But the sun had hardly gone down on these achievements by Japan before the common people of China. restive under the dying embers of the Manchu dynasty. in one supreme effort established a national representative government. on which work we have officially. as a Nation. congratulated them. so that now two of the most powerful nations of eastern Asi. with more than four hundred millions of people. are competing with each other for the balance of power and for the liberation of the brown and yellow races. Who in this Chamber may not well assume that these marvelous transformations now proceeding. either China or Japanprobably Japanmay not for her protection attempt to guarantee like protection to all who may join her in the new r6gime? May we not soon hear the cry of "Asia for Asiatics." as we heard a century ago the cry of "America for Americans"? Japan. more than any other eastern power. has assimilated and improved upon many of our ideas. especially where mechanical skill is required. By her successes with Russia she put herself into the class of world powers with her sixty millions of people and turied into their highway on her march to her future destiny.
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