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Show "YELLOW PERIL" IS REAL. Lecture of An. Eminent French Professor Pro-fessor at Chicago. Chicago, June 1. A union of the majority ma-jority of the nations of Europe, into a great federation has been predicted ny Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, the French economist and sociologist, in a lecture on "The United States of Europe," given under the auspices of the Alliance Alli-ance Franca ist". In Ibis union, which the professor thought was sure to come about, though possibly not in the twentieth century, three nations, he said, woul 1 not be included: England, because it would Combine instead with the Cnii'ed States! Russia, because it would form a great independent nation by itself, and Turkey, because it would be an absorbed country bv the .coalition and lose: its identity. The union w ould be a necessity." t he speaker said., to resist American aggrcrifion and the "yellow peril.'" The lecturer said he had perceived that this country has a. "tendency to look upon continental Europe with the same regard that children have for superannuated parents, whose usefulness useful-ness has come to an end." "Europe," said Professor Beaulieu. "is in danger. The Cnited Slates is pressing hard upon the old countries in all lines of activity, not merely commercial com-mercial but also artistic and scientific. If thif is not a sufficient cause thre is another in the far east. The progress of Japan will mean the awakening of China. The United States makes light of the 'yellow peril,' but it docs exist." |
