Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-12
YELLOW PERILS
after THE WAR,
ASSERTS BISHOP
Democratic Church Necessary
Says Speaker on Behalf
Of Centenary Fund
K in Omaha.

A war compared with which the
present war will be mere skirmish
will take place i'll the near future un-
less the western peoples prepare to
avoid it, Bishop Wilson S. Lewis
of China told gathering Of Meth
odist clergymen and laymen OF Oma-
ha and Council Bluffs at the Cham
Der of Commerce Friday noon. The
meeting was to organize for the
centenary fund Of $80,0O0,000 to be
raised by the Methodists of the
. United States in the next FIVE years
for material, spiritual and moral re-
b construction after the war,
THE struggle" said the bishop.
would be between the orient and
the occident. Some people don't
believe the occident amounts to
much, China today has $4,000, 900
people, one-fourth of the population
OF the globe. When Chinaman
marries Malay or Philippine wo-
man, the children are Chinese. |
knew all American business man
who married 4 Chinese woman,
They have two children who are
Chinese. A certain German consul
married a Chinese woman. They
have l6 children without sign to
show their fathers blood.
Respect U. S. Flag.
To-day we have the good will Of
the Chinese. asked DR.. Ling,
Chinese minister OF justice. why
China had declared war on the CEN
trail powers. Because President
Wilson requested us to do So, he
said. England, France, Italy. Japan
had brought their greatest diplomat
ic pressure TO bear about the same
thing, but all in vain.
During : revolution ! passed
through vast areas infested with
thousands OF Chinese bandits armed
!. 10 the teeth. kept the Stars and
Stripes floating from my chair and
was safe everywhere. At night |
placed the flag over the doorway and
didn't lock the door.
The Chinese love US because, as
Dr. Ling told me, every treaty we
have ever made with the Chinese
has been favorable to the Chinese.
Japan has made more progress
toward democracy i'll the last four
years than i'll al the previous CEN
turtles OF its existence.
Dussia Discussed.
In Russia. democracy is going
10 come out OF anarchy, There will
. be four republics, the Ukraine, Po-
land, the rest OF Russia and Siberia.
Siberia will be the first to become
republic. Her inhabitants hate
autocracy. They are descendants Of
the political exiies who were exiled
because of their hate OF autocracy.
/ The wisdom OF our own statesmen
is shown in their recognition OF the
Cyecho-Sovak nation although at
present it hasn't foot of ground
1t can call its own, a nation is a
fration even if it has no territory
but only the great aspirations OF
many people for freedom.
The time for preparation is now
and that is what we are doing in
raising this fund. The United
States government cant go into
These lands, but the churches can.
And tell you the missionaries are
serving in these lands IN other ways
than preaching the gospel. The
/ democracy of the church is as ne
,cessary as that of the state. Auto
cratic churches are found even
among the protestant denomina-
lions. In Germany there is pro-
testant church as autocratic as the
Roman Catholic church ever was.
And here in America the time is
coming when the Roman church
will be democratic church.
Japanese Dangerous.
/ I'VE must prepare for this great
struggle that is coming after the
present war. Ii we prepare right
il will not come with guns and
bayonets. The Japanese are today
the best military people on earth,
man for man, When a Japanese
soldier leaves home his family hold
funeral. They never expect to
see him again. He kills as many
of his enemies as he can and then
himself He lives on a little bit
Of rice. Such people would be
extremely dangerous to the white
/. peoples in numbers, in valor. in
ability to live on little. Proper pre-