TIIE YELLOW PERIL
THREATENS El'ROPE
The Spectre of Mongolians Gaining
Ascendency in European Affairs
Gives Grave Concern in Many Quar
ters Says Special Writer or Chicago
Tribune.
WHITE MAN’S WORLD ( RACKING
Danger Not in Europe. Hut in Asia
Led by a Master Nation Like Japan
and Equipped With Modern Re
sources — Nationalism Stirring the
Islam Millions.
(By Thomas Stewart Ryan)
(Chicago Tribune Foreign News Serv
ice—'By Special Cable.)
W^ARSAW, Dec. 31.—If I had not
W heard it from so many quarters,
from so ntanv different kinds of peo
ple in eastern Europe, it would not be
worth reporting as an influence which
may figure in future events in Europe.
‘‘The end of the white man's time
Is at hand. Now comes the yellow
race.”
It has long been a theme or edi
torial writers at home. But in this
east It is a whisper throughout, the
land, like a rustle of prairie grass be
ore the old Mongolian horsemen of
Attila, Genghis Khan, and Tamur
lane. Along Russia’s borders you can
scent the nearness of the east. There
are the wild costumes, the touch of
barbaric splendor, the weird paeans
of waste places, the quick passions,
the quiet suffering since the begin
ning of time—and then an echo from
regions beyond where dervishes are
howling and outlandish rites are per
formed, and millions bide their time ns
before the great migrations.
In Bucharest I sat in a cafe chan
tant. It was exotic enough. Conspic
uous were the number of men who
dragged sabres across the floor and
a Turkish girl In her own Levantine
dress. Russian dancers were leaping
under the loges.
Sees Yellow Race Coining.
"This can't last much longer,” re
marked a distinguished editor. "It is
the mounting fever before the crisis.
We are like that prince in Poe’s tale
who locks himself up in a tower to
danee and make merry while death Is
waiting outside. A lltle more war, a
little more crumbling of moral ties,
and the yellow race will have a clear
sweep.”
t ater I sat with a young Roumanian
officer in a mud hut. near the brown
Dneister. The spot is Just at the
threshold of the oldest civilization in
Europe. The river flows into the sea
if *h“ Holden Fleece. Yet there is
not a corner of the Yukon more sav
age. more desolate, than that region
of Bessarabia. Tn the Kherson gov
ernment, southward down to Odessa,
the highroads are lined with human
bodies, horribly mutilated, beaten
sometimes to pulp. Report your dis
coveries to the nearest volunteer post
and the officer will shrug and re
mark :
"What would you have? That hap
pens daily.”
"The Mongols will come In our
day,” the young Roumanian said, "just
as they always came before when
Europe wore herself out. They came
when the Roman world broke up,
when Charlemagne’s empire crumbled.
They will come now in this age of
war. hunger, oppression, and rotting
fiiscituine.
Tli on gilt fill Pole’s Opinion.
Of all such talks the most thought
ful I heard from a Polish official.
With him the peril from Asia Is a
fixed belief.
"We hear much of Oermany trying
again, of this nation or that In Europe
becoming too strong,” he said. "I tell
you the danger is not in Europe, hut
In Asia—Asia led by a master nation,
like Japan, nnd equipped with modern
resources. Moreover, there are the
300,000,000 of Islam, already stirred
bv nationalism in Egypt, India, and
Turkey.
"In Europe only Great Britain and
France among the great powers, and
IKjssibly Italy, are interested in keep
ing the peace. Germany and Russia
are old offenders. Such Is the Europe
that meets p possihle Mongolian in
road in the future. I.lkely some na
tion will call the yellow race in. That
might well he Germany.
“While Man’s World Cracking.”
“Even now Japanese troops are in
Siberia with Kolchak, and there are
Chinese in Russia.
“You don’t need to believe in direct
attack, only indirect at first, su~h as
Insurrections In India fomented by
Japanese agents The yellow man
sees that the white man’s world Is
cracking. The yellow man Is no fool.
“It Is the task of the Anglo-Saxon
to meet the danger. You must create
In eastern Europe such outposts as
will secure the country such alliances
as you can trust. Poland, If given
the chance, will assume the charge.”
I have hoard such Ideas, more or
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Bogey Man
n>o
By ALDEN CHAPMAN
(CopjrKbt. ill*, by th. Waataro N*wa
papar Uoloa.)
When the mothers of Ellington wish
ed to warn or frighten their children
who were troublesome or rebellious,
they had a “bogey man” directly at
hand without appealing to a vague and
distant object of juvenile dread.
Just at the outskirts of the town was
a spot marshy and broken. It had
been at one time a great resort for
wild ducks and geese In the season
and some ardent hunter had built a
shed house fairly habitable. With
the growing scarcity of game It had
been abandoned until “Old Moon,”
tramp, cynic, miser, hermit, It was re
ported, came along, appropriated the
ramshackle hut, patched It up and set
tled down. All kinds of wild stories
were current concerning him. He wai
old, gray whiskered, had glittering, for
bidding eyes and never addressed
those who met him. Once or twice a
week he would visit the local general
store, purchase what provisions he re
quired and then again retire to his
ggewsome retreat.
Robert Blake, his wife and their lit
tle four-year-old child lived In a neat
but isolated cottage directly at the
edge of the swamp. They had bought
It cheap on account of Its unfavorable
situation, but had made a perfect para
dise of its garden space. Economical
as they were, however, they had not
been able to keep up their payments
on the property, illness and lack of
steady employment cutting down the
Income of Mr. Blake. At times they
dejectedly feared that thew would have
to give up their little home.
Doris was a bright, lively little
sprite and rarely wandered away from
home. Upon her youthful mind Old
Moon had been impressed in a way
that made her serious, but one moon
light evening she came rushing Into
the house in a fervent frame of excite
ment.
“Oh, papa! mammal” she cried
breathlessly, “I’ve talked to him!"
“Who Is ‘him,’ Doris?” questioned
her mother.
“Old Moon. Oh, surely he was the
man you once pointed out to me! He
was coming from the town, his arms
full of groceries, and a bundle fell over
and I ran out and picked it up and
gave It to him. He set his things on
the ground and put his hand on my
head and said, ‘Thank you. m.v little
cherub,’ and then gave me this box of
candy. He spoke so kindly, and he
can’t be a bugaboo, to treat a little girl
so nice, can he, now?"
Old Moon was no longer quoted to
Doris as a bogey man. In fact, she
asked questions constantly about his
lonely living place and wanted to see
him again, fine day her father brought
home her first pair of rubbers and
Doris gloated over an accession she
had long coveted.
“I can go out in the wet grass now
whenever I want to, can’t I, mamma?"
die submitted. "Why, I can even walk
along the edge of swamp water, pick
ing pretty pebbles and shells Oh,
what dear, cute little rubbers!”
It was just about dusk one afternoon
when Doris started from the house.
It had been raining and the fact de
lighted tier, for she could find some
puddles to wade through. She ven
tured In the direction of the swamp.
Some distant flowers tempted her and
she wandered on and on until u haze
coming down over the landscape con
fused her. She began to cry us she
found that she had lost both rubbers
In the mud.
Then sin1 saw a spark of light in the
distance. She hurried toward it. to ar
rive hi front of a wretched hut.
Vaguely she fancied that it must be
the oft-mooted habitation of Old Moon.
She tiptoed to the sill of a window,
glanced within u lighted room and,
young as sin* was, what she saw there
chilled and thrilled Iter—Old Moon ly
ing hound hand and foot upon the floor
und two men bending over him. One
held a hammer menacingly, the other
was prodding the helpless captive with
n poker.
Doris ran from the spot with a wild
cry i«f fright. It was shrill and echo
ing. Missing their little one. her fa
ther and mother had started to find
her.
“Oh, papa! niniunm!” gasped Doris
wlldy as they reached her—“Old Moon
in his house and two men are trying to
kill him !"
Robert ISInke seized a heavy piece of
wood and drove In the window sash as
he In turn discerned what was going
on behind It. The two strangers fled
at his appearance. Mr. Illake relieved
the old hermit of his bonds.
"They were talking of torturing me
with a red-hot poker If I did not dis
close the hiding place of my money,”
he explained. “You have saved It, aud
me. Ah! Is that your child?" as the
door opened and little Doris and her
mother stood revealed.
It appeared that Old Moon had uo In
considerable treasure hidden In the old
shock. The visitation of the burglars
had the effect of driving him nearer to
bis neighbors. His gratitude toward
little Doris, who hud been the medium
of his rescue, led to Ills building a new
und better home next to that of the
Biases. He Insisted on helping them
out of their money troubles, proving a
good friend and neighbor and seeming
never to tire of the company of the
little child whose adventurous spirit
had been the means of transforming
••the bogey man" Into u liuppy und ra
tional human being.
Greasy Luck
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b7 t. b. alderson
(J.prrlfbt, 1919, by thu Weeiorn N • w • -
papar UDloa.)
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Captain Joel Holcomb had been gone 1
a year on his last whaling voyage be
fore either his niece, Rhodn, or her
lover, Vance Deverll, heard from him.
During the twelve months ithoda had
1 lived with a distant relative and Vance
had held a modest clerkship in a sltlp
i ping office.
The sea had been the roving ground
of Vance’s father for many a year. He
had been the owner of a whaler.
I When he died about all he left was
j the good ship Defiance. She was not
| as good as new by any means, how
ever. and the executors were about to
I sell the vessel for what she would
i bring as old junk when Captain Hol
cotnh bud come along. It was through
' this circumstance that young Deverll
I became acquainted with Rhoda, his
niece. Thenceforward she filled all
his thoughts and this fact induced
I Vance to favor the uncle in a plan he
had formed.
“Tell you what, lad,” Captain Hol
comb had said, “the Defiance can lie
made entirely seaworthy and I have
enough laid by to make her so. Here's
my proposition : you furnish the ship.
I’ll refit her, then fifty-fifty on what
! comes of a venture to the South seas,
say around Polynesia. I know the dls
| triet, it abounds in spouters, and us to
ambergris, it’s there that precious
spoil abounds. One lucky voyage and
we'it both made men in a money way.”
So the battered old Defiance started
j for the Southern seas and Vance and
; Rhoda dreamed, and loved, and hoped.
i Vance had only his limited salary to de
pend on if they married, so theyawait
I ed some word from their venturesome
argonaut.
It had come at last—a letter. From
I what Vance could surmise it had been
1 picked up by a mail steamer from a
1 boat coming off shore from somewhere
In the vicinity of the Papuan group of
Islands. It started out with the
words, "I’m about to tell you about
our cruise, and I'll start in by saying
In an encouraging way we had greasy
luck.”
"What does that mean?” inquired
Ithoda, to whom Vance showed the let
ter.
“It's a whalers’ term and means that
they were successful in finding plenty
of whales and secured a rich cargo of
sperm oil,” explained Vance. “For two
pages, though, the rest of the letter Is
undecipherable. It must have been
wet through, Immersed in sea water
somewhere, for the peneillngs are all
blurred and blotted out. Only the last
page Is clear again. Listen, dear,” and
j he read aloud :
“You must come therefore to Mi- i
ruoHn island, where, as I tell you, I
am, and I need your help In getting j
away. Come alone by yawl from Amp
tl, and be sure to paint your nose red.
As I have explained to you I am a
king, but I need a prime minister to j
help me out of my fix.”
“Jargon! 'King.' ‘prime minister,’
‘red nose!' " quoted Vance. "It sounds
like the ravings of a madman.”
“Perhaps the blotted out pages ex
plained?" suggested Ithoda, and after
a lengthy consultation it was decided
that Vance must certainly try and find
this mysterious anti uncharted Mimosa
island.
It was not an easy task anil it
strained his resources to reach the pre
sumed vicinity of the old captain's
whereabouts and hire others to assist
him to Ills quest.
Valid' was greeted by u half-nude,
ferocious appearing crowd, bearing
spears, clubs and darts. They were
about to attack him when their atten
tion was focused on his carmine-be
daubed nose. He was led to a rude
habitation ami there, seated on a
broad dais, more rubicund than ever,
his nasal appendage more than usual
aglow, was t'uptain Holcomb.
It took the latter some time to Im
part to Vance the story of his adven
tures. Laden with "greasy spoil" rep
resenting a fortune the Defiance hud
encountered a storm. Then pestilence
had swept away the crew. It was just j
by chance that the sole survivor, the j
euptuin, had been able to navigate the
dismantled vessel Into a cove at on un
frequented part of Mimosa island.
“She's there now," said the ouptuln,
“hut I have so played on the supersti
tious fears of my subjects that they
believe she is Ini unted. for when they j
first discovered me I played some
tricks on them with fireworks, u vle
trola and an electric battery which im
pressed Itiem that 1 was a sort of wlz
ard. They made me their king. I told
them of the coming of my red-nosed
relutlve and they believe red noses to
be a distinctive mark of great dignity
and power. They will never let me go
willingly and my escape and the con
veyance of the Defiance to some
friendly port is now to be your task.”
Vance received explicit orders from
the captain and rowed away that
night. At the settlement he engaged
a steam launch to proceed hack to the
island after dark. All due preparations
were made for towing the whaler to a
safe port the following evening.
And upon that occasion, claiming
that he .w ished to exorcise the haunt
ing spirits the cuptuhi was allowed to
visit the cbve alone. By midnight the
old ship v-us free of the island and
two months later the ex-king und
Vnnee were welcomed home hy pre-tty
Rhodn. with the proceeds from their !
greasy luek suflieient to keep them all
In comfort for Ufa.
BANKER BINGA’8 HOME
BOMBED THREE TIMES
But Hlnga’s Neither Bluffed Nor Both
ered — Colored Chicagoans Deter
mined to Enjoy Their Constitutional
Rights.
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
Chicago, Jan. 7.—For the third
time within six months the property of
Jesse Binga, banker and real estate
dealer, has been bombed by unknown
parties. So critical has become the
situation, and so determined are the
colored people of Chicago to enjoy
their constitutional rights that a new
organization, the Chicago Protective
Circle, has been inaugurated for the
avowed purposes of using every means
within the law to put a stop to law
lessness and insiduous propaganda. It
Is made up of the most substantial
people of the community, and very
heavily financed.
HAYS HEARS REPUBLICANS
WILL CARRY TEXAS
New York, Jan. 7.—Will H. Hays,
chairman of the republican national
committee, daily receives surprising
reports about rosy republican pros
pects, but none of them are so sur
prising as the predictions coming
from Texas to the effect that the re
publicans there will carry that state
for the republican national ticket next
fall.
The democrats of Texas concede
nearly complete demoralization in
their state organization, with no like
lihood of harmonizing the ambitions
of the rival leaders until there has
been a political cataclysm that will
blow the old democratic machine to
bits, after which the democrats hope
they can get together again with
chastened spirits and rebuild their
party in the Lone Star state.
CNIFORM STANDARD AND
WAGE FOR TEACHERS
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
Baltimore, Md„ Jan. 7.—That there
should be a uniform standard of effi
ciency for white and colored teachers,
with a single salary scale; that a
commission should be appointed by
the governor to consider Negro edu
cation in Maryland, and that there
should be closer co-operation between
the state board of education and col
ored leaders were some of the sug
gestions made at a conference be
tween leading colored men and the
state board of education. The meet
ing was held at the Colored Young
Men's Christian Association.
SCORES KILLED IN MEXICO
BY EARTHQUAKES
Mexico City, Jan. 7.—Scores of per
sons have been killed in a violent
earthquake which occurred in many
parts of Mexico. The center of the
disturbance is believed to have been
near the volcano of Orizaba.
Incomplete press reports indicate
that the state of Vera Cruz suffered
more than any other section, al
though seismic disturbances were felt
throughout the entire republic.
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COLORADO ORGANIZES CLUBS TO
SWELL REPUBLICAN RETURNS
Denver, Colo., Jan. 7.—With the or
ganization of the Lincoln Republican
League of Colorado, with a member
ship said to number 1,000 Negroes, It
[ develops that similar political clubs
have been formed in many states to
work for the success of the national
republican party in the forthcoming !
presidential campaign.
Sponsor for the clubs Is Robert R.
Church, reputed Negro millionaire, of
Memphis, Tenn. A convention will be
held in Chicago February 11-13. Rob
ert S. Abbott, editor of a Negro week
ly at Chicago, is said to be at the
head of the Lincoln league in Illinois.
It is hinted in local political circles
that National Chairman Will Hays
has sanctioned the organization.
WILL SEND HOME BODIES
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS j
London, Jan. 7.—Extensive plans
for the wholesale removal of the bo
dies of America’s war dead to the
United States will be put in opera
tion in England and France this week.
HOWARD REPRESENTED AT
TEACHERS’ FEDERATION
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Washington, D. C., Jan. 7.—Dr. Em
mett J. Scott and J. D. Logan repre
sented the Howard University Teach
ers’ Union as delegates at the con
vention of American Federation of
Teachers In Chicago last week.
Griffin, Ga„ Jan. 7.—A large meet
ing of Negro farmers from Henry, I
Pike, Butts and Spalding counties
was held under the auspices of the
Griffin and Spalding county board of
trade for the purpose of raising the
Negro farm demonstration agent
operation in the counties.
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