The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18

months after the close of the
Chino-Japa war, the kaiser
designed a cartoon, drawn by Professor
Knackfuss and published in the Nord-
deutsche, which pictured great black
cloud rolling over Europe. In the cen-
ter of the cloud rode the figure OF Bud
dha seated ona dragon. The cartoon was
accompanied by a most explicit descrip.-s
ton of the figures in the allegory, and
for title this royal work Of art bore this
warning: Nations Of Europe! Join
in the defense of your faith and your
home. -
When the cartoon was reproduced in
French newspaper it was referred to.
as Gle Peril jaime, the Yellow Peril.
The cry "The Yellow PERIL had been
heard before, but the German emperor
was the first to set it forth in impress
sive form.
S Was the cartoon justifed9 Was there
on the horizon the specter of the pagan
east menacing Christian Europe9
May we not find the answer in the
present spectacle,of the genius Of China,
! forcing the seals Of its prison and ris-
ing in towering cloud in the sight of
all nations9
Germany's Menace to China.
Two years later Germany got her first
foothold in China, taking possession OF
Kiaochau. Three years after that the
Chinese government appealed to the
United States to prevent the partition
of China. One of the powers of which
China was afraid was Germany. The
influence of the Washington govern
ment. saved the integrity Of the most
populous empire in the world.
(. Since then the yellow man has met
the man of the west inabattle and con-
quered; not with native weapons, not
by traditional methods, but with the
arms made by the European and used
as the Europeans had taught.
The prestige won by Japan, whose
meteorie rise has been the wonder of
the world, has not been lost on the Asia
tic races generally. <.,~-
They believe the white warrior Is not
invincible, and that it is possible for
them to compete successfully with the
occident in manufactures and indus
tries. The full scope of the agriculture
al, mineral and manufacturing resources
of the Chinese empire is not known,
even III CulId, DuC luS dfO
believed to be astonishing,
g Today the Caucasian races virtually
are masters of the world; but what po-
sition. will they occupy when the TWEEN
: ty-frst century dawns9 The power
that controls the Pacific will be master
Of the earth' is a phrase which has
come to be regarded as, automatic.
Less than a year ago it was generally
believed that Japan was destined to
become the dominant power in Asia.
That prophecy before the Russo-Jap-
anese war had been made for Russia,
yet if the straws show the direction
of the wind, both prophecies will have
to be revised, for China is throwing
off the lethargy of centuries; her
crowded provinces are awakening, and
the oldest civilization in the world
= seems about to be born again.
Renaissance Of the Empire.
The renaissance Of China, however
dates back much further than is: gen
orally appreciated. It began before
Japan had been, compelled to emerge
from her hermitage, yet the japanese
being more shifty and mercurial PEG
PIC, dAIl e1S d udtAOu loI GuC dU
sorption of ideas, quickly sprang into
power by adopting western notions.
cit is interesting to know that g
mental awakening is taking place
among the people of China, by which
the Chinese mind. will be brought pro
portionately nearer to our own This
sentence was written thirty-eight years
ago by DR.. W. A. P. Martin, long the
president Of the Tung Wen college
Picking, and one Of the foremost orien
talists. At the time it was written the
forecast was received with distrust
Even decade ago, when, as has beer
remarked, the German emperor revived
the prophecy in a dramatic cartoon, i
was not. taken seriously. Now the ma
tions Of the world are preparing To-
what is regarded as the inevitable. TIL,
United States is increasing its force
in the far east, and is about to estab
lish a strong military base in Hawaii
A Great People Misunderstood.
- The great nationalist movement il
China has heretofore failed Of appre
citation by the western world, owing
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