In a recent lecture before the Imperial Marine Association, Professor Mikami of Tokio, University, drew a paralled betwoon the present situation and the invasion of Kiushiu by the Mongols. Six centuries ago Mongolia, as Russia does now, covered a vast Euro-Asian territory. Genghis Khan, the great father of Mongolia, conquered Siberia, Central Asia, India, Persia, Arabia and Asia Minor. He penetrated to Russia and took Moscow and Kieff, reaching as far as Poland and Hungary. In Germany Prince Henry was completely defeated in 1241; in China, Genghis Khan upset the dynasty and swallowed up Corea. In 1268, when Kameyams was Emperor of Japan, the Mongol Khan for warded a note to Japan through the Kin-
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