None whatever. It is true that a small but exceedingly rich and powerful band of Americans have formed a copartnership with a small band of English capitalists for the purpose of building railroads in China. and that these men are goaded on by the alluring promise of gain. approximating a round billion of dollars by exploiting the flowery Kingdom and putting laborsaving machinery into the hands of its teeming millions of efficient and docile laborers. It is true that this power induced President McKinley to purchase the Philippine Islands and inaugurate a war of conquest in order that the naval and military forces of the United States might have occupation in Asiatic waters at a convenient distance from China. so that they might be used in connection with those of Great Britain to bully the Chinese Government and bluff European competitors. But it is also true that the small band of exploiters known as the American wing of the AngloAmerican China Development Company could not hope to carry out their scheme of overthrowing the American Republic and erecting an empire upon its ruins without the aid of the confederated banks. railroads. and trusts. who see in the transition from republic to empire a pretext to strengthen the military arm of the Government and to have at the disposal of their servant in power a military force that can be used. when the occasion arises. to set aside a verdict at the ballot box adverse to their interests in order to retain possession of the government at home and to perpetuate their rule of plunder. The country is now face to face with the new issues of imperialism and militarism.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese laborers are described as 'teeming millions of efficient and docile laborers' who are being exploited.