Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-23

he promptly demanded an explana-
ton from Prince Won Beulow. the
Chancellor at that time. It is said
that the Prince, as Chancellors be-
fore and since have done, attempt
ed to settle the difficulty by denying
its occurrence. Why, the Kaiser
wasn't referring to the yellow
Peril at all, he is reported to have
said. He was alluding to the yellow
fever and its prevalence among
workers in the Panama Canal zone!"
The day England declared war
against Germany. August 5, 1914, the
Prince Won Pless called to see me
professionally.
There will be tive wars fought"
he said, oracularly. THE present
one. by which we shall gain control
of the continent of Europe forever,
and then war with the yellow
races, in which we shall probably
have your country to assist us!"
That this opinion was more or less
general in Germany may account for
the fact that from the time war was
declared until August 90, 1914, when
Japan declared war against Ger
many, the Japanese residents in Ber-
lin were made the subject of the
most sickening attentions. 1t was
reported that Japan was going to at
tack Russia, and the Germans could
not do enough to show their newly
born admiration for the yellow race
which they had hitherto so deeply
despised. The Japs were carried
through the streets on the shoulders
of the populace and kissed and
cheered wherever they appeared in
public.
And then Japan declared war
IN xt
was wild demonstration in the
streets of Berlin, which would have
resulted most disastrously for the
Japs who had so recently been hail
ed as friends but for the astonish
ing fact that every single Jap had
succeeded - getting away from Ber-
lin before the news of Japan's entry
into the war became generally
known. The Japanese ambassador
in Berlin had been given ample time
by the home government in which
to arrange for the departure of his
countrymen when the moment came.
A few who failed to get away at
once were detained at the border
and interned, but the great majority
of them got across easily enough, as
in the early days of the war it was
not difficult to secure the necessary
credentials. I know that even as
late as the spring of 1915, when I
was nervous and overworked. 1 pro-
cured a pass through our embassy
and went to Geneva, Switzerland. for
ten days. Outside of having to an
swer few questions on the border,
both going and coming, there was
no difficulty.
In the absence of Japanese upon
which to vent their spleen, the Ger
n v y. .sr,r~ ~ 4
make life miserable for those who
resembled Japs. The. few Chinese
who were there were terribly treat
ed either because they were taken
Tor Japs or because they were of
the same race. The Siamese min
lister. Prince Traidos, who was one
of my patients, told me that when
his wife and children went out on
the streets. the crowds followed
them and jeered, referring to the
japanese as monkeys and using other
opprobrious epithets. They even
went so far as to spit in Princess
Traidos face, and the minister
finally decided to send her and the
children to Switzerland, although he
himself remained at his post
l saw the Kaiser shortly after the
japanese declaration of war, and he
was very bitter against the United
States because of that development
What is your President thinking
of to allow yellow race to attack a
white race! Now the Japanese are
attacking Kiau-Chau. and America
could have prevented it. All that
America had to do was to raise a
finger and japan would have known
enough to keep her place."
He spoke iii this strain on several
subsequent occasions.