The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
SUNDAY. MARCH %. 1905.
LIE ASIAN DANGER.

A-ia. which has about fourteen and
threesauarter million square miles ana
which in this territory includes the
enormous uninhabitable wastes lying
north and west of China. has a popu-
ls.ion Of 100000 600 souls. The rest
Of the nabitahlo globe, with thirty-ono
end half million square miles, has
POPULATION of 500, 100000 souls DESPITE
this disproporticn and disresarding the
enormous density Of population in asia,
which. like 4 pent-up stream with eVer-
increasing energy. seeks to find an out
let the white races monopolizc the
whole American continent, both North
and south. and tho continents of Eu-
rope and America as we'll The War Be
tween the states in 1850 settled the
color line i'll Eastern North America
The Chinese exclusion acts and the
Jananese riots from Vancouver 10 san
Dieso last year have determined the
attitude of the Pacific slope, both in
Canada and the United States, towards
yellow immigration. Though the
Transvaal is crying aloud for cheap
labor in the gold and diamond mines,
the instructive desire of the white MAJ
to preserve his standard of living has
made the tolerance of Chinese and East
Indian labor impossible in Africa. Aus
tralia las definitely set her face
against any inHnN of the yellow or
brown races, ana the thoughtful Ash
attic, therefore, sees himself hemmed
in by a wall of white hostility, which
nothing but stronger armies and larger
fleets can break.
The japanese fondly imagined that
if they could demonstrate their milf
tary ability aud show the Willingness
and capacity to acquire Western learn
ing, they would be received by the
Caucasians as worthy and acceptable
equals But what a rude awakening
was theirs when, after having van
ouished tho Great White Power Of the
North IN one of the most memorable
wars ever fought on the globe, they
found themselves summarily and rude
Is driven out of California aud fero-
cicusly attacked in the Dominion Of
great English ally Now the Japanese
Rre not fools. They sec things as
they are. and they must have rocog-
nizcd that there is no hone for them
to expand westward to North America
or sou4iiward to tho Philippines, OF
wostwafd TO China, which is already
crowded to snffocation. EXACTLY the
same conditions confront tho Chinese
who, though they have not the Japa'
nese military qualities lack nothing
OF powers to see ana apprehend.
In an ever greater degree are Tho
conditions of overcrowdins being en-
phasized IN British India. There, ,un
der the bencfcent rule of England, fam
inc as it once was has been made prac
tically imposstble, iuternecinc war ant
murder have been stopped, pestilenc'
and plague have been controlled odu
cation and pcaco have been fostcrcd
wealth has hcen multiplied aud last
hut by no means least. though til
British doubtless never appreciated tn
fun significance of what they were do
ing, sense Of national unity has Doe
given the widely different ana racial
opposed peoples Of India. Added |
this, in India. China and Japan Their
is an enormous birth rate. and no Hel
for outlet The whole dynamics of ii
situation are driving the Asian people
whether they will or no 10 a now m
grafton, peaceful il they can. but /
force of arms If thew must This |