THE “VELOW PERIL”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1141, 2 September 1913, Page 4

THE “VELOW PERIL”

The Japanese do not listen patiently to the white man’s talk of the “yellow peril.’ 1 The position of affairs as they see it is stated plainly in their newspapers and magazines, and they make it clear that they regard the white races, and not the coloured races, as the aggressors. “The extent of territory taken by the white races by conquest during the nineteenth century.” writes Professor Ryutoro Nogoi, in the Japan Magazine, “is nearly 10,000,000 square miles, embracing a population of about 135,000,000. And It will be seen that even within the comparatively short space of time since iB6O the white races have taken nearly 1,000,000 square miles of land and enforced their rule over many millions of the darker skinned races! In the face of all we have been treated by )he white races in recent years to tracts, treatises and newspaper articles galore on what they are pleased to call ‘The Yellow Peril.’ Surely, in comparison with the white races, there is no indication of any peril of yellow aggression, at least.” Stated that way, the white man’s attitude appears rather foolish.