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THE ATLANTIC SLOPE NATURALIST. 



and clearly defined races of mankind : 

 The White, or Caucasian, of Eu- 

 rope ; the Yellow, or Mongolian, of 

 Asia ; and the Black, of Africa. 



The doctrine of the equality of man, 

 which is made so much of by politi- 

 cians in their attempts at the decep- 

 tion of their constituents, is an absurd- 

 ity. In the United States we have, 

 on paper, established the equality of 

 the White and Black races but it is 

 only on paper that this equality ex- 

 ists. It is to be doubted if any two 

 organisms could be found that are ab- 

 solutely equal in all particulars ; unless 

 it would be in some of the microscopic 

 forms of life, and here apparent equal- 

 ity might be due to the methods of ob- 

 servation. 



As the White and Black races are 

 unequal, it follows that the features 

 of difference become the basis of com- 

 parison between them. Measured by 

 all anthropological criteria, anatomi- 

 cal and otherwise, the Black race is 

 the lowest of any of the races of man- 

 kind. The negroes of Africa, without; 

 the aid of other races, never reduced 

 any of their languages to a written 

 form; they never introduced any im- 

 portant food plant; they never domes- 

 ticated any variety of animal; they 

 never developed in the slightest man- 

 ner any structures which indicated 

 originality in architecture. In the 

 working of iron and copper they did 

 sho w some originailty. As a result 

 of the pecunious system of human 

 slavery in the United States we have 

 now about 8,000,000 negroes equal be- 

 fore the law. Nearly all thoughtful 

 people recognize that for sentimental 

 and political reasons the United States 

 in the 14th amendment committed an 

 error, the effects of which are beginn- 

 ing to be recognized. 



The result also shows that the negro 

 has not been benefited by legal equal- 

 ity for the reason that he is compelled 

 to endeavor to maintain a position 

 equal to that of the White in a civili- 

 zation for which he is not competent. 



The negro problem is one of the 

 great, if not the greatest, questions 

 that confronts the American people at 

 the present time, and the Yellow 

 question confronts the whole Cauca- 

 sian world, hi the case of the former 

 the error was to an extent an avoida- 

 ble oue; but, guided by sentiment the 

 mistake was made. A question of ex- 

 actly the same character but not, of 

 course, an identical case is involved 

 in the present conflict between Russia 

 and Japan. 



The people of Russia, of course, are 

 members of the White race; and the 

 Japanese, while to an extent a mixed 

 people, are members of the Yellow 

 race and are so considered b3 7 all an- 

 thropological authorities. If neces- 

 sary to mention authorities, Keane, 

 Brintou, Deniker, De Quatrefages 

 might be cited. 



The people of China, Thibet, Indo- 

 China and East Asia also belong to 

 the Yellow race, aud while different 

 degrees of culture are found among 

 the different peoples of the Yellow 

 race, at the same time there is the 

 same plane of mental development 

 present in all of the various members 

 of the race and the capacity for devel- 

 opment that has been shown by Japan 

 is present in all ; and if the awaken- 

 ing which has made Japan a world 

 power should have also occurred syn- 

 chronically with China, the Yellow 

 race at the present time perhaps 

 would be, or could be, a world master. 



Owing to the fact that it is so fre- 

 quently denied by the Japanese that 

 the so-called "Yellow Peril" is a re- 

 ality seems to indicate that they may 

 perhaps consider it true. Among the 

 rulers of the world, apart from those 

 of Russia, the Emperor of Germany 

 seems to be the only one that fully 

 appreciates the seriousness of the sit- 

 uation. 



The science of anthropology teaches 

 the inequality of the races of man- 

 kind; it also teaches that the White 

 race is a more highly developed race 



