25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 33, 2 November 1933, Page 10

25 YEARS AGO

Kaiser and “Yellow Peril” (From “The Dominion,” November 2, 1908.) The ‘‘Frankfurter Zeitung” states that the Kaiser’s reference to the future of the Pacific will revive unpleasant recollections of China end Japan, regarding the Kaiser’s admonitions to Europe to safeguard its sacred possessions from the “yellow peril.” The Kaiser is represented as saying in this interview“We must be prepared for any eventualities in the Far East. Only those having great navies are listened to. When the future of the Pacific comes th be solved, possibly Britain herself will be glad that Germany hag a fleet, when both may speak on the same side in the great debates of the future.”

Mr. W. H. Taft, Republican candidate for the United States. America, Presidency, declares that the issue is whether trusts should be regulated by Republicans, or extirpated under Mr. Bryan (Democratic candidate). The people must choose the method of revising the tariff, and decide whether ro maintain the home market for American products, giving labour proper rewards, or. to cripple industries by tariff reductions regardless of the difference in wages at home and abroad. Mr. Bryan declares that the great issue is: “Shall the people rule?”

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