Chapter 35 yellow peril

You Gang The so-called "yellow peril" now refers to the breach of the Yellow River, but that was not the case thirty years ago. At that time, it was interpreted to mean that the yellow race was about to sweep Europe. Some heroes heard this sentence, just as they were praised as "sleeping lions" by white people, and they were proud of themselves for several years, preparing to become the masters of Europe. However, the origin of the story of the "yellow peril" is different from what we imagined, it comes from Kaiser Wilhelm [2].He also drew a picture of a warrior in Roman attire defending against a man who came from the east and west, but that man was not Confucius, but Buddha [3]. The Chinese were really happy in vain.So while we are dreaming of the "yellow peril", what a person saw in Qingdao under German rule[4] was that a poor boy dirty the electric pole and was picked up by white police officers, like a Chinese Like dealing with ducks, he turned his back and went away.

Now Hitler rejects non-Germanic national ideas in the same way as the Kaiser. We no longer dream about the so-called "yellow peril" of the Kaiser, and we don't even mention the "sleeping lion" anymore. "The vast land, rich resources, and large population" are not often seen in articles.If it is a lion, it is all right to boast about how fat it is, but if it is a pig or a sheep, fatness is not a good sign.I don't know what we ourselves feel like now? We seem to no longer think about it, and we can't find any "symbols". We are watching Hai Jingbo's beast show, admiring lions and tigers eating beef, and I heard that we eat a cow every day.We admire the League of Nations [6] for sanctioning Japan, and we also look down on the League of Nations for not being able to sanction Japan; we agree with the "protection of peace" of military shrinkage [7], and we also admire Hitler's withdrawal of military shrinkage; we are afraid that other countries will use China On the battlefield, we also hate non-war games.We still seem to be the "sleeping lion".

"Yellow peril" can be turned into "blessing" in one go, and a lion who wakes up can also play tricks.During the war in Europe, we had workers who worked hard for others, Qingdao was occupied, and we had children who could be brought back. But it is unreasonable to say that we are not on the stage of the twentieth century.October seventeenth. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on October 20, 1933. [2] Kaiser Wilhelm refers to Kaiser Wilhelm II (Wilhelm II, 1859-1941).He once advocated the theory of "yellow peril", and in 1895 he drew a picture with the inscription "People of Europe, defend your most sacred wealth!" The archangel and the heroic Michael (Germany once regarded him as its own patron saint) symbolized the West; the dragon made of thick smoke and the Buddha symbolized the threat from the East.According to the "yellow peril" theory, which arose at the end of the nineteenth century and prevailed in the early twentieth century, it declared that China, Japan and other countries of the yellow race in the East were scourges threatening Europe, and created public opinion for the enslavement and plunder of the East by Western imperialism.

〔3〕The transliteration of the Sanskrit word Buddha, referred to as Buddha, is the Buddhist name for those who are "perfect in enlightenment and practice". 〔4〕Qingdao under German rule Qingdao was occupied by German imperialism in 1897, and was occupied by Japanese imperialism during World War I. It was taken back by my country in 1922. [5] Hagenbeck (C. Hagenbeck, 1844-1913), a German animal trainer, founded the Hagenbeck Circus in 1887.The troupe came to Shanghai, my country to perform in October 1933. [6] For the League of Nations, see note [7] on page 30 of this volume.After the September 18th Incident in 1931, the Kuomintang government adopted a non-resistance policy against Japanese aggression, claiming to expect a "just judgment" from the League of Nations.In April 1932, the League of Nations sent an investigative team to China. In October, it published a report titled Mediation of Sino-Japanese Disputes, which actually favored Japan, advocating that the Northeast provinces should separate from China and be managed by the international community.The Kuomintang government actually admired and appreciated this "Report".However, in order to achieve its goal of monopolizing China, the Japanese imperialists withdrew from the League of Nations in May 1933, regardless of the opinion of the League of Nations.The Kuomintang government also expressed dissatisfaction with the League of Nations' inability to restrain Japan.

〔7〕Army reduction refers to the International Conference on Arms Reduction (i.e. Disarmament), which was held in Geneva in February 1932.At that time, some Chinese newspapers praised the military shrinking meeting and spread the illusion of peace.In October 1933, Hitler announced Germany's withdrawal from the military shrinkage conference, and some newspapers and periodicals defended Hitler's military expansion and war preparations. For example, on October 17 of the same year, the "Report" contained the article "Germany's withdrawal from the military shrinkage conference": Germany This move is "to prepare oneself, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is also suitable for the traditional habits of the Germanic nation".