The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-07
University Column
INTERNATIONAL POISON

people, asserting the intrinsic su
periority Of their race, religion an,
Kultur and prophesying that the!
and their Kultur are 10 secure worl,
domination by military proves
has been the chief cause Of the pres.
ent world tragedy.
A similarly pernicious doctrin,
Of white race superiority" is beint
sedulously instilled into the mind.
Of the American people. Its advo-
Gates talk continuously Of whit
race world supremacy" and the sin
evitable conflict of the white and
yellow races for world dominion
This propaganda is preparing us for
another world tragedy. II this psy-
Geological poison is not overcome
soon enough by the appropriate anti
toxin, it is not difficult 10 foresee
what the future has in store for the
world.
The latest injection into the veins
OF the American people of this in
ternational poison is a two column
editorial in a recent edition Of the
New York American, from which the
following quotations are taken. The
editorial is no doubt reproduced in
all the Hearst papers throughout the
United States, which are more wide
ly read by the rank and file of our
people than any other papers in
America.
Americans must be deeply
alarmed by the success of Japanese
diplomacy and the situation created
by that diplomacy.
I'VE do not know whether there is
q danger of the Japanese joining
with Germany which makes our
Government so considerable of Japan,
or whether our Government is mere
ly unsuspecting Of the very obvi-
GUS designs Of Japan.
1T is a thousand times more
dangerous TO the United States to
have west Siberia fall into the hands
of japan than TO have ii in the hands
Of the Bolsheviki, or even TO have
it fall under the influence Of the
Germans.
What is TO protect the United
States itself from the attack which
the then great Oriental nation, en-
bracing China, Japan, Korea and
western Siberia, may launch upon
U.S.
The war in Europe, hideous as il
is, is merely family quarrel COM
pared to the terrible struggle that
will some day be fought to a finish |
between the white and the yellow
races for the domination of the
world. e
THE only battles (of the past
which count are the battles which
saved white races from subjugation
by the yellow races. and the only
thing Of real Importance today is
the rescue of the white races from
conditions which make their sub
jugation by the yellow races pos
sible.
"The great problem with which
the white races have TO deal is the
inevitable an irresponsible (irre-
pressibleN conflict Of the white
races with the yellow races for the
Of the world. ;
us it not time that the white ma
tons settled their quarrels among :
themselves and made preparations
10 meet their one real danger. the |
menace 10 Christianity, to Occiden- I
tai standards and ideals, TO the t
white mans civilization, which the |
growing power and ag- {
yression Of the yellow races contin- f
tally and increasingly threaten?" (
Are the abominable writings Of r
Treitschke and the whole a
abal Of Pan-Germanists any more
and fundamentally de- v
tructive than those quoted above? |
does the doctrine OF white b
ace superiority" differ in AFRO .
'ance from that OF "Teutonic SUI b
'eriority?" And is the brand OF
Of which the last par "
graph speaks a religion peculiar u
0 the white race and its God par I
icularly concerned in their victory u
yer the world? h
Shall Americans complacently let
his doctrine run its course until il al
lunges the world into another "
cean OF blood9 IL
The true antidote for this poison -
! a campaign Of education promot- =
lg fair dealing, honest statements -
facts and constructive legisla- ="
on. We should remove the humiI- "
lting conditions we now impose up ~
n Asiatics. BY such measures "
merica can win the lasting good ~
ill OF Asiatics and make Of the al ~
,Qed "VallOw nariIn n 0olden On IL.