The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-02-17
! I: | PERIL
IA You Sew So Shall You Reap
Quoted With Effect.
4 Siatic Domination, as Viewed
\ by Z Correspondent.

NfsaS An N1dCCu loUt L Nlolc IL SUITES VI
articles upon the subject of Patriotism
Against Commcrcialism" and. among
ssGthsr things. 1 dcplore the fact that the
vast majority of our American people,
$s,ssAnrticularly our officials and the press
S;0fsthe country. appeared to so to the
: extreme limits in their ardent desire
to assist the yellow Race" in their
conflict witt, Russia. l said at that
time, (nearly two years ago):
II "Do not allow yourselves to be mislcd
BY a newspaper campaign that is now
-R1lA, conducted in this country in
sfayor of Japan. paid for no doubt. by
sJaIan's ally"
r. In those letters l ;,dmonishcd our
people to attend to our own household
q, affairs on the western continent and
y intimated strongly that if We did not
i mind our own business instead of in
termeddling in the affairs of other peo-
; pie, and of other nations. we might
!. be- called upon to defend ourselves us
against 1.-THE yellow Peril and as
!, against "lAsiat:c Domination
! A little less than two years have
\ passed and what do we behold? Our
= lines telling us of the threatening at
. titude of China. Our magazines are
1. filled with Illustrations portraying in
all it's vividness antiforeign riots Asia
1Nv A.,su
4 slogan throughout the regions of Il vast
!, empire, and our American congress is
besought to make appropriations to
= prepare our people for perhaps. A
Mighty Conflict.
Il told you SO In March 19O4.)
Secretary of War. Taft is making an
earnest appeal to congress and as con-
/, 9ress appears to be desirious OF making
/. further Investigations. the Hon. Score
tary Root has made arrangements. so
It Is reported. to go before the COM
e mfttee at once and urge immediate
action.
While II may appear as very pre-
. sumptious on my part to offer sug-
: 4estions or ever to make any. even
: mild criticisms yet. cannot help but.
: think tina. II some of our leading
statesmen holding high official posi-
lions had used their influence to stop
those sensational newspaper spasms in
1904. VIC would not have any occasion
now to prepare Tor 81 struggle against
"The Yellow Peril"
~ >, But, do not desire. at this time, to
S1nonopolize much IF your space. but
Simply want to call the attention OF
: our own good citizens to what was said
{ and done by our people in 1904 when
the strife first broke out between Rus
D Sin and Japan.
please remember that | am not an
npologist for Russian bureaucracy. nor
Tor Russian autorrary. neither ann ! IN
= RpelOgist for amy other. ty1annical
government. either in Russia. or Amer
lea. 10 matter under what gutse it may
appear. whether under the cloak of a
church gown or upon the state charter
OF trust or other illegal combine.
will oppose it. but our people should
not allow their memories to deceive
: them but should bear in mind that old
saying. "As You Sow. So Shall You
7 Reap and If we as Il people. sowed
the yellow sect in 1904. we may have
to reap '"rhe yellow Peril and
"Asiatic Domination as soon as the
harvest is ripe-Plcasc remember II
told you So In 1901.
Very respectfully.
f&h Gt S. n. Hawkins.
New Richmond wis. Feb. II. 1906.