The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-30

The development there was such that
the port, during the years Immediately
preceding the war, ranked sixth among
all Chinese trading centers in the
commercial register of the great
Chinese merchants and of the mer-
chants guild, coming just after Tient-
sin. Tsing-tao was a prospecting Ger
man commercial colony, where many
Chinese worked side by side with Ger
mans; it was, so to speak, great
sample warehouse of German abilities
and German achievements to which
the Chinese, who formerly had not
known Germany, her capabilities of
achievement nor her products, could
repair for selection and emulation; it
was a contrast to the naval stations
of Russia and England, which were
purely military, directed solely to-
ward domination and conquest.
The rapid rise of Tsing-tao as a
trading center aroused the envy of the
Japanese and English, but this did not
prevent swarms of the latter from
journeying, with their families, to the
splendid beach, enjoying its cool air
and the beautiful Strand Hotel, and
devoting themselves to playing polo
and lawn tennis after they had es-
capped from the heat of Hongkong,
Canton and Shanghai. Envy prompted
England in 1914 to demand that Japan
should take Tsing-tao, although it was
de facto Chinese. Japan did this joy
fully, promising to return it to China,
but it was not returned until the be-
ginning of 1922, after much pressure,
although Japan had agreed with
A M rino thof ch tn hn oil
lowed to make any territorial changes
with Washington.
Thus great German cultural work
in foreign lands, which stood as a
model of the method and manner
which cultured nation should employ
in extending the advantages of its cul-
ture to another nation was annihilated
/ by English commercial envy. Some
/ day when Hongkong has gone the
same way England will repent of her
act and bitterly reproach herself for
/ having abandoned her old maxim in
accordance with which she has acted
/ for SO many years: white men to-
/ gether against colored men," When
once Japan has made a reality out OF
her watchword Asia for the Asiatics'
and brought China and India under hen
sway, England will cast her eyes about
in search of Germany and the German
fleet.
| AS to the yellow peril" l had the
following interview with the CZal
later, after the Russo-Japanese war, a.
a meeting between us.
The Car was, at that time, visibly
impressed by the growing power Of
Japan and its constant menace to Rus
STA and Europe, and requested my
opinion concerning this. / answered
that if the Russians counted them
! selves among the cultured nations Of
Europe they must be ready to rally
to the defense of these nations agains
the yellow peril and to fight for anG
by the side of Europe for their OWL
and Europe's existence and culture
but that if the Russians, on the othel
hand considered themselves Asiatici
they would unite with the yellow
peril and, joining forces with it
would assail Europe. The Gear, saiC
|, must bear this in mind in providing
for the defense of his land and organ
izing his army.
When the Gear asked me wha
course 1 thought the Russians would
take l replied: 1.-THE second"
The Car was outraged and wishet
to know at once on what | based thi
opinion. l answered that my opinion
was based on Russia's construction o
railways and on the arraying of tn
Russian Army along the Prussian-Aus
: trian frontier Thereupon the GA
protested that he and his house wer
. Europeans, that his country and hi
Russians would certainly cleave t
Europe, that he would look upon it a
a matter of honor to protect Europ
from the yellow men" To this l re
: piled that if this was the Cars att
tude he must make his military PREF
arations conform to it without delay
| The Gar said nothing
At all events, l sought to utiliz
} Car Nicholas IFS worry at the grow
ing power of Japan to the advantag
: of Germany and general European GU
: ture. Russia, despite siding with JaI
: an, was the first nation to colIaps
among all those participating in tn
, war.
Reproaches for Japan.
: The able statesmen of Japan, {
, whom there are quite a number, mus
; be in some doubt as to whether the
) ranged their country on the right sid
t in the war. Yes, they will perhap
: ask themselves whether it would nc
? have been more advantageous fc
, Japan to have prevented the Worl
war. This would have been With
: her powers, had she ranged herse
: firmly and unequivocably on the sid
= of the Central Powers, from which j
, former times she had learned so wi
! lingly and so much.
!, Had Japan adopted soon enoug
e such an orientation in her foreign pc
2 icy, and, like Germany, fought b
r peaceful means for her share in worl
D trade and activity, l should have pJ
i the yellow peril" away in a corne
!, and joyfully welcomed into the circl
t of peacefully inclined nations the pr
i gressive Japanese nation, the "Pru
e SLAMS of the East" Nobody regret
more than l that the yellow peri
/ had not already lost its meaning whe
: the crisis of 1914 arose. The expe
n fence derived from the World war ma
y yet bring this about.
d Germany's joint action with Franc
e and Russia at Shinonoseki was base
S upon Germany's situation in Europ
e Wedged in between on-marching Ru
J. STA, threatening Prussia's frontier, an
b France, fortifying her borders ane
n with forts and groups of fortresse
J. confronted with a friendship betwee
t these two nations resembling an {