Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-13
Tuesday, November 10, 1905.
Filipinos, Chinese, and Japanese.

taken for Chinese, prominent.
Japanese gentlemen Mr.. William Iu
Sabre Iwami in communication
10 the Chicago News, offers some very
interesting suggestions as to the
necessity of eliminating race prejudice
among Asiatics if they are to Co
operate and combine in the effort 10
claim the Orient" for themselves. 1t Is
Incoming more and more evident that
this is today the aspiration of Oriental
races. who constitute about one third
Of the total population Of the globe.
Indications point more and more to the
growing influence of Japan in the
affairs of China, and already her sway
in Korea is absolute and unquestiOned.
1t is a question whether or not this
growth of the Orient in the ways OF
Western civilization, will prove.
intimately to the advantage of the
white races. At any rate the awaken
ing of the far east Is certain to exercise
world Already the old prophecy or
William II. Seward that, "The Pacific,
its islands, and the vast regiOus be-
You'd" were destined to become the
worlds great theatre of action" is be-
ing fulfilled. The communication
above referred to suggests one of the
obstacles that stands in the way of a
consolidation of the interests OF
Oriental nations and the establishment
of the far eastern "Munroe doctrine.
for the Orientals viz. racial.
religious and social differences
among Orientals" He refers to the
fact that il has been impossible to
make the Filipinos realize that Chinese
blood flows in their veins, and asserts
that Aguinaldo himself is half Chinese
his mother having been born of that
lace in the province of FOOken. He
asserts that the three races, Filipino.
Japanese and Chinese are descended
from the same parent stock. RecOg-
niZing that this assertion will be
bitterly contested by the Fflipinos he
undertakes to back it up historically.
He declares that in 1872 Lima hong of
Tinchu, China. attempted the conquest
of the Philippines with sixty-two
armed junks carrying 1000 sailors. 1900
soldiers, 1900 women and a number of
artisans. Even though defeated by the
Sraniards in Manila, he was welcomed
by the inhabitants of the province of
Pangasinan. where he founded his new
capital The Chinese built dwellings,
Il fortress. a pagOda and so forth.
Again being expelled by the Spaniards.
descendants now constitute a portion
of the Igorrote- Chinese race. In the
province of Pangasinan there are num-
beers of these Chinese descendants in
Guided in the domesticated population.
During the years 159093, Gov. Gomez
Perez Dasmarinas prepared an cXpedi-
ton to the Moluccas for the protection
of Siamo island against the incursions
of the Dutch. employing 100 Chinese to
row the galleys. At the close of the
governorship of Fernando de Silva in
1926, when that Chinese adventurer.
Kenseng, demanded tribute of the
Philippines after his conquest of For
mosa, there We're already vast numbers
of Chinese and Japanese in Manila.
1.-THE true safety of the Orient" de-
clares Mr. Iwami Lies alone i'm stub
born. fierce resistance. if the ambitions
of the Russian absOlutist party. the
imperialistic imagination of Kaiser
Wilhelm, the French desire to expand
the Indo- Chinese sphere and the
American "big-stickism" over the
Philippines are to be defeated.
Orientals must condemn the warlike
undertakings of the czar and develop
along the lines of peaceful industrial
life and manufacturing enterprise, Gre
ating the routes and organizations of
commerce throughout the orient to
compete with American and European
nations. The Philippines are enriched
with inexhaustible natural resources
especially with tropical products. both
agricultural and marine. China has
extensive coal fields, gold mines and a
fertile soil. The wheat fields in
Manchuria will probably rank among
the largest i'm the world. Japan will
be the industrial and manufacturing
center of the far east We can copy
Yankee inventions easily, in addition to
numerous mechanical inventions of our
own, and can construct almost any
aoor-saving machinery at one-fifth Of
me cost OF American production. The
fhiiippines. China and Japan will soon
become adequate to organize conn
merciai and capitalistic alliances and
we can push on to the domination of
American and European markers 70
"eeon'piish this imperative aim none
'he three peoples should be iso,otad
commercially. but they must for,,, =
sIohs and irresistible fratern;,,,
"orking together in harmony"
we are certainly indebted ..
lwami for his frank statement Of w.
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