Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-26
HOLLANDS YELLOW PERIL

Some years ago II was popular fJf
! the men OF hooks and great knowledge
| to declare that Oricntals can never
! sol iOusly interfere with the suprCm.
lacy Of the white race. That was be-
fore one OF the Oriental nations "awGk
CnCd." Even now there is more than
ono who laughs at the German EmpHr.
ors views on the yellow peril.
II seems however. that Holland has
found a real problem IN the East In
dies as a result Of its surplus Oriental
population. \ large Chinese population
has been fOstCrCd without apparent
~ seeking to educate or do anything
but let it. like Topsy, just grow. The
result of this policy Is described IA
follows In the Hamburger NaChriChtcn:
THE signs Of ChinlB awakening arc
numbcrofg and the awakening Is
shaking Holland out Of many pleasant
dreams. In the Dutch East Indies there
are no less than 100000 Chinese, most
ly men. the families being few in num-
Der. These Chinese may be divided in
to two ClassCs-OnC class works on the
plantation, In the mines. in the ports,
while the other Is composed Of usurcrs
and lives by exploitation of the needy.
The coolies. or first class, however, can
not be spared, rs the natives of the
Indies are lazy and worthless, and are
weak and slow workers. But while
this Is true for the coolies II Is not true
Tor q large number of Chinese who live
a parasitic existence and support them
selves entirely by crooked practices Of
various sorts. In Java particularly the
poor. weak natives are mere clay in
the hands Of the Chinese traders and
sharpers.
with little or no property the Chin
Csc 80 to town, rig up shop, and be
gin to trade, smugglc, lend money, sell
opium and other drugs, in short time
becoming rich men Then they go
home In this way many millions are
annually taken from the country; Il
short time ago Chinese who lived at
Semarang died. leaving fortune esti-
mated at S20,000,0O0. The class TO
which this man belonged Is decidedly
the pest of the Indies, and II Is an out
rage that all branches Of trade. which
could support thousands of Europeans
and natives, have been mOnopoliZed by
the yellow men. In the chief tOwns
tHNIt are many NHlH'St VIM llN' ilh'
princes. but who began their careers In
some little village in the interior, and
II Is the unanimous opinion that tho
government has allowed the yellow
peril TO increase Legend all reasonable
bounds The worst part of the matter,
however. Is that today there Can be no
going back: the time when an energetic
program could have been put in force
against the Chinese has slipped away,
nnd the only real way to correct the
evil, restriction of emigration, Is an
arm the government fears to use"
The great lesson in this situation Ia
that a country that allows any portion
Of its domain to be Oycrrun with an
alien people pays the penalty dearly
sooner or later Those who do the
work will be found among the
leaders of trade and Industry.
Where no effort Is made to edit
late them in advanced ideals the con.
ditions Of the Dutch East Indies arr
certain To be repeated
When the Oriental Is mentioned, lila
wall always has its own problems In
mind II is worth especial note that
this Territory while profting by lLOl-
lands experience is never likely to be
threatened similarly II II continue the
wise American policy of dealing with
the youth Of the Oriental In the same
manner as the children of other races.
| Hawaii puts nothing In the way of an
! Oriental building mp fortune, but II
! sees that legitimate methods are fol