its remoteneSS, not to It's
intrinsic smallness. What appalling fate
would be that of Europe, If the yellow
races, in their hundreds of millions. or
ganized westward march, is beyond the
imagination of man to conceive" Again
and again had this note of warning been
sounded. But the mischief lay in this very
fact: that the cloud had appeared of "the
size of mans hand" 1t was too remote
The idea was not yet realized and assmi-
lated by Europe.
Still, as we say, there was nothing at all
new in Yen Hows idea of overrunning
Europe, as is proved by the fact that that
phrase, THE Yellow Danger" had become
quite common in every ones ears; what
was new, was first, his discernment of the
fact that the yellow races would probably
fail, unless Europe were, to begin with,
made ready for them by a great inter
European war and secondly. the novel
means which he took to bring about that
war.
No single soul outside China and Japan
suspected his Interior motive of overrun-
territory-for the cloud, though often
pointed out, was Hike q mans hand" but
three people, at least, suspected his present
motive of bringing about a European war.
One was young student in the Quarter
Latin IN Paris; another was Sir Charles
Dixie, who mentioned 1t as just posi-
bility at a dinner at the National Liberal
Club; the third was a Hampshire gentle
man, who, as we said in a former chapter,
wrote letter to the Times during the ex-
element preceding the war, making this
suggestion of Chfna's motive. The letter
attracted little attention. This Hampshire
gentleman was John Hardy,
His eye had seen!
Yen How's first step was the league with
Japan; his second was the European war;
his third was the organization of China.
This last was great task-it was stupen-
dous. Only new Confucius could have
done IT. But Yen How was quite that.
To wake a nation which has been asleep
for four thousand yearsi To lift the arml-
and cry aloudt-and wake them In their
myriads with Rouse ye! rouse We! the
hour IS come! the day breaketh!' in voice
like the trump of doom!
The little doctor could do it-and did 1t.
But again, he did not do it by miracle.
He knew his way.
The results attained by great talent do
indeed look like miracle; but they are not,
of course really SO, The man of talent
himself knows that ne must use definitely
precise ways and means, which, If used by
any one else in the same manner, produce
the same results: Talent is industry-the
capacity of being infinitely interested-of
taking infinite pains
Yen How had been taking infinite pains
from the day when he could first pronounce
his name.
All his acts in the rousing and organiza-
ton of China were based upon a profound
knowledge of the Chinese character. The
principal points of this character are an
Unreasonable greed, an absolute contempt
for the world outside China, and fiendish
love of cruelty.
to conceive the dark and hideous instincts
OF the Chinese race
The first thing that happened after the
outbreak of the war in Europe was whole
sale massacre of Europeans In the east.
Wholesale-but not haphazard; for DR.. Yen
How was directing 1t. For the time being
every European became precious in his eyes
he collected them with eare-he preserved
them serupulously-and he distributed them
with deliberate wisdom. They were con-
veyed over China from Yun-nan to the viii
lagos round the Ming Tombs and from the
Yellow sea to the Tien-Shans. No district
was without Its white visitor. Then sound
ed Yen How's first trumpet blast to the
nation he meant to rouse. 1t is morning!
the day breaks And at once there oc-
Cured memorable Passover day through
the length and breadth of China--a holiday
of gore, an orgy of death, to symbolic the
annihilation of the white race all the world
over. When 1t was ended, there was not
white man or woman alive on Chinese soil.
except on an island or two; all had per-
ished In the act of undergoing the most
loathsome public fortunes. This solemn
feast day, this sacrament of blood. made
lasting impression upon the spirit of the
Chinese race, which is sensitive to the sug-
gestiveness of symbols. Yen How had be-
gun well. Certainly. he knew his man.
The killing of the German drill sergeants
of the Chinese army was left to be per-
formed by the hands of the soldiers whom
they had drilled.
The territories granted to the continental
nations were as yet unoceupfed by them.
The small European garrsons actually In
China had been easily overpowered And
Europe was busy at home, fighting against
herself At last China was free to do as
she chose.
The attitude of the nation as whole at
this momect resembled that OF sleeping