As for the future, he ventures to make a prophecy:
The Pacific and Eastern Asia are. and wil remain, in the throes of revolutionary change. Japanese am. ditions are probably much what they were. But the monopoly of power is drifting away from Tokyo. which has its hands full already. Whether temporarily or permanently remains to be Seen. "The British Empire and the United States count for more than they have done et any time in the last twenty years and will, it seems, assume even more dominant roles im the near future. Britain is once more in the ascendant as a military Power The enormous potential power and influence of the United States is thrown firmly into the scales on the side of honourable and decent relations between nations. Trade over the Whole Pacific is expanding. China is becoming a little more prosperous. even if it is a slow and prolonged process. Bit by bit Asia is opening fis windows to the twentieth century.
How far he is right there the various forces now at work are endeavouring to show.—1
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