September 12.
Wires the Russo-Japanese war had come to an end prophets bevan i in ni ent in prophesying conflict of armaments was but the 1 dellier industrial ch not two but all The prophets have for a certain justification of their forched We prefer to look upon the outburst of racial antagonism along the Pacific Coast ax hut the shadow of a danger which time, and the sweet reasonableness that now inspires the great Govern ments of the world, should yet succeed in averting. But success can only be gained by frank i recognition of the fact—sufficiently demonstrated apart from the telegram, which we publish to-day, on the labour conspiracies of Seattle—that the causex of this outburst lie deeper than mere colour preju such as leads to lynching of negroes in Southern States of America;}y approach indeed to the ver existence.
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'The Hindus of Belling-ham fled incontinently: nor could they be induced to return even by guarantee of protection. The of Vancouver, whether in' mills or domestic Kono on strike with that perfect solidarity which ix familiar to all who have experience of the Chinese.—The Japanese armed themselves with every deadly weapon that could be found, and, shouting warlike cries, turned upon their ants and routed them. Thus the Hindus appear to pass out of this story of racial differences, at least for the present. The nese are already a decreasing power in British Columbin owing to the hear y poll -tax of 500 dollars on rants imposed by the Moreover opposition to the Chinese is somewhat divided in British Columbia, since the fruit farmer desires cheap labour for his fruit, and the house-keeler demands servants for her house; und petitions have been made for the removal of the prohibitive poll-tax. Antagonism centres upon the Japanese, cheap, energetic, the subjee of Great Britain, presents two or three striking: fea tures. It is, in the first place, of comparatively recent growth. In the earliest encounters of white races with coloured, there was none of thut sense of the absolute super ority of the white man which he now curries with him when he leaves Europe. When Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape, and Alfonso {Albuquerque imposed his authority on the Indies, they felt no contempt for those alien races with whom Mixed mar-nayes between white and black races were not a subject of scorn among early explorers, and European travellers readily. prostrated themselves before dusky potentates.
nye of Feeling may he said to etn in force with victories supported European trai lined The obvious' superiority of the European brain produced a sense of domination which ended by becoming instinctive, and the whole relationships of white and coloured races underwent a corresponding change. Not, however, as we said to the coloured races' dis advantage. The sense of superiority carries with it its own special obligations. The principles of order, discipline, justice and education, Original from
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