The broad ax., 1907-03-23
SUPREMACY OF WHITE RACES is
CHALLENGED.

The London Times gives serious no
tice to the dominant white races of
the world that time has come to justi-
fy their all but universal control by
superior performance in the indus
tries Of peace as well as in the art
of war.
The Times article takes no stock
in the yellow peril of the Kaiser.
though it comedies freely the wonder
full skill and energy of the Japanese
in acquiring and using the weapons
of the white races. But war is not a
matter of weapons and tactics alone.
IL is a matter of money. The COM
plete destruction of the Russian army
was stopped more by the financial ex-
haustion of Japan than by the inter-
vention of Roosevelt. 1t will be Il
long time before Japan can bear the
financial burden of war upon a rich
Western power without the financial
assistance of another.
But that ominous time will be has
tened by the industrial and CONNER
cial conquests of Japan, which are pro
ceeding side by side with her estab-
lishment of influence over the Asiatic
peoples. 1t is in this industrial ad-
vance that the Times finds the most
serious challenge of white supremacy.
Industrial supremacy commands ma
tional wealth and wealth in turn COM
mands the means of conquest.
The warlike energy of the dark ra-
ces was exhausted five hundred years !
ago, except the Japanese who fought |
with each other. Nevertheless the |
dark races remained in peace, except |
on the edge of their populous seats. |
because the whites like the japanese,
were busy fighting each other, till af-
ter waterloo. Since then lcng inter- /
walls of peace have enabled the white
races to make great industrial pro-
gress accumulate vast wealth and Ov-
errun the dark continents with mill
tary machines.
Till Russia encounted Japan they
met no check. The conquest of the
Russian forces in China exhausted the
Japanese in spite of their superior
ity to most white in military skill and
to all in national spirit, that no power.
not even the unarmed United States,
need fear them greatly. The fear in
spired in some rejecting minds is not
military, but industrial |,
The white races have not yet de- 7
generated in peace and luxury as the
Romans did, though Great Britain de-
ponds largely on the dark races in In
dia for troops, and made a poor show
ing in a little war fought with white
soldiers alone. But the white races
have suffered potential industrial de-
which would be revealed by
actual competition with an indepen-
dent dark race.
This competition has been avoided
by exploiting the cheaper dark labor
in Asia. Africa and America, instead
OF letting it produce in competition.
That cannot be done with Japan, and
Japan is about to try to exploit the
labor Of other dark races, instead Of
allowing the whites to do it.
Industrial production is costly for
the white races because they have &C
cumulated artificial wants must en-
Joy a high style of living. earn high
wages and work short hours. We can
not compete with Asiatics anywhere.
Under the lead of a nation not infer
or to the white, why should they not
gradually take from us the worlds
markets, the commerce Of the high
,eas, the wealth of the empire and the
financial supremacy that decides war
md compels peace?
That Is the real yellow peril. No
lation is so i'll prepared to meet it {
is the United States.-Minneapolis. [
Tribune.