September 11.
A errer from our correspondent at Changtefu, Honan, recently published in our columns, speaks of an individual living in that city—with a touch of the New Learning, but " strong antipathy to foreigners—who has obtained a cyclostyle outfit, by the aid of which he is enabled at uncertain intervals to give to the public the benefit of his views. These views in the main crude enough and afford another instance of the truth of the old adage that a little learning is a dangerous thing. The animus he feels towards foreigners. however, is unmistakeable enough nor does he lack the courage of convictions; which is more than can be said of many whose views may coincide with those held by this bold writer. Of the world's five continents, we are told, the white race has ynined possession of four, thus giving evidence of their intention to destroy all other races but their own. The black, red and brown races have no ability—they cannot stand before the all-conquering white race. Slowly they are being exterminated. All the territories to the north-east, north, north-west, west, south-west and south have been appropriated by the white race: and because that race further tried to take possession of Manchuria, Japan had to fight for over a year. The world, concludes our writer, has become a great urena for the struggle between the white and yellow races. If the yellow race does not speedily strengthen itself, it will soon be in the position of the red, brown and black races which have succumbed. There is much more in a similar strain, and the article finishes with the flat assertion that the white men have come to destroy China.
There is no reason to suppose that the writer is insincere in what he says, Such events as the recent attack on the mills at Bellingham in the State of Washington, and the wrecking, by a mob, of the
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