The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-14
PREDICTIONS Of
WAR JUSTIFIED
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FOREBDolNGS ARE CREATED BY
SPEECH or JUSTICE
HARLAN.
GREAT DEATH STRUGGLE
Between Orient and Occident Being
Prepared For BY Japan and
China, Says Prof. Burgess
Of Columbia.


] New York, Jan. lS.-The address
iby Justice Harlan Of the United
states supreme court published In
the sunday papers, in wnicn he advo
Gated spending $5O00o0o0 a year on
warships in anticipation Of the war
between the white and yellow races,
which would shake the earth, ere
lated q profound impression among
lpubc men and students of foreign
affairs.
The state department. it is known |
/ is watching with extreme solicituda /
| the military wave that is overspread- |
ing the Chinese empire Advices
from consular and diplomatic agents
frcm pekin to Canton tell of the or
gani2ation OF new regiments under
the tutelage or japanese Instructors.
The beating Of tomtoms. the display
of weird banners and the use of magi
SLAMS to exercise foreign devils has
given way 10 khaki uniforms, engi-
neering corps and the Lee Mctford
rifles. In view Of these reports, the
prediction of justice Harlan that
within ten years China will have d
Standing army of 5.090900 trained
soldiers Is net deemed extrayagant :
That China and Japan are cooper. +,
ating to make the Molgolian race pre- /,
dominant among the nations is com
monty believed
Prof. John w. Burgess, dean of the
department. cf the political science
Of Columbia University, said tonight
that the governments of China and
Japan were undoubtedly working to,l
gether to modernize the Chinese(
army The fact that most OF the
German military instructors former.
y employed by China had been sup
planted by japanese recently, ne =
hought demonstrated this fact.
Japanese army officers could not
cave their posts and go to China to
rill Chinese troops without the
and consent Of Japan
aid he. Most certainly they could
Tot obtain such positions save by Ct
ctive negotiations on the part of the al
'hinese government. There must be NJ
ONE kind Of an agreement between Ire
he two nations on the subject ga
lough what it is, we have no way of CT
nding out. 70
The dismissal of the German mil wi
ary instructors could hardly be be- an
ause they were inferior to the Jap Tia
nese, for the Japanese learned what
ley know from the Germans. II is
ore likely that the change was made
ecause of the sentiment due to race CO
to,
AS further evidence that this is the cia
sginning of a race movement u ba
Iongolians against the whites the to
'ofessor cited the fact that thoc- no
nds of Chinese students are now oy
tending japanese colleges and thou.
nds OF Japanese are employed in n
ganizing the new school system In y
nina. Where the passport system Is III
effect, as it is in these two coun
les, such a movement would be i'm
ssible without the consent of both
vernments. The professor salt ne
at he could not conceive OF China
lcing herself under Japans control
We for one reason.
' England and Russia are extending =
cir frontiers nearer and nearer in VIZ,
estern Asia" he continued. If AGA
ina should become convinced that eve
: powers had agreed to seize West low
4 Asia, which is now independent, Istr,
themselves, she might be wfllingl The
place herself under a protectof-j was
! by Japan" eng
rhe professor recalled that it would foe
be a strange event to history for the
, Orient to lock herself in death Ian
uggle with the 0ccident The IN naI
sion of Europe by the Huns and ave
er by the Moslems were prom inent wer
tances. E
The Chinese and Japanese consu- was
officers in this city discreetiy de way
he'd to discuss the question. Lock sprs
ns. vice-coBsul fer China. said thai the
government did not acquaint him ing
h their military or diplomatic poll
8. as his duties were entirely com I'll
rcial uU