Those to whom the term "The Yellow
Peril" has become familiar look upon
It as a bugbear arising from the pres
ent situation , the idea that the despis
ed Oriental might even in the course of
a century become a dominating world
power being considered not worth a
second thought. Neither the phrase
nor the Idea , however , is by any means
new. The \vords of Lord Wolseley ,
which are today taken almost as a
text by students of international af-
I'airs , and upon which the novelists
are busily building fanciful tales , were
spoken nearly a dozen years ago , but
In view of recent developments are
more interesting thac ever.
"A Yellow Peril menaces liie world , "
he said. "The coming battle of Arma
geddon will be fought between the An
glo-Saxons and the Chinese. For 300
years past the Chinese have been un
der Tartar tyranny. The Manchus
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"Then the Chinese armies will
march westward. They will overrun
India , sweeping the British into the
sea. Asia will belong to them , and
then , at last , English , Americans , Aus
tralians will have to rally for a last
desperate conflict. So certain do I re
gard this that I think one fixed point
of English policy should be to strain
every nerve and make every sacrifice
to keep on good terms with China.
China is the coming power. "
The German emperor considers this
"yellow danger" a real and a great
one , and his cartoon of a few years ago
representing Europe at bay against the
yellow race represents his opinions to
day as expressed in his recent speech
before the Reichstag. "Chinese" God-
don , who perhaps knew the Chinese
more intimately than any American or
European , held them in high esteem ,
while admitting their defects. The
latent possibilities of the 400,000,000
of Chinese he declared to be illimi
table.
There Is only one railroad and that is
controlled by Russia and could be de
stroyed more rapidly than an army
could move. The way is across a coun
try of wild mountains and frozen
plains that are almost unsettled , and
that could not furnish food , shelter or
provisions for an army , while the diffi
culties of transport would make it im
possible to carry supplies.
"Russia is protected by the Ural
mountains , the Caspian sea , Caucasus
mountains and the Black sea. A few
thousand men could defend the fords
of the Ural river from hosts. To reach
Europe through Constantinople would
require vessels , which the Chinese
would not have , and even if they had ,
the fleets of the nations assembled at
the Bosphorus , and artillery in the
forts at Constantinople could sink
them as fast as they were loaded with
troops. The possibility of the Chi
nese pouring dow. . I-to India is to be
dismissed. The entire boundary of Ir *
dia is defended by the Himalaya
mountains and again by the vast rich
table land of Thibet with another
ranee of mountains to the north of
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have ruled by the simple expedient of
chopping off all the most advanced and
capable heads lest reformation should
be ° : in.
"That the Chinese are the subject-
race of the Manchus should never be
forgotten. The day of the Tartar tyr
anny must reach its tether. A Chi
nese Mohammed pr Napoleon , a great
lawgiver or general , will arise , rouse
the Chinese hundreds of millions from
their three centuries' slumber , and
lead them forward and onward. They
will take to the profession of arms ,
and then will hurl themselves upon the
Russian empire. Before the Chinese
armies as the3' possess every military
virtue , are stolidly indifferent to
death , and capable of inexhaustible
endurance the Russians will go downer
or will join forces with them in tha
capacity of leaders.
In contrast to these views is the
opinion of Capt. Herman Hauptman ,
of Germany , who has made several
trips to China and has had excellent
opportunities to study the question
from every point of view :
"The idea that the Chinese could
overrun Europe , " he says , "is rank
nonsense. It might perhaps be a pos
sibility , but there are several reasons
why it could not occur especially
without the heln cf Russia.
"It is 4,000 miles from Pekin to the
Russian frontier , a distance greater
than the breadth of the United States.
TYPICAL CROWD
or CHINAMEN
that. There would be only a few
mountain passes , at most , "to defend.
"The only way in which the Chinese
could ever overrun Europe is by the
slow process of migration , and that
could come only by the decay of the
white races. In other words , the Chi
nese must first overtake us in point cf
civilization and become mentally and
practically our superiors , before ever
they could crowd us out and rule in
our places. But if Russia should be
come allied with China and Japan ?
Ah , that is another question. That
day will never come. "
Mrs. Lida H. Hardy , who is to lead
the League of American Mothers as
its president for the coming year , is
well fitted for the position. Not only
has she three sturdy youngsters of her
own , but for several years past she
has been deeply interested in the wom-
MRS. HARDY.
en's work connected with the church
of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon , at Topeka ,
Kan.
License Gambling.
Kansas City is to license gambling ,
and thfs without any state law or lo
cal ordinance. The newspapers of that
city announce that the mayor and
chief of police have decided that it is
impossible to prevent the playing of
draw and stud poker in rooms adjoin
ing hotels. They have decided there
fore to permit the violations of the law
to continue , although they will draw
the -line at faro and crap shooting. The
licensing is to be done by a system
of fines. Once a month the keepers
of all poker rooms will be arrested and
brought before the police justices and
'fined $50 each. No attempt will be
made to seize the paraphernalia of the
gambling rooms , as is required by
the law. The gamblers are naturally
well content with the system , inas
much as It will , as they say , "keep out
the small fry and shoestring gam
blers , " giving a monopoly to those who
pay their fines regularly.
5he "Peril of Electricity.
This has been called the electric age.
The praises of the mysterious fluid
which now does so much work for
man have been sounded by orators
and poets. Civilization , it is declared ,
has been advanced a hundred years by
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harnessing the forces of thelightning.
Now come calmer minded men to point
the other side of the picture. For if
electricity has done much to relieve
man of labor and to make life easier ,
it is also responsible for much destruc
tion both of life and property. Even'
new electric invention adds one more
danger to the many which now beset
the residents in crowded cities , where
such inventions are chiefly used. Sta
tistics on the subject , recently gath
ered , are fairly startling.
Falcon Island "Reappears.
Falcon island , in the Pacific ocean ,
which originally emerged from the sea
after the eruption of a submarine vol
cano near Truga , and remained above
the surface for precisely thirteen years
before vanishing two years ago , is re
ported by the British cruiser Porpoise
to be reappearing and to be a serious
menace to navigation. It was nine feet
out of water at the end of May and
may be a mountain now , for all any
body knows.
TccJ s Ton in Trouble.
Ferdinand W. Peck , Jr. , son of the
United States commissioner general to
the Paris Exposition , got into a fistic
altercation with an army officer In a
cafe chantant the other night , and has
ever since been trying to recollect the
details of the dispute , says a Paris ca
blegram. In conjunction with Arthur
Brackett , son of Major Brackett , also
of Chicago , young Peck has been do
ing his best to show Parisians how to
have a real "hot time. " Down the bril
liant boulevards the jolly pair has
marched as "Lords of Creation , "
flinging money to the four winds in
true western fashion. Tip seekers
marked the young men as "easy. " In
a cafe Ferdinand was exceedingly dem
onstrative and by all possible ges
tures sought to attract the glances of
the prettiest woman in the crowded
place. Her escort , a dapper young sol-
F. W. PECK. JR.
dier , wearied of the pantomime , at last
rushed over to the gay young man
and ejected a choice vocabulary of
French profanity. Then there was a
fight. Glasses , plates , knives and
forks flew like a hailstorm , and the
Americans landed on the sidewalk
with a half dozen waiters on top. They
were arrested and when their identity
was discovered the
police politely
re
leased them.
The fifth centenary of the death of
Chaucer occurs on Oct. 25 , and an at
tempt is being made in London to in
duce the Court of Common Council to
erect a statue to the poet in the Guild
Hall. Chaucer was born in London ,
but no suitable memorial has ever
been erected there.
The Prince of Wales has been pre
sented by a British officer with the
sword which General Cronje wore dur
ing the early part of the Boer war.
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A Chinese Minister.
Sir Chi Chen Lo Feng Luh , the Chi
nese minister to London , has been the
most prominent figure among the Chi
nese diplomats in the West since the
trouble began at Pekin. It is believed
that Lo Feng has been used as a kind
of clearing house by the Chinese gov
ernment in dealing with its ministers
abroad. Messages and decrees have
SIR CHI CHEN LO FENG LUH.
been sent to the other ministers
through the London legation.
A JVetu T ufe.
Duke Charles Edward of Albany ,
now the Duke of , Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha. is the son of the late Prince
Leonold. youncest son of Queen Vic
toria. Leopold
died in 1884 , three
months before the
birth of his son.
The mother before
her marriage to
Prince Leopold
was the Princess
Helen of Wald-
neck-Pyrmont , sis
ter of the Queen
of Waldeck-Hol-
1 n n rl. Y o 11 11 T
Duke of Albany. Prince Leopold
was far removed
from the throne of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha until the death last year of the
crown prince of the realm and the sol
emn abdication of all his rights by the
Duke of Connaught , Victoria's third
son. The new ruler is 16 years old ,
and during his minority the regency
will be held by Prince Ernest of
Hohenlohe-Langenberg , a son-in-law
of the late Prince Alfred.
Hart's Sense of Humor.
Sir Robert Hart , chief of the Chi
nese maritime customs , was a penni
less Irish lad , yet by perseverance and
honesty he rose to the highest Euro
pean position in China. He has a keen ,
though often unsuspected , sense of hu
mor. Once when on a visit to the
home land Sir Robert was accompanied
by a Chinaman who acted in the dou
ble capacity of companion and spy. So
closely did he dog the customs offi
cial's steps as to become a general nui
sance. At last even Sir Robert lost all
patience , and one fine morning the Ori
ental woke up to find that a substan
tial part of his pigtail was missing.
Unwilling to appear before the public
in this disgraced condition , he insist
ed on remaining in his room , and Sir
Robert spent the remainder of his
visit in peace.
She Snubbed Astor.
The Duchess of Buccleuch , who was
the first of the English aristocracy to
administer the irrevocable cut to Wil
liam Waldorf Astor , was the lady who
first befriended the former American
in his efforts to edge himself into the
royal set in London. She is the dear
friend of the Prince and Princess of
Wales , and is the arbitress of fashion
for all London. The duchess , it is
said , was liberally paid by Mr. Astor
DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH.
for her patronage , and there is no
question but that she gave quid pro
quo. The outrageous insult to Sir
Berkeley Milne , however , wiped out
the money obligation , and she joined
heartily with royalty when royalty
pronounced the doom of the snob from
New York. The duchess before her
marriage in 1884 was the Lady Jane
Hamilton , third daughter of the first
Duke of Amercorn. She is mistress of
robes to Queen Victoria.
Gen. Miles' \7niform.
The new uniform of lieutenant-gen
eral , which has been built after designs
made by Gen. Miles himself , promises
to create a reform in Europe which
will bring the old-style military dress
of high rank up-to-date. Gen. Miles'
new regimentals are somgthing to
shame the antique styles of the conti
nent and Great Britain.
While abroad the American com
mander was impressed by the coats
worn by various officers in the impc-
rial army or itus-
sia. On his return
he set to work
mentally to invent
a uniform for his
own wear. The
concrete result is a
noble creation of ,
the art of the mili-lj
tary tailor. The
coat is of a rich |
dark blue material ,
illuminated w i t h
triple rows of but
tons. There are
collars and cuffs of
dark blue velvet ,
and the cuffs are
Uea' Miles Jn
three inches : n
Uniform ,
depth. There are
gold epaulets , with solid cres
cents , bearing three stars in
stead of two. as under the old regime.
The shoulder straps , of dark blue , are
four inches long , bordered with gold
embroidery , and on each strap are three
stars embroidered in silver. In select
ing his headgear and that of his staff
Gen. Miles has followed the Russian
fashion , and on great occasions he will
wear the cap which , in Europe , seems
to be the symbol of a great and ter
rible power. The illustration is after
a photograph recently taken.
Major Von Madai.
In command of the first German
marine battalioin. It was to him that
Emperor William addressed his fa
mous ' 'no quarter" speech.
Improvement Is J ceded.
Although we lead the world in ag
gregate wheat production , in yield per
acre we are far behind the most en
lightened countries of Europe , and
stand next in order , and but little
above , the average attained by the
miserable ryot of India or the but late
ly emanciated serf of Russia. Al
though we make millions of pounds of
the best butter and cheese in the world
we still expend time and energy in
producing tons of stuff hardly worthy
the name of butter. We still have to
build up our reputation in many mar
kets where it has suffered by the unscrupulousness -
scrupulousness of some of our farm
ers and shippers. International
Monthly.
A "Deep Mystery.
What has happened to James Booth-
by Burke-Roche , member of the Brit
ish parliament for Kerry ? Is he fight
ing the Boxers in
China , Is he pros
pecting in the
Klondike , or has
he been foully
dealt with or
killed by accident ?
None of Mr.
Roche's friends in
New York o r
Washington can
answer these ques
tions , and the M.
P.'s baggage has
been stored away by the proprietor o
Holland House , New York , pending
the clearing up of the mystery. Mr.
Roche registered at the Holland House
in April-from London. He left there
about May 15 , saying he would soon
return , and leaving orders that his
room be not disturbed. Since then he
has never been heard from.
"Badforthe "Boy.
In endeavoring to abolish the time-
honored title of "brakeman" on pas
senger trains , railroad officials are
striking a blow at one of the small
boy's first heroic ideals in life. The
defense of the railroad man is that
brakemen have ceased to be brakemen -
men , since nowadays , owing to air
brakes , they have nothing to do with
"braking" in a legitimate sense. It is
true that the brakeman maintains his
established right of calling the names
of stations in his own perplexing way ,
but otherwise his duties are very dif
ferent from what they were twenty
years ago. It is , therefore , proposed
to call the brakeman "assistant con
ductor. " Ex.
"Pano
Lird "Russell 'R .
Lord Russell of Killowch , I.KJ chief
justice of England , whom illness has
temporarily retired from the bench , la
not only the most famous but prob
ably the most popular man in the legal
profession in England. As a barris
ter he was long without rivalry in the
law courts. He was a first-class jury
orator and at the same time a deep
and sagacious lawyer a combination
rarely found united in one person.
Numerous stories are told of the chief
justice when , as plain Charles , or later
as Sir Charles Russell , he played hob
with distinguished witnesses in his
terrible cross-examinations , or east
confusion upon his professional op
ponents by his biting satire or his sud
den springing of a new point in law.
LORD RUSSELL.
His wit was like a Damocles sword
and was feared as much. Sir Charles
appeared in some of the most famous
cases at the British bar.
Famous Socialist "Dead.
William Liebknecht.the noted leader
of socialism in Germany , member of
tne reichstag and editor of the social
ist organ , Vorwaerts , died last week.
He was one of the "old guard" of so
cialists who bore the brunt of the op
position to this new political philos
ophy , which rose in Germany with
Ferdinand Lasselle , Karl Marx , and
other "young Hegelians" as its fore
most expounders. At 10 , or in 18-12 ,
Liebknccht entered the University of
Giessen , and was
soon immersed in
philosophy. H c
soon was assimi
lated with thp
burning minds of
the youthful social
ists and revolu
tionists of his
country , and a few
years later he took
part in the disturb
ances in France Herr Liebknecht.
and Poland. For
his activity in the latter coun
try he was driven out OIL
Austria and was afterward arrested in
Germany and spent nine months in
jail. His almost violent advocacy of
trades unionism in Switzerland caused
the authorities of that country to push
him over the border into France. The
French police sent him to England , in
which land he lived twelve years in
company with Friederich Engels and
Marx , and vented his socialist princi
ples ad libitum. On his return to Ger
many he was again arrested as a so
cialist and was banished from Prussia.
With the retirement of Bismarck and
the growth of the socialist party in
Germany Herr Liebknecht became
comparatively free from governmental
interference and had of late years dis
cussed his favorite theories of social
ism in terms which pleased his own
desires.
Colonel "Daggctt.
With the American army now oper-
iting in China.
"Poor Morocco.
Budget Meekin , the historian of the
Moorish Empire , is in America with
lis bride , a Chicago lady. France
ivill eventually gobble all of Morocco ,
le says , and adds :
"Morocco in a small way is in pretty
nuch the same way that China is. She
s doing all in her power to keep the
ither nations out. The Moors want to
> reserve their government and their
raditions , and they will not allow any
ailroads or telegraphs In the country.
[ "hey believe their country Is safer
vithout railroads and telegraph lines ,
ind fear that the former would be
ised to transport the troops of their
inemies. \