The Yellow Peril.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10455, 2 November 1904, Page 4

The Yellow Peril.

A, Chinese viewl of the "Yellow, Peril" is a novelty. Mr Chang Vow Tong, a yotang Chinaman of means, who is devoting 1, himself to> the task ot (making. Clliinia understood by the Western world, writes on the subjectin the American Review of Reviews, and declares that the '"Yellow Per 1"' ] is an absurdity. Not only doesi he < contend that Europe will never b-j invaded *by the Chinese, but he de- ' cla.res that, in. the relations between. China and' the European nations, it is China that is in danger. He points out' that as a. result of the demands made upon China, by European nations some years ago, the Chinese thought that the partition of China was aibout to take place, and the Boxers, to counteract such a scheme, resolved 1 to drive all foreigners out of China- The cry of "Yellow Peril" was then raised by European newspapersl, the Ohinsise being attacked by them few defending: their own country, which Russia, Germany, and France were erger to seize- "What danger," asks the writer, "can there be from a nation whose policy is peace at any price, and who w.snt to war Only when fcrced to" do so?" The "Yellow Peril," re says, will never come again, unless Europeans return to ai condition of savagery far below that of twoi thousand years ago- Tt will be pcssiMe only when Asiatics are supeiior tol Europeans in culture, science, and art and general civilisation. Germany, says the writer, is doing 1 everything in her power tol make Europe and America believe in a "Yellow Peril" to further hei" own ends. She would like to see Russia, defeat, Japan, because such a victory widuld foe followed by the partition of China, and she would get a. share. Prance is crying "Yellow Peril because Russia's defeat, would' delay the partition, of China- Further, if Russia failsi to expand in the East, she 1 must expand in. Europe, and in that ease she will crowd Ge.rnmny, and. Germany may crowd France- Mr Tong goes on to say that England | and America do> not believe in thio : ''Yellow Peril" because they "have 1 so shaped their courses in their 1 Asiatic' possessions that the natives 1 cannot and will not be driven to think of revolt, much, less invasion-" He contrasts the troubles' in German ' Afirica, "thei outcome of cruelty," with the flourishing condition of the > Sandwich Islands, "the fruit, of im--1 partiality." Mr Tons? does not deal ' with the question raised by many ; writers since the war began, the* dis--5 turbingl effect of Japanese success against Russia on other Asiatic < peoples, particularly those under the 1 subjection, of European nationsl. i