Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-30


occIdent will flnd that. like the new"
woman, the new" oriental will not
submit to humiliating treatment. This
new rapprochement appears even
at this moment Just about to mount
the horizon. In size II Is no bigger
than q mans hand; but from all
indications II IL certain to increase
In dimensions. The resistance that
the East.Indian immigrants are Of
fering In the Transvaal, refusing to
submit to degrading immigration laws
and preferring to lose all their vested
property and rights and even to rot
In jails; the recent memorial OF the
native East-Indian soldiers to the com.
mander-in-chief Of the British EN-.
pire that they be taken out and shot
dead rather than be allowed to be hui
inflated by unjust and tyrannical Brit.
fish colonists; the preparations that
India Is making to boycott the incom.
ingof British colonials and their goods;
the stout resistance that the Japanese
immigrants have offered on this conti-
nent; all portend the aggressive att.
tude that the orient is displaying
that the day Is near dawning when
the occidental shall have to do by
the oriental as he wishes to be
done by.
In considering the matters per-
.taining to oriental immigration, 1t
must be remembered that the orient
Is not planning a fell swoop on the
occident. The aggressiveness Of the
oriental Is not flowing into the chan.
mel of an attempt to despoil the
North American continent as did the
Huns the Roman empire. The pres.
ent-day oriental finds too much con-
structive work to do ut home. to think
of such an invasion; and deems the
very mention of yellow and brown
peril a ludicrous monstrosity. His
aggressiveness is finding an outlet
merely in the attitude which he Is as
Stunning toward the occident-which, II
must be distinctly understood. Is not
OF hostility but rather Of reel.
procity.
The Asian is not scheming to thrust
himself by sheer force upon the
occident. He only pleads for equit-
able treatment.
Asia is the oldest continent Of the
world. Many of its countries are thick
ly populated. However. the re.
sources of the orient are practically
inexhaustible and have scarcely been
touched. The occidental exploiters
have but secured the crude surface
wealth, and beneath this somewhat
exhausted crust lie treasures untold.
The new orient unless 1t is usurped
as a breeding place for the European
exploiter, will provide an ample living
to the oriental himself. With q sys.
tenn of intensive and scientific agri-
culture, with the Harvesting Of rivers,
creeks and waterfalls, with the en-
ployment Of steam and electricity in
manufactures, with the extension Of
the transportation facilities and with
the development Of educational policy
and administration, the orient, thick
Is populated and old as 1t 10, will
supply better opportunity for CON-
Portable life; and the masses Of
orientals who are being pinched by
poverty and famine into America and
the British colonies will live content
edly in their native lands. II the
500, 100000 that India pays annually
to England as its tribute to its liege
lord remained in the country; and II
the lucrative government appoint
ments that to-day are monopolized by
aliens were held by the natives Of
the land, the home-loving Hindoos
would not find 1t necessary to 60 to
Canada or British Africa. AS 1t Is,
the settlement of the Hindoo immigra-
ton problem hinges to large extent
upon whether the occident will or will
not continue to milk" Hindostan. II the
west will but keep its hands of Asia
will cease looking at the resources
OF the orient with covetous eyes and
fighting for their possession, the orr.
entail will be enabled to stay peace.
fully at home in his own land, and the
problem of the yellow and brown
peril" will solve itself. Even the little
men" of Japan will more and moro
confine their immigration and ex.
ploitation to their own continent and
cease thrusting themselves upon the
! hostile occident.