The Yellow Whirlwind.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 40, 17 February 1904, Page 3

The Yellow Whirlwind.

THE YELLOW WIUIiLVVrSI). A CHANT IXTRKXATIOXAL aciiEUk:. ASIA FOR THE ASIATICS. (By Stephen England, Daily Mail correspondent;. YOKOHAMA, Nov. U'J. "Russia mu*t lje destroyed !'' This sharirbMng nur.slodon (if the nations, greedy to devour all A sin, has been suffered to go too far. Insolent, insatiable, ignorant. cruel, she is arousing from the Caspian to Yedrto Bay a flora- y<_*an/mg anions Asiatics to check and slay her so-ld-iety ami avenge upon lier people the outrageous wrongs that l>egan win, , Ivan the Terrif/h', und will not end with Nicholas tho Second. It has taken a long ai ( d heroi; course of blood ami lire and rapine to arouse the huge inert mass of 1 Asia, hut the Russian lance has at , last touched the quickening centre*, and the continent is shaking oil tin lethargy of ceinuries. Brave little Japan, from hi*r van- , tage ground in tho face of A.-ia, i? directing the Vast movement whi- l \ has now gomo far enough to uartan; Tokio statesmen in viewing wiih pa tienne, ii nut with nonchalance, fa shameless aggressions' oi Russia it. tho adjoining mainland, ami bei?>u content to wait for the prodigious , events .that the womb of the future maj' bring forth in throes that will shako the world. THE ASIATIC LEAGUE. 1 Tokio is the headquarters of the Asiatic League forming under the direction of .Japan. Us raiding ci\ I is " Asia for the Asia-lues." and its first design toward that end is the 1 destruction of tile Kus.-dan Empire in Asia. Cnitcd Asia was conceived in the'ibjflin of Mu«u ll'ito. the 121st 1 Emperor of Japan, whose magical rebuilding of n hn.lal kinchin into a groat a3io< ultra-modem world Tower gives ample warrant thai his ' conceptions arc sound and not un- 1 likiel.v to go far own wlnii they take 1 a continent for their provinc--. His own house in order, though fat too small for present an, 1 futuri needs, he is looking with a f ir-seeine eye over Asia, of which ho is fain h hold the he.-i-'monr. That impressive group of thy wisest nun Cathay ha.<ever known, whom U't* Occident am! the Orient alike know as the " ei'k-r statesmen/' are to a man supporionof tho vast eiiterpiLse. '1 hey an. strangely silent on the subject- of 1 Japan's attitude towards Asii\ and the Oovernment organs have recenth scoffed and luu&'hid at'the idea that Japanese would waste time in <*n- , deavouring to arouse " hop'lesCh'iiua" to a sense of her poL-i I. Thie | scoli was insincereand the laugh was ! forced, for t'|? Japanese are he-e, there ami everywhere in Chimi.work- ; ing like beavers in every departm-m of Chinese life, stimulating the n,i • lions of Uk* north at.'d south, east 1 and wi'st to /tt<> for an irresistible moiomefiil au-.do.t the Wos'l, and Russia lirst of all. THE IU'SSI AX ROWER." I The iiio.:t appalling stoi'i- s (W" lius- 1 si an. b'rutality in Central Asia trickle through China across the high plat eaus, and these, made credible by the devilish savj.uvty of tho (/ar'j troops in Manchuria, make sho Chin esc fit'l tlu.it eithot they must arouse themtkdu*; quickly or else lace ihr peril of m nji'i-Aition a I'ower that w:R aluy ami tortur wholesale in the beginning uralor the guise of " an enduring l«s--on," ujvd thereroter will exploit it* yd'.ow vassals like animals. Russia -d'Mjs i.ipl riv i'.is ■—sin. sentfL-ehfilistv-. Ifor nelson is tha', of ignorance, an:! her tender Mercies /ire cruel. Despite ] le i- barbarous closing of Central Asia against the worjd, stoi'jes come from the conquer* tl khanates ai. , i i tin- v!i-vasta.ti.'l slopes of the Titian Shan Dial ari hardly uxc o.''-.d in liorror by ilie annals (if Cortex's How destru> • ion of the Aztecs, or I'barro's Jleudisn eampaigns in lVru. Central > s Id h\ Itns -ir l , Iworihhs- rotnpai-i .1 to ii.,- rosi m winning atrd hohiing. but it is the . one vantage point necessary for s>ue J cessful designs u|ion China ami in- , dia. it simply as a mill-an appanage, tha Ruffians mAy lil'le or no attempt to coiiciliate the wretched inhabitants, and tho soWiien wreak thvii hist, and cujihli'.y upon the unhnpp\ nal ims, who fe.rt-d fai uhen 'lUrcoman a'.d raided and rol)hod, ASIA'S WHJ.INf; EAI!, But lii;tsia luis at hi: t gone too far. Asia has sidleivd to:> ntu.'lt, atu!, ' moreover, tha c.n:ifunt lias to . brjl- | liant a im-iiSnr and m./lel in Japan. From thi' day lliat I'- riy anelioted f>tt' l ing.., the wise na«n of .la) an Saw thai it \\::n ciiin-r ai'ai.iiiu-M:-and education or subjuga* i.,u and 1 Ti.ey c'.ose !o :,ini and educate, and to-dav tli»y stand upa< a world I'-.u.-r and say to Ih-ir !-,nsfolk in Asia : •• With our guidance you :! lso « an It*} fr» e and ind.-peii'deni And Asia is landing a willine; e-ar. To Tokio fiavi" bo-n eottiin f r fot luo years now staiesnvn aial ]>rinees irons all the count li-s of A-ia. ' r he.\ have cotue from Siani and I'ersia. from ,India aftd Ah'|.:CUiis-! ;::n, l'n.ia • Burma and Catnl.<f.iia, irom Thiliet, [ and from (.'!;*■ Turconi; ns ant Jii.- ' —hirghiz hotth.'S. Koteans and i'ill-- '■ pin-os have -disj-usse'rl Asiatje politicsin the capital of Ja/ian. a.»r«) uiihm this month tie Maha:v.j.:!i of !\a[mrthala has been in conference \\ ii j, ii.,. ]oa---Hng statesn en i f Il;e nala-ji. fornuT,Vi/ | r of !'!,• a. r-Mfe^.d i IVrsian man of at'.airs, ! Tokio rnvntly. and 1 could ;:i\e a long of notable men rejU'es.*!iiing all tlie peopl-w of the East who have bei'n in the Japanese capital conferring with .Japanew loaders. THE ATTIBUDE OF BUDDHISM The Mahara.ah of Kapui thala,

11. .I'MUIIM:" i... He 'aceS ill an aggressive Veil.cm Westward to prevent further sazure of \sialic m.il h\ \Vi'si,.|„ Cnv,-. and hi era-duall. make 11, m .'i...i„. i 1,.-ii i.oUl mi II al which I'll,-;. have air, a.dv When 1 asked il 111- Mo-.-iiiu.iuh had l.'overiiiueii, ai Tol.io. t ii.• ..droit (n-----.iian smi', d anil said : " Uliat v.oi.'d 1.,. !be use V Lv, n- ..„,. knows thai we I,a\,. „,, I'anlt 1,. I'ml with Lriii-h rut-. \s b,r those alhicti-.l bv that vi ilaHo!, li: 11. ■. I iall:i! Russia/, ii is a iHl'i.t. ni. inai•la|.aii <l nul, vvait I'.,i- H„. |.. epic I<> come to l:.-r. and 11.-t- sec.'cl agents aiv hiiil in- raimii-iv ha-1 <>l Ilia Caspian. A .l|.|,an.s.. pries' Willi will l.vlllie hcf.iic I In- Asiatic S,,cielv al MS 11.-t I. m.elim: ill V 01...liaina has recent Iv return, d iron, a two years' sii.ii.mil in Lhasa, il.- reports Unit tin- liiiKsiii/iis aiv spa.itg no endeavour to win tin- support ni the limCdhi-.l tiierarrhy, lint so far haw gained in.Mini; sahsi an! ial. :j'hi- Ihilai Lama is parleving u-itJli Russia ami holding her ok'with lair words and promi-i-s. with conferences and willi gifts to the Czar. In Llatsa. he d,r!ai,.i, I hi- most. violent balled of all On■ik-ntal iiillucn-i-i-s prevails, and till..- lti.i.idhist priosl-li-i.ml l-hi-r.' would tilsrovv its power insiu-ntly inlo any ronlil ion enj],,ruciiig China that, s.vmod likely to be 11 Successful cim-tellldiT ill till- liokl against Russia, and, after Russia— Kngkrod.