Chapter 12 The Yellow Peril Theory Again
Japan was also shocked by the changes in the Chinese Empire, they didn't expect Qin Yu to deal with the Manchu royal family so quickly, and they also thought about secretly rescuing Pu Yi to be a puppet emperor in the future, but now that this announcement has come out, they don't want to use Pu Yi anymore, because there is no use value.
They also knew that the Zongshe Party would enter a very low period, and the blow was indeed very heavy, and most of the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not support the Zongshe Party, after all, Prince Su was not orthodox, and the deterrence of the Chinese Empire was also very powerful.
The Japanese did not give up after such a blow, and keeping it was conducive to the implementation of the mainland plan, and the Zong Socialist Party was a pawn of them.
All countries know that this is most likely the work of the Chinese Empire, but they have nothing to say, in other words, they will do the same, a country is absolutely not allowed to have two royal families.
In the past two years, the radiant light of the Chinese Empire has caused some countries in Europe and the United States to hype up the Yellow Peril again, especially in Russia, a large number of media are full of the Yellow Peril theory, which is because Nicholas II felt the threat of the Chinese Empire to the Far East and encouraged the media to report the Chinese threat theory.
The big move of the Russian media soon spread in Europe, and some newspapers in Britain, France, and other countries also began to report on the situation of the Yellow Peril in Russia, and it slowly spread wildly in Europe and the United States.
This Yellow Peril included both China and Japan, with China as the main and Japan as a supplement, because Russia also had a deep hatred for Japan.
Proponents of the Yellow Peril theory have been using the deeds of the Chinese Empire in the past two years, especially the British, who believe that the rise of the Chinese Empire has now threatened British interests in Asia, as evidenced by the defeat of Tibet and the loss of vested interests in China, and they demand that the government blockade the Chinese Empire and prevent the West China Empire from rising again.
The French people also believed that the rise of the Chinese Empire had impacted the country's interests in Asia, and that the previous colonies in Indochina were basically snatched from the Manchus, and they feared that the Chinese Empire would send troops there.
The British and French governments have remained silent about the Yellow Peril theory, which is becoming more and more intense, and they do not dare to openly admit the Yellow Peril theory, after all, they have invested a lot in China now, and more of them do not want to have a stalemate with the Chinese Empire.
The initiator of the "Yellow Peril Theory" was the Russian Bagunin, who, based on his observations in China during his exile, made a precedent for the "Yellow Peril Theory" in his book The State System and Anarchy published in 1873. He considers China a "great danger from the East."
He argues that this danger came first and foremost from the terrible population and immigration of China: "Some estimate that China had a population of 400 million, others 600 million, and that they lived in such a crowded manner that more and more people were now immigrating in an unstoppable ...... This is the danger that almost inevitably threatens us from the East. It is wrong to despise the Chinese people, and it is terrible for the Chinese people. ”
He also wrote to the Tsar Jianyi "to set out to conquer the East", "If you really want to engage in conquest, why not start with China?" ”
It was at that time that the Yellow Peril theory began to circulate and develop in Europe, and it was depressed for a period after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now it is showing signs of breaking out again.
The introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States, the Yellow Peril, played a considerable role, and many of the arguments of the so-called Yellow Peril can be found in later generations, which said that Americans are the best race in the world, while Chinese, Japanese, Malays and Mongols are "inferior" peoples.
Advocates of the Yellow Peril theory say that "once millions of Chinese people realize their power, it will bring disaster and ruin to Western civilization." They preach that the Chinese and other yellow races pose a threat to the white race in the West, in an attempt to justify the invasion and oppression of China by the Western powers.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was now very troubled, and the Russian newspapers actually broke the Yellow Peril theory that he had discussed with Nicholas II before, and even the "Yellow Peril" he gave to Nicholas II was also fried, which made him very embarrassed when facing China.
The Yellow Peril was not painted by the Kaiser, but was made in 1895 by the German painter Hermann Knakofuss, and Kaiser Wilhelm II was meant to refer to the threat of yellow races such as China and Japan, especially Japan. At that time, the Manchu Dynasty in China had declined, and it happened that the small Japan had defeated the previous suzerain, which had to make him wary.
In order to maintain cooperative relations with the Chinese Empire and prevent the Yellow Peril Theory from destroying the friendship between the two countries, Kaiser Wilhelm II directly intervened to rectify the newspapers and forbid those newspapers to publish reports on the Yellow Peril. The German businessmen who are not willing to break out in Germany again because of this yellow peril, after all, their investment in China is very large, and they have made a lot of money, and if the relations between the two countries break down now, they may be able to make profits.
William II regretted the "Yellow Peril" he sent out before, although he would not publicly apologize to the Huaxia Empire, but he still sent a private telegram to Qin Yu in his own name to apologize, and also said that he would compensate the Huaxia Empire.
The Yellow Peril theory did not cause any major turmoil in the United States, but it was not for nothing, but the newspapers were all deliberately pointed at Japan by the US government, because Japan was a greater threat to the United States than the Chinese Empire, not to mention that the United States and China were on their honeymoon, and they wanted to win over China.
The Allies tacitly suppressed the Yellow Peril, but they still couldn't stop the discussion of the Yellow Peril, and they could only implicitly smear the newspaper as much as possible on Japan.
Japan was very happy to see the Yellow Peril theory break out again, they thought that this time the main thing was talking about the Chinese Empire, after all, the recent rise of China has made European and American countries feel threatened, so when they go to borrow money, it must be easy to borrow, and they have also begun to blacken the Chinese Empire.
The Japanese, who were desperately trying to black China, couldn't have imagined that countries would suddenly point their guns at them in large quantities, which made them all confused, wasn't it Black China, how could it be black to the Yamato nation?
"What the hell is going on? Aren't the countries talking about China, how about the Empire, why didn't the Ministry of Intelligence find out? "Katsura Taro is very angry now, and if this continues, the image of the empire will be ruined.
The person from the Ministry of Intelligence lowered his head and said: "Prime Minister, according to our investigation, Russia was the first to cause the Yellow Peril theory again, and the Yellow Peril theory mentioned in their newspaper also includes the Empire, and we suspect that this is the ghost of the Russian government. As for the newspapers of the United States and other countries pointing the finger at the empire, we guess that it is the result of government pressure, after all, their investment in China is very large, and there is no reason to tear their faces with China. ”
"Damn the Russians, as soon as their commissioners left, they started to make a fuss, and the empire still has to borrow money from Britain and France to develop, let people strictly control the newspapers and telegrams of the empire, and absolutely not let the people know about it, and if those foreign newspapers send this, immediately warn them." Katsura Taro could only grit his teeth and say.
The man sent by Russia to test Japan had just left, and Katsura Taro fooled the commissioner, saying that he would remain neutral in the Outer Mongolia incident and would not take sides. No matter how the Russians tried him, he just didn't let go, and he also talked a lot about the Northeast, how could such an obvious panacea Russian not know that the Japanese were fooling themselves, and then left without hesitation.
Katsura Taro wondered why Russia would offend both China and the Empire, and was it not afraid that both countries would attack their Far East at the same time, or had it already discovered the cooperation between the Empire and China? This puzzled him.
"By the way, let the people of the Ministry of Intelligence try to spread the theory of the Chinese threat in various countries as much as possible, only in this way can the influence of the Yellow Peril theory on the empire be weakened. Give me a hard investigation of all the people who know about the cooperation between the empire and China, and if you don't check it on the ground, this news must not be leaked.
It is best to be able to enter the top level of the government or to charge a certain high-level official for us, and the theory of the threat of China is not false. Katsura Taro thought for a moment and added.
"Yes, Prime Minister."
Just when Katsura Taro was talking to someone from the Intelligence Department, the intelligence department of the Huaxia Empire also found Qin Yu, because Qin Yu asked them to find out who started the Yellow Peril theory again.
"Your Majesty, news has come from the Russian intelligence that the Yellow Peril theory has been set off again from Russia, and there is a shadow of the Russian government in it. Although some countries have now turned the spearhead to Japan, there are still a large number of newspapers in Britain and France that are promoting the theory of the imperial threat, which has affected the country. ”
"Fight back against their white peril? This will only give them more hype topics, and they are the best at taking things out of context. This is nothing to hide, and it is just right for the people to see how we are being attacked, and to see the difficult situation of the Empire. Well, you should let the Imperial Daily make a special page for this matter, but don't go too far, it will be difficult to deal with the time that causes strong xenophobia.
You continue to monitor the actions of Tsarist Russia and Japan, the war is about to break out, and it is better not to have any changes during this period, and the other is to cooperate with Zhang Zuolin to tighten the control of the Northeast, especially Mukden. Qin Yu put down the text in his hand and looked at the newspapers on the table that had the Yellow Peril Theory and said.
Qin Yu doesn't feel anything about the Yellow Peril, because in his previous life, those European and American countries were talking about the Chinese threat theory all day long, and he was used to it, as long as the governments of various countries did not express their support, they would not be able to jump for long.
The Imperial Daily soon opened a page to report on the Yellow Peril, and this issue of the newspaper caused a fierce reaction as soon as it came out, although there had been a Yellow Peril before, but where did the cowardly Manchu government dare to publish this in a big way, coupled with the poor information and communication, so the people were not very clear about the Yellow Peril.
Now that the Imperial Daily has come out with this, the people are very angry after reading it, they think that those foreigners just can't see that they are doing well, but they have not done anything xenophobic, only those enthusiastic students marched on the streets.
The march was monitored by the police throughout the process, and it was absolutely forbidden to smash, loot and burn, or allow the marching crowd to harass those foreign businessmen.
The Chinese Empire was not without reaction, and Foreign Minister Wu Yanfang held a press conference, "The Empire strongly condemns the newspapers in Europe and the United States that are now reporting the Yellow Peril theory, which is discrimination against the yellow race in Asia, especially the citizens of the Empire." Here I would like to ask those newspapers whether the democracy, freedom, equality, and fraternity you advertise are all lies?
In the near future, the Empire will publish a series of newspapers that slander and discredit the citizens of the Empire, and their newspapers will be banned by the Empire forever, and their newspaper personnel will not be allowed to set foot in the territory of the Empire for a single ......"
After the publication, Wu Yanfang left directly regardless of the reporter's questions, leaving a group of reporters messy in the wind, while those foreign newspapers were very excited, and the ban on the newspaper was a big news.