Excerpt from The Yellow DangerThe principal cause of fear had been what had looked nu commonly like a conspiracy of the three great Continental Powers to oust England from predominance in the East. First there was the seizure of kiao-chau, the bombastic fare wells Of the German Royal brothers; then immediately, the aggressive attitude of Russia at Port Arthur then immediately, the rumour that France had seized Hainan, was sending an expedition to Yun-nan, and had ships in hoi-how harbour.All this had the look of concert; for within the last few years it had got to be more and more recognised by the British public that centuries of neighbourhood had fostered among the Continental nations a certain spirit of kinship, in which the island-kingdom was no Sharer.In the course of years the Straits of Dover had widened into an ocean. Europe had receded from Britain, and Britain, in her pride, had drawn back from Europe. From the curl of the moustache, to the colour and 'cut of the evening-dress, to the manner in which women held up their skirts, there was similarity between French and German, between German and Russian and Austrian, and dissimilarity between all these and English.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.