Evening star., 1918-07-29

| IF those vessels had shown any
/ serious weakness. Davis" he went on.
4 "it would have been a serious matter
| at this time when your country is
having dispute with Japan over the
California school question, but your
Fle STAYED on the yellow peril-a
peril which have long recognised.
In fact, 1t was who originated the
! phrase yellow peril
| "Yes, your majesty" I answered, Il
have already heard that your majesty
| originated the phrase"
| Your President is wise man and
he knew the danger, too. Sending the
| fleet around the world was q brilliant
stroke Of craftsmanship. I know that
Roosevelt thereby prevented a war
with Japan"
California School Question.
:, The kaiser was SO positive on this
point that thought at the time he
| was probably in possession of infor-
nation which warranted that conclu-
sion. and later I heard rumors that
Berlin bankers had been sounded on
loan In Germany, and that German
diplomats had been also consulted. I
was led to believe by others as well
as the kaiser that we had been skat-
Ing on very thin Ice.
BY throwing the Japanese children
out OF your schools" they said. Cali
rornta has done about as much as she
could to provoke q war with Japan.
| 1t Is quite proper for your country to
| enforce her rights. but you mustn't
make the mistake of voting against
big army and navy"
The kaiser expressed the utmost dis
trust OF the Japanese on a number of
dinerent occasions
| why, Davis" he exclaimed, these
japanese. hear, are naturally and in
stinctively dishonest. Their own peo-
pie cannot trust them. My men who
come back from Japan tell me that
Chinese clerks are employed in jap
anese banks and business houses be-
cause they cannot trust their own
meni"
Whatever may have been tho kaiser's
personal opinion about the shortcom-
ings of the Japanese character, no one
in Germany doubted the depth of jap
Germans pride themselves on their
} {deep-rooted love for the fatherland
they yield the palm for patriotism to
Japan.
Japan First in Patriotism.
It is common saying among them
that Japanese patriotism must be
placed first. German second. English
third American patriotism is not
mentioned. Perhaps it is because the
Germans believe the japanese to pos
sess such intense love of country that
they fear SO much the menace of Jap
anese hostility.
This fear of Japan was held through
out all ranks in Germany. 1t was
common talk in the streets. it was
given frequent expression by German
9tat tH9man and the kaiaop hfrooo1f
openly admitted it
Every chancellor in Germany de-
clared that his greatest problem was
to prevent the kaiser from making
remarks which afterward came back
and required embarrassing denials
and explanations. I heard of some
American congressman who were re-
cefved in audience by the kaiser while
| travelling through Berlin and to whom
! the kaiser spoke freely of the "yel-
low peril" When they returned to
America some Of them repeated tho
kaisers utterances and they got into
the local papers.
The news finally reached the Japa-
nese ambassador In Berlin, and he
promptly demanded an explanation
from Prince Won Beulow, the chan
cellor at that time. It is said that the
prince as chancellors before and since
have done. attempted to settle the
difficulty by denying its occurrence
why. the kaiser wasn't referring to
the yellow peril at ALL" he is re-
ported to have said. He was a.ud-
ing to the yellow fever and its preva-
lence among workers in the Panama
canal zone!"
Predicted Two War.
The day England declared war
against Germany. August 8. 1914, the
Prince Won Pless called to see me pro-
fessionally.
There win be two wars fought" he
said, oracularly. "The present one, by
| which we shall gain control of the
continent of Europe forever. and then
a war with the yellow races. in which
we shall probably have your country
to assist uSv'
That this opinion was more or less
general in Germany may account for
the fact that from the time war was
declared until August %. 1914. when
Japan declared war against Germany,
the Japanese residents in Berlin were
| made the subject Of the most sicken-
ing attentions. 1t was reported that
Japan was going to attack Russia,
| 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 whenever they ap-
peared in public.
And then aJpan declared war against
Germany! Instantly there was a wild
demonstration in the streets of Ber-
lin, which would have resulted most
disastrously for the Japs who had so
recently been hailed as friends but
for the astonishing fact that every
single Jap had succeeded in getting
away from Berlin before the news Of
Japan's entry into the war became
generally known
Japanese Made Escape.
The Japanese ambassador in Berlin