The Daily News. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905. AWAKENING THE SLEEPING GIANT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7859, 29 June 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905. AWAKENING THE SLEEPING GIANT.

It was Nnpoleb.it the Great who, when referring to China, said " There is a sleeping' giant ;; let Iriin sleep." Many years Have elapsed since then, and numerous changes have taken place both in China and other countries. There is, however, one thing which has not altered, am! Urat is the bitterness of the antiChinese sentiment which seems l l(. have becomo incorporated in the national system of every Christian Power and to find expression in thr scorn and contempt of the paople a," well as in tlbi* legislative enactments. Meanwhile, in their own way, and in spite of "the hostility of other nations, the Chinese have -beer plodding along and making their presence felt throughput the globe. II has been left to the modern world to disregard ftapoloon's wise warning and to arouse the sleeping giant; with what result, time will disclose. We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that circumstances aro tending to open out a new era for the despiso nation, and! that much will depend on the attitude of the Great Powers as to whether or not the transformation Will be in the Interests of peace or otherwise. The chief iucto*- in the stimulus which China has received towards asserting her latent strength and throning- 0 (t the domination and repressive tactics of Europe and America, is undoubtedly the marvellous success achieved by (Japan against the forces of Russia. They have learned that t|ne Power which has despoiled, them of territory and continually held them in terror, is after all, not inviwqible, but hias succumbed to the little Jap in sudtf a way as to provo what China might have accomplished years ago, had she but, trained and orgal.'fsedi her forces in the same thorough and intelligent system as that adopted by Japan. The European prejudice agjainst the Chinese will take a long lime to eradicate and will probably exist after they have conformed to mpdern ideas a|4d modes- of life. Wo are. however, not so much Concerned with that aspect of the .question as witih! the fur mora important matter of their legislative treatment by other nations. Everything seems to point towanls a to alition brtween China and Japan i» which the latter -wl: 11 play the pan of mentor until the former is placed on a sound up-to-date basis. A recent cable message intimated tttit a Japanese squadron would patrol th* Vangtse river, a step that c..rtainl> implies the guardianship of Chinese interests'. A Ijater and much more impressive item of news from the Fai East is to the effect that Japan haf commenced the construction or a new Chinese navy—one cruiser is alS'.ead) buil^—and wil'l train the ollicers and seamen- What this means must bo evident to the most obtuse mind. Tsars, Kaisers, Kings, and Presidents will in « few years liaive to look in vain for trade or territorial concessions at -the expanse of the yellow man. That day is over, and the white man of the west must look this new departure in the lace ere it is .1,00 late. Already the United .States has made a .serious blunder, in playing fast and loose with China over the negotiations for commercial treaty It is stated that' at the verv time these negotiations were proceeding at Washington, 'between tlie Government and the Chinese the latter discovered that it was proposed to enact a la w jrefusing to ullow Chinese merchants to conduct business in the United States. Naturally the J Ambassador at once -declined to sign the treaty, and when the circumstances became known in Tientsin-, a n outburst of indignation ensued cpupled with a throit to boycott American goods. Such incidents as this will not tend to arriving at a solution of the problem of the future treatnient of China and Japan as united Powers. Sentiment, must givo place to political wisdom, toleration and statesmanship, it behoves the ' English speaking race rather to lend |

helping- hand at redorining and civ- | ill) '.5 China./ruther than to keep ; es ve tho oW and not very crcdita- I st deling towards the "yellow" race. I l ' r-suing statesmen must recognise w , ■ possibilities of the altered cir- ci i. stances as affecting the inhabit- P< is of" 1/ne,iFar Knsli in their relai '*l >n.;iiip with other nations. There is ,„ temptation constantly pi-esenl wi'yh ll use holding high office—a perfect (' If II for the untrained diplomatist " . t of "playing t'o the gallery." ' ll:' Kaiser is a past master of the i t. |>ut h s example should he a 1 fining to all enlightened statesmen •' 'i avoid bombast or boasting, and, i !!eu thereof, to cultivate the art of the bpst' of! thoser. oircwnir ■: .an.es wich necessitate the iniution ' f a new policy. There is not 'the lightest doubt that in future China nd Japan will act in concert, and it i equally certain that they will in-i.-it. on receiving the same favour,ble treatment which the other I'owi's have accorded to each other in her own international relations. i h-; process may, and probably will, 10 gradual, but it will be certain, i: 'i those nations who recognise, ir. :hc right spirit, the inexorable march jf events will 'b;cst be u|jH|l'- to .take idvantage of the new conditions that ivil! exist when the "Yellow Peril" lias become a '"Yellow Power." The our hundred and twenty million human power giant is being awakened and ere loJ:rg will show his strength ~nd become a factor in the world's politics.

ON, THE FOURTH PAGE. The Storyteller. Murder in an Asylum.