The Washington herald., 1907-11-03
By DEXTnR MARSHALL.


non-Christian races Of the earth?
Are the Mohammedans. who have been
extending their sway enormously of late
IN Asia and Africa and the isles Of the
sea. and have made several desperate ef-
forts 20 throw of the yoke of the inndel
IN the last half century. to succeed. fin
any, at least. in driving him out Of AZ
rica, as they avowedly hope?
Is Asia TO come TO its own again?
Not yet. surely. nor even in the near
future but it is no secret on the other
side of the Atlantic that the European
governments which have extended their
sway farthest into these regions that are
the birthright Of the colored races are
more appreheusive to-day concerning the
future Of their possessions than they have
been Cor years.
And while the disturbances In Northern
Africa have assumed no such proportions
to date, as the Mahdi movement in the
Soudan assumed in 1885. they have been
the source of much anxiety ever since the
first outbreak at blanca, Morocco,
early in August.
on the face Of things that outbreak
stood for nothing more than barbarian
dislike for the Improvements Of civiliza-
ton, and, as such. might safely be con-
sIdered of no great world importance
But at this time, when the Arab camel
drivers Of the desert, the dusky mer-
chants Of Timbucto0. and the ebon saw
ages OF the remotest interior have at last
absorbed the news from Asia that a
great nation of the North, made up OF
gigantic white men. uominally Christians
has been whipped by a much smaller ma
ton OF the Orient made up Of little
brown men who are decidedly non-Chris-
uan, the North African troubles are be-
ing watched with intense interest
throughout all three of the old world
continents.
To some, at least, Of the browns. the
yeilows, and the blacks, il has seemed
possible that the questions formulated
above might be in the way of receiving
affirmative answers Europeans have had
no such notion. OF course, but they have
understood very well that It might-as it
still may-cost hundreds Of thousands 20
enforse permanent negative answers
Might Involve the United States.
To most of US in the new world the
questions seem merely interesting. since
America is separated from the scenes Of
possible revolt against Caucasian rule by
thousands Of miles OF deep salt water,
and the United States has no continental
old world possessions.
Yet. in view Of the differences which
have developed over oriental immigration
20 this continent. It is conceivable that
such further developments might follow
that American interest in the situation
would suddenly become extremely vital.
For. although relatively unimportant as
it has been, so far. the Moroccan out
break is a manifestation of the eternal
and irrepressible antagonism between
those who are nominally Christians and
those who are not.
Broadly speaking, il runs along the
color line, but strictly speaking. not
wholly SO, since the MOhammedans, who.
next TO the Japanese, are the greatest
possible disturbing factor. include some
millions of whites and the Christians
some millions who are not. There are
23.0O0.C0J Turks, all Mohammedans. but.
also, in part at least aryan whites. and
100000 Persians, mostly Mohammedans.
also white. Still these 81, 100000 are only
F.
II IS estimated that there are about
l500 00,0o0 Of human beings upon the
earth, Of whom 60O,O00,0O0 wear white
skins, while 90J00O,000 wear yellow. or
brown, or black, or red ones. Thus
JwO-ffths Of the total body Of humanity
are white, while three-dfths are ColOrad
Divided by religious lines. and counting
all as Christians who live in so-caUed
Christian lands, the proportions would
not be materially different, there being
nearly 4S0,0000l0 Christians including
those Of the coIored C0Dtic and Abyssin-
ian churches, while about $50 O00 900 souls
owe allegiance to others Of the worlds
organized religions. This leave out of
the count the worlds l2.0OOO00 Jews and
the colored savages of Africa, America.
Australasia. DC, who number rather less
than 200000000.
Whites Dominate World,
Despite the smaller numbers. the
whites are practically dominant all over
the world, except in the little chain Of
islands known as Japan. which lie TO the
ultimate Orient, yet are easiest reached
from the ultimate Occident by sailing TO-
ward the setting sun. Their population
IS about 50.00O0O0. or less than one-eight
eenth Of all the colored races. The great
Empire Of China, with its 49, OO0.00O of
peOple-nearly half the nonwhites and
more than quarter OF the worlds total
population-is largely under white con
troll. commercially at least, although no
one knows now how soon il viii follow
Japans example and become a real world
power.
From his little group Of islands, with a
population Of less than 45.OO0OO0. off the
western coast Of Europe, as Japan Is off
Asia's eastern coast the Englishman
rules a good many more than a fifth of
the entire human race-50O 6O0.O00 in Asia
alone and 42C0ae0 i'm Africa-more than
a third Of all the blacks. this browns. and
the yell0ws in eXistence-while in Aus
tralia and New Zealand he controls all
the blacks there are, and in America al
the red men who live 10 the north of the
United States
Uncle Sam has 10000 or S.O00.O00 of old
world colored population 10 look after in
the Philippines and other islands; Ger
many about as many, in Africa: France
controls IN Africa and Asia together a
good many more than 5O9A01; Russia
has more than 100000 under her thumb
in Asia: Holland more than 100000,
nearly all in the great Asiatic islands OF
Java, BorneO and Celebes: little Portugal
also governs some millions of blacks.
while Belgium controls in the Congo 3d.
0000C9 Africans.
Siam, with 5,000,005; Afghanistan, with
100000, and some other little Asiatic
countries are nominally independent but
really subject. in great matters. either TO
Great Britain or Russia. Persia and Tar
key. the two great nomlnally independent
and Christian noWprS must remain r4nda~
so-called Christian restraint as long as