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Show A DANGEROUS GAME. The Argonaut notes the continuance of Russia in Manchuria, the cool breaking of all her promises prom-ises to retire from that province, even as Great Britain broke her's regarding Egypt; the menace to Japan should Russia persist and take in Korea as well as Manchuria and then considers what the final outcome would be. It says the Western World's sympathies are with little Japan in the matter, but it points out that Russia is white ana the Jap is a Mongolian; that he Is annually discriminating dis-criminating more and more against every foreign business, that he is relieving as fast as possible the corps of European teachers until now, where there were so many, there are but two German officers and ono Frenchman, a French tactician, an Italian ordnance expert, and a French bandmaster. band-master. On the other hand two thousand young Chinese, sons of high officials, are being educated in Japan, eighteen hundred Japanese are being educated in Tlensin and Pekin under European professors, and then asks what the outcome is to be. It cites how distrustful and apprehensive are those who understand the "yeliow peril" best, quotes from those who know best the belief that an alliance between China and Japan will soon be made and then copies a sentence from the anonymous book, "Letters of a Chinese Official," which it is believed was written by Wu Ting Fang, which after stating that his countrymen are learning learn-ing that Right Is powerless unless supported by Might, says: "Woe to Europe when we have acquired ac-quired it! You are arming a nation of four hun-millions hun-millions a nation which, until you came, had no better wish than to live in peace with themselves them-selves and all the world. In the name of Christ you have sounded the call to arms! In the name of Confucius we respond!" The danger of this has often been referred to, but It seems to us that there Is an earlier danger. j The thought of the Western powers now is to par- ' titlon China and Russianize and German and An-glocize An-glocize the Chinese. The danger Is that the whole ! of them are in much danger of being Chinaized. 1 John has the vices, the thrift and endurance to H do that very thing, and with that accomplished, 1 say one hundred or two hundred years from now, what if he decides then to gather his myriads and M take up his western march? ' H The Powers do-not comprehend what kind of a B hive they are tapping on now-a-days, and have fl not the slightest conception what it may possi- jfl bly be to the generous nations when that hive be- fl gins to swarm. fl Shrewd gamblers when in confidential mood fl will tell you that in most games, (When played fair, fl the man who goes against them will soon be fl ruined, that the percentage of the game will -wear fl any man out. John will collect the percentage of fl the game from foreigners whenever they intrude fl upon him and this the worjd ought to begin to fl understand. BJ |