The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-11-24
SAYS PEACE is SURE.


Count Okuma of Toxic Thinks Japan
and America VIII Rule the New
World
Count okuma, one of Japans ablest
statesmen and profound thinkers, says
that the Yankees and the japanese are
to rule the new world, while the Briton,
German and Frenchman are to be SUI
preme in the old,
"In the progress of civilization" he
says, "the greatest nations of the east
Egypt, Babylon, India and Greece
have faded away, and their territories
have been occupied by the forces of
two great monotheistic religions, Chris
tian and Mohametan. Spain and Por-
tugal, once great in both the east and
west, have fallen into decay, so that if
We look at the map of the world we
find only two great non Christian ma
lions remaining, China and Japan.
While China was gradually sinking
into decrepitude, European nations
We're rising in civilization and by and
by came TO grip the world with their
spheres of influence, proclaiming that
henceforth the other inferior races
must obey the mighty will of Europe
This idea is imbedded in international
law, which is, in fact, the concensus of
the opinions and practices of the family
of Christian nations of Europe and
America toward the other countries of
the world.
Japan suddenly came to the front
qualified with the accumulated power
of European civilization and this little
island empire was obliged by the ia
pan4China war to enter the stage Of
cosmopolitan politics on the Asiatic
continent Then the world was taken
aback and the yellow peril doctrine
was popular People were afraid that
Japan would join Corea and China in
an advance on Europe like the Tartar
invasion of Ghengis Khan and Atilla
the scourge of God. The leaders in
this hue and cry of yellow peril may
have had some secret political inspira-
ton, yet the fact is that Europeans did
not fully recognize the reality of J4pa-
nese civilization even after the Japan
Chica war.
Then came the Japan-Russo war,
we shall never forget our gratitude
to Britain and America, America with
her noble ideas of liberty, justice and
peace, having been connected with the
opening of our country to the western
nations and also in full sympathy with
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, yet doubt
ed our final victory over Russia. If
Japan had been beaten Russia would
have annexed Corea and would have
pressed Japan into a corner Of the Pa
cifc ocean.
Now fortunately, the war is over
The party of sympathizers in both Brl-
tain and America is growing stronger
and mental revolution IS taking place
in the masses of the western nations a!
result Of the war. They have begun
to study Oriental questions-Japanese
history, religion arts and sciences and
are comparing them with the same in
China; yet I do not doubt that the res
of the world leaves it an ,unsolved pro.
blem whether after all Japan will be
able to- reach the standard Of European
civilization Particularly the continen.
tai nations are conservative; the ma
jority have sceptical views on our flu
ture civilization, ana some are ever
hypocritical concerning our present
achievements.
But be there severe criticisms OF
faint praise, criticism itself is proof
that Japan has entered the arena ant
stands forth before the nations as one
of the great powers of the world