The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
IS A RACE WAR COMING?


Upheaval Throughout the World BS
Is. l.. Putnam Weale: Anthor .I oil M Man, lar !.
ehu ,n and /, Museotite @ no the ee neshnp1hSs pa ,Se
East and It's Aftermath" The Com
ing Struggle in Eastern Asia; Tho
Forbidden Boundary; inc human Ia,
Cobwcb.' The Macmillan Company
Publishers, New York.
This is, most interesting volume
highly stimulating in it's suggestions
and valuable in its information and
statistics. 1t shows that the coloreo
races outnumber the white races two
to one, and that the colored races are
receiving at the present time ana are
likely to receive for some time to come,
an impetus toward racial union and nn,
taeonism toward the whites that VIII
be practically certain to result IN Worlu'
wide bloodshed.
This work, US others of the same
character (but we have seen none other
so important and able az this) assumes
MS the starting point for the dark races
antagouism against the whites, and the
stimulation Of that antag0nsm, the
japanese victories over the Russians In
Manchuria. Here was dark race, an
un-Christian if not an antl.ChrIstlan
race, meeting on equal terms one of the
greatest of the white races, one of the
most devotedly religious, and overcom-
ing it in tremendous battles, 1t was
like galvanlc spark to an explosive,
ms applied to other dark races, and I'M
mediately a ferment began in India
whose teeming population has always
frctted under the domination of the
English occupancy and the exploitation
of India for British advantage.
AS a result of the victories over Rus
sia. Japan acquires absolute sovereignty
over Korea, and is so mancuvcrlng as
to make her sovereignty practically
complete also over the whole of South
ern Manchiria. The agencies through
which Japan works arc, first, the con-
eular activities through the administra-
two officialdom, and second, the con-
struction of railroads with the armed
policing of them which Japan holds to
be necessary in all that region. The
book was written before the final act
of absorption Of Korea, but it foretold
that absorption as something in the
Immediate future. It has occurred. The
practical absorption of southern Man
churia is also anticipated. and the steps
through which that will be effected are
pointed out. With this done, Japan
will gradually encroach upon China, not
perhaps Immediately by way Of fur"
ther territorial acquisition, but by way
of interference with the administra-
ton Of the Chinese Empire, foisting up
on China Japanese instructors in edu-
C6IiUUs III SCleuCe, anu III pOHJlcS. lu6
introduction of Japanese methods of Cd
ucation in the schools by Japanese in
structors, the instruction to be from
the Japanese standpoint. All this will
be studiously directed in the interests
OF the brown races as against the
whites. The acuteness and activity of
Japan in this direction can be readily
noted from the prompt protest made by
Japan against the changes which China
90 oil .l>at or
possible concern to Japan, but where
Japan undertook to assert a claim that
did not exist, the situation being only
indicative of Japan 3 watchfulness and
her care TO score on every point. I'm
doubtedly Japan has China marked
down for her prey. The first great con-
tlict is likely to come in China, with
China lined beside Japan if Japan can
SO manage it. The next step will be for
the freeing of India from British occu-
patton and rule, if the dark race pro-
gramme succeeds that far. Many con-
tingencies are liable to break il up, to
be sure, and perhaps absolutely to de-
feat the scheme.
The work is thoroughgoing one,
however, and it does not stop with the
brown race programme 1t considers
also the black race in it's great home
in Africa, and in the branches of that
race established in the United States
and elsewhere. 100000 negroes being
accredited to the. United States. and
140,000,000 blacks to Africa Tt is
urged by the author that although there
is A considerable white population in
South. Africa. the Bantu peoples, mixed
negrOid. and extremely fecund, are like.
y to gain relatively rather than to lose.
SO that the hold of the white race of
South Africa in fact is likely to be c1
tremely precarious in spite of the ef.
forts made to bolster up white suprem-
acy, even though these efforts are
frankly exclusive of the blacks.
The work In It's way is rs suggestive
and as sensational AS General Homer
bca's great work. f'Thc Valor of Ig-
rorance,' ln which he pointed out the
disadvantages under which this country
wonld labor IN case of a war with ia
pan. we do not regard war between
Japan and the United States as in the
least likely, though, nor do VIC appre-
heDd that a conflict of color between
tho different raceS Of the world would
result IN disadvantage to the whites;
but there is no possible excuse for the
white races being Indifferent TO sug.
gestions like this and unprcpared for
what might happen. They should be
alive TO the Importance of every intel
ligent suggestion, and should at all
times take such steps as will safeguard
the future and tend TO preserve the
civilization which the white race has
wrought out through bitter toll and
agony. iu the long ages. There is no
question but that an Eruption of the
dark races would blot ont that ciyiliza.
ton. Therefore, it is not only a racial
proposition that the whites should be
prepared to maintain their ascendancv.
but it is a proposition in behalf Of
Christianity and civilization 1s well
research. and tho author, by his provi-
Gus studies and works, has proved that
no Is well fortified and prepared 10 write
such a book as this. His work deserves
TO be in every library in every civilized
land.
A DOUBLE PERSONALITY.