The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-01-26

feat Of white race by yellow race
In gigantic war would mean the rise
of the yellow races 90 power Long
ago we said that the defeat Of Russ
by Japan would send n tbrlling shock
through the vast, lethargic frame Of
China. Long ago We said that the re-.
suit OF this war decided what race
should dominate the greatest Of the
continents. Long ago We showed what
menace lay in the tawny millions that
confront us across the Pacific And
week by week, and month by month,
since the war ended, we have traced
the growth OF this predicted change
we have marked the rise Of the senti.
ment, "China for the Chinese, which
is now sweeping China like flood;
we have noted the synchronous growth
of hatred, contempt and fury at men
of white race; we have chronicled the
endeavor of China and Japan to wrest
from the West its industrial suprem.
acy on the Asiatic continent.
But, despite all this, really we did
not eXpect-at this stage of the great
game-at this phase of the movement
TO discover in a representative Ameri-
can JOURNAL journal quasi-religiops
in character, one read by very many
thousands of good Americans-a jour
nal having dignity and infuence-an
article by clergyman of the Christian
church, in which, in yelled but unmis-
taxable language, it is argued that:
In order that America may preserve
her industrial supremacy it is neces-
sary and desirable that free imnigra-
tion of Chinese be allowed, and that
intermarriage of white girls with
Chinese men be permitted and encour
aged in order that the American stock
may be improved.
No; we scarcely expected that-now.
WE didn I really suppose that that ar
gument would be seriously made in the
columns of the Outlook, edited by the
Rev. Lyman Abbott, the successor of
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in the
pulpit of Plymouth Church-not for
. few years, anyhow. But there it is.
And the author of the article merely
prepares us for the shock by saying:
"This may at first seem a singular
point to urge.
"Seem' Like Hamlet, "We know
notnot seems" it is.
But let us give ear to the Outlook
gentleman, the Rev. Doremus Scudder
| DN name. / ne htN. DpItlnus btRlhS ny
showing how nice, noble virtuous tho
Chinese really are when given a chance.
Writing from Hawaii, where, we take
p | it. he is resident, he cites as a noble
trait the Chinese ambition to inter
marry with Hawaiians, whites and
| Porto Ricans, and notes that "some of
our best families have thus come to
, possess strain of Chinese blood" the
/ thnt ~
G mixed blood "are as proud of their
country (America) and exercise their
= franchise with as great conscientious
r ness as the descendant of Pilgrim
Father or Virginia Cavalier" he
speaks of the evidences of "civilized
= tastes" displayed in Chinese homes
:. which care among the best in the
q city, of Honolulu. The Rev. Doremus
a goes on to say that the Chinese is d" a
remarkable home maker" he is also n
!, "kind husband and good provider; -
the stability of his nature, says the
, Rev. Doremus, sis some day bound to
place him very near the head of the
human race. Coming to the ques.
tion of clothes, the Rev. Doremus notes
= with observant and approving eye that
= the Hawaiian-born Chinese boy ana
girl are "the nattiest wearers of tai
i. tornado goods that we have" As
! evidences of high civilization, he states
. that "the characteristic American pub
: LEGATION, Success, has at least three
hundred and sixty Chinese subscribers
u in Honolulu
Continuing, the Rev. Doremus in
!. forms the world through the columns
, of the Outlook that "the Chinese is the
most law-abiding immigrant We have; -
He is good taxpayer" ninety
two per cent of his children attend
school, and throughout the schools of
the Territory they are ranked as the
best pupils;" the Rev. Doremus quotes
the Governor of the Territory as say
ing that the Chinese as public servants
are Five hundred per cent. better
than public servants of other nation
alities. This includes Americans.
Furthermore, we are told that the
Chinese is "patient, saving, industri
Gus, temperate and thoroughly relia
BILE. The president of the bank il
quoted as saying that young Chinese
taken into his bank learn quickly and
prove reliable, "while it takes a white
young man much longer, and he will
make many more Mistakes
This about completes the list of the
virtues of the Hawaiian Chinese as
seen by the Rev. Doremus Scudder
And his conclusion from these premises
follows naturally: Since the Chinese
is such fine product of evolution, su
perior to us in so many respects, why
not marry one of our tall daughters
Helen or Margaret or Isabel-tO a ME,
Chinese youth-Pow Sing or Sing Fa
or Lee Quoy-and improve the stock
Well, why not? Why not? VIII,
not?
And our suave friend, the Rev
Doremus Scudder, argues on this poin
not only a priority but posteriori-ly
1T is conceded by everybody" he says
that the cross between the Chimes
and Hawaiian gives to the territor!
its best elements be
yond compare above the half white
, Match the Anglo-saxon an,
I the Polynesian; the white heredltar
goes To pieces. The result is crea
0..a.