Show I Is J Ther re Anything in the YelloW h Peril p r rBY BY F HA HASKIN KIN I j f i l i ot of Q H politics are bu iy f the there re ulta of the I V ar 4 The Peru be believe 1 lieve that the or of J eH arms arma armah h certain to cau cause an n t of the races for tor the wp ot resist ill the white man JApan Ig h claimed tu to have hav eig upon the seat While h Ie I ws in Manila I n American army told me that 1 the hf Japa Japanese e bad spies aU over oer the and aad that the authorities i n Tok knew lnor but ut the islands ill Ii I 1 thO i W Th e system of e Js is reported I tm Lm the na In n Indo and even eft a tar far south a as Aus AUB 1 r rite rhe of Ute the are mas a as cooks cI clerks 1 u Ii traV quietly gathering tn to 01 maps mapa and During t Chinese Ar and er In Manchu a ti the knew cO toOt foot ot 5 they had 4 to traverse and it is true that the Ip hh in roo ere b WIth nt b i the th entire Orent Much of et this r nce may be for tor coni del 1 ur even ven it If Ja 5 IV Intends to It j put JUt it to further tiP ue unto UI let u us see Me how tar far she nay may hI bf j to 10 o tn In her bel ambition for tor ex cx ext I t Our Is Blued Blaed I IbUe bUe I 1 thInk I can show abow that tbt the Yellow PerU Peril f a false fa and I a t i I Is not likely tu to Il t with American interests fur tor furI I I I if ny It If h nevertheless well to eV every r of such an irn im I nant 1 subject There Phere is no denying I j fact that Ute the wave ot of admiration r I Japan Japanese valOr vaIr which bas aas swept t fr er ba hIM In a ure blinded ir 11 to any aay faults faulta war warIS us IS While thEY have hae given th tb world a won WOl Irful I example ot of genIus It ItS S not follow tat their future courso ill iU he faultless Two influences which t 1 ye Americans to be I 1 of any in Japanese f ft t I i are t first a strict r repression pre 1 every unfavorable ft feature of news the Japanese them and see ily the coloring ot t aU all accounts by l I J corre merlean I were ere freely r t to the Japanese e because e our in t rests were directly in line Une with AUh their I use nan ly the maintenance et ef the then n 1 door POlICY In the territory under Japan a asserted that If II not fighting for the acquire LIt ut of territory and guaranteed the or of yet she is al ady acc ot of not being as boneet J this de declaration KG t We were led to During the stage ot of their Upsilon the Japanese e are charged ith n not t thE l Personal er onal And ot of the Individual 10 tn a The press agencies favorable to toie ie Japanese cause CRUMe have havo reported th the e latter are paying liberally for but from other sources it itji ji that the Japanese are ap peoples eOple houses and fields fo for military rr purposes 8 amid pa paying a fraction of the Current arket price Their scale of wa wares es fur for 5 olie labor Jabor Jill Is said to be leu s than that i ill ll Imich h prevailed in n the peninsula dot dul dulI I the old regime ime These i 0 3 and come from fro lIuch I sources that they cannot pa pasi I Will Japan Be FaIr The prevailing impression in America I 1 hat Japan wu was robbed lObbed of her h f and Korea KOlea III at th the close e ot of n Chin Chinese le war but In reality it was 1 her Iter Interests that were cheek check UNI Japan has no more legal right Korea orea or Ma Manchuria than f belongs to China and ICo 10 rt It to the Koreans Korean A fair tor tl t over both these thue countries would them but unless the rl ta or of off orn n f are to be re respected hYA re Is 18 nothing the outcome the war will iII merely mean a transfer privileges tram RusI to Japan s la Is the truth of af the matter strIpped all sentiment tor the brave little whose popularity ball baa reached lt 1 a height In America It 1 Is to be pAd ped that Japan will wUI not forfeit the she has pined gained by violating her herr r to preserve the Integrity ot of Ko Koi rl i Japan d disclaims any t 0 or of territorial expansion let us con coi ir just how far she me may go 0 if her 11 Is not to be depended upon luire I are ale several reasons why she mint run rampant even if nbc were 1 disposed ed Now that Ute the terms of 01 apE aie have hae been we find findt t Japan Is not as tree free from Russian a as was n supposed The of all Interned ships to RUB Rus SLi RIi lives gives that count country quits quite a r respect hl hOSt in A Asiatic laUc waters which she he helay S lay be expected to strengthen fit at atI I since Ince she Is 11 allowed rr bY the terms term of the ment hile Ru Russia sia agrees to Man Iter w word rd to that will not po P binding any longer loncer than Japan t 1 ins fins the force necessary to make her ber herSen I Sen p it Tb Therefore Japan JaIN Is not tree free treet t undertake much In the of new C t I 01 account of baYing to 1 band hr her resources 5 a safeguard p the orb of her old The Japanese Millstone The on one thins thing which Sa 1 certain to I Japan for tor many Jer ears and reduce the prospect of her Iter causing f uble s Is the heavy idS ls t of the fie empire As I have ban lf In the these letters she he is Ia herd herder er heels heel In hi debt and Is 18 lit in f military way ay It will wUl take many VaTS atS to develop the commerce of the nd to a tate equal to its Ita fine Inn ml S Ij r organIzatIon The government m ill have hae to patiently work Its way nut ot of debt 01 be swamped The en entire enire tire ire assets of at the nation are S tIM th various war loans and the producing powers of the I are ly small Debt is isH H sound to be b a serious thing In at where the scale ot of wag Is Isly Isil il ly R a few cents a day dayOn On of the great glEat problems ot of Japans Iii is the delicate and task taskS S f Korea It wilt will require all allS S Cr skill to win the ot of these Thill is true because tINt the Ko Konn nn hA an v tor mr the th u J 3 pane For or a thousand years ears the of the bae d the islanders Tha two peoples tO 10 absolutelY nothIng ll in common p e Koreans are slovenly and un while the Japanese are or orly ly Iy and precIse TIle The Korean has j manners and Use the Japanese is The ThC Is dirty and andS S Japanese is ia dOSS cleon he Korean ceN ceremony and the Japanese p eli ela lit bt It ft The Sword and the Pen great barrier banier I tile the dUfer eL ci e in Iii dresS 8 TuG Tha ordinarY ry Japan I I j f I ks nothing C of going about with no nore o oS S f re clothing than a loin clOth While tILt the ommen or I tt at only a barbarian will ex expose OSe his The Ja Japanese 11 lisa a of war while 4 1111 n r 1 time the It Koun KO is and loves to hi fellows J in the language the II tu Ht One la hi land of the Ird 1 h Of 01 tb the n rh Kor Koreen n s PI prejudice ju ice the r I Chief h of Philippine const Consta bu ry A Chinese VICe Viceroy OY x r t Z i t r 3 rif rifi I i l e eS 1 F Fr r hi S Vett 4 S S SS S 4 S S 5 5 t d 5 I s i 3 S i t r t 4 S S Sr r tS c S hf Ii S n S 5 5 4 i t tk tS tS k S S S S i v S 5 S 5 r j 7 S S I Ic IS Ir c I S r t tS S 1 r e I 5 E S I i I S A Korean Official A Japanese General an anese faH Is so great that he can see Bee no gOOd In A Japanese gen genral ral who br has won a t fights fight against the Russian can have no ho stand Sag bag with time the Korean it if II has an ugly sounding name that Is oft ive to po poetic poetic sense en e In short hort tile the KOrea and Japan has bail h t Jor for c ecu n turks and Its el elimination prove the quality of Japanese dIplomacy And China has no more love for Japan than Korea White the th m pathy of the dragon empire was 1 ly with the in the con conflict with Russia it was because auie the sue suc tR of Japanese waa In the na hIre of a guarantee to China agaInst further land concessions to foreign powers But this sympathy will hard hardlY hardly lY XO go tar far enough to result in an alit ance and a rally to the policy of Asia for tor the China fears fealS Japan The would rather be 1 by the European powers powen than become It a vassal ot of her brown rival The he Chinese Chine e have almost as distinct racial antipathy to the Japanese u as the China Jealous of Japan I y and r religious difference are other factors fact r which add to tg the opposition China gave to Japan Its firM i i and she will bel be loath to tuk l str lU her 1 rival which Is U nor mor n na a student In western Ideals tr It will be seen that the x between the inhabitants o I China Ko Korea and Japan as wen well ts as the other Oriental countries are equal equally II ly Iy us pronounced as those between the various states of Europe and the pros I pact of a coalition between t ut to tomake l make common rouse cause against t the wed w wis wedIs is not more likely to bE realised tb than the oft rumored r of t t uro uniting against the States I No o nation has baa a getter eater interest I both political and financial jn in the out outcome I come of afta affairs tl in the Orient than the I United States This is true because becu e our fore foreign trade Is practically In Its infancy and opposite our sea seaboard seaboard board there is located or of the population of the world yet et it there should be anything In the Yellow Per PerU U ft our c would have lea lem cause to fear it than any other white nation Our security Is b due to too the fact that we have steadfastly y to join with ot other r powers POWEn in ii wresting ports and tar ter territories In the thc Orient from their rl right rightful ht tul ful owners Otar statesmen have bave al alway always ways way used their Influence to protect rather than to the east and ha have e suffered much ridiCUle for our consideration ot of the Orl Orient nt But the lay day Is not tar when ben the wll wis dOln and foresight of our cOUrse will willbe willbe be eVIdent there have been many dJ discouraging features tt upon uJ n putting our passive Ian principles Into after all it wIll wUl not be seed eed sown on barren ground The Is 15 Working While the powen have I vied with ea each h oth other in the the I plo r In IntroducIng It Japan to I embrace western and is now breakIng virgIn soil In Ute the Jnes The leaven seems maJ to be worl working ng Th The desire for Improvement is spreading There baa haa been organised In u a society called the ord ChInese Students whIch La Ia a non uon nonpolitical political a amid d a pure purely educational and social n Its ha lur its purpose th ml fo owin I 1 1 T To help the lIt ot of the I C luines umpire b a i 1 munt nt fur tIlL the di ii un ot of western ds S 2 21 A press pren for th thc n of modern books ni iii and Vrr l I In I n n fl t mi iun for fol the lII 1 l t a lea o ot S I through all parts of China And the J Introduction of one language among the ma masses es I 4 To promote Ial unit unity and i 5 ng rc reI in all parts tit t t the wor word anti t tI assiSt f Intelligent and students t to prosecute t their studies abroad for a perlo of no less Jess than four years ears upon the OJ organization of this society clet the foreign journal of the Orient M says 8 What opinion throughout the European con continent Is obviously ly afraid of I Is lest the example of Japan may not Induce thina luring th the t twentieth l century to get some seine satisfaction tot for what she has hus suffered at European bands during the nineteenth While Europe may well he be apprehensive the United Stat has nothing t to fear on this The Themore Themore more intelligent the tho the more they will what the e United States State has bas d dOne ne for lor 1 Yellow Peril a Hoax II I I This nt nf which are likely to shape a eastern af affairs j fairs makes it evident that there is UtU lt for Americana to become at the about the Y I Ilow low P ril It is hoax or Of I course the Japanese are the main per Pel in the far eastern drama ind they may not live up to time tilt high I 1 standard that is ex pooled expected of them they ey will har hardly ly dare to offend one or of the thc great English speaking nations j whose frIendship Ila has made mude It possible for fOl them to their fight e etL l It will t b be surprising if the Japanese have hea heads s turned a aI I lieue b by their unbroken chain of sue suc successes i They rhe have conquered one ot the proudest And hitherto Invulnerable nations nation nail and havo been lauded and praised b by the whole world he 1 I inclined to t r some som but th their lr statesmen that the supreme test or of their national mettle Is yet et to In the meantime nothing hut but negligence g gence nc and indifference can prevent the l States from receiving the lions share of th the benefits which will result from time the development of the Enst Bast Both our and omit ll national policy r snake us the nut nat natural ural heirs to the of this J groat mt Our portion of it would be much greater at this time but forthe act that we are defaulting from our opportunities We e ought to have the abl ablest t of our consular ul amid I representatives e st at ned in th thIs part of the world 1 to vigilantly guard our and 1 promote our welfare I Our s p people need a stronger strong or and more active organization We Ye have bae but to make the effort to become mas as asters I of time the 1 |