The story of Europe and the nations at war; a graphic narrative of the nations involved in the great war, their history and former wars, their rulers and leaders, their armies and navies, their resources, the reasons for conflict and the issues at stake . ^^ 0) ni 0) g C R -l-J 1 Gl ^ c 03 n rn +-> ^ Tl O O 4-5 , rn crt • CJ -rt rl fl) >. fl) |-< < ^ 03 !h -1-2 10 ^ pq b ;3 H <D B n3 ti THE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA AND JAPAN 349 world was moving around it. As regards the other early civiliza-tions—Babylonia and Egypt—they long ago were utterly swampedunder the tide of Turldsh barb
The story of Europe and the nations at war; a graphic narrative of the nations involved in the great war, their history and former wars, their rulers and leaders, their armies and navies, their resources, the reasons for conflict and the issues at stake . ^^ 0) ni 0) g C R -l-J 1 Gl ^ c 03 n rn +-> ^ Tl O O 4-5 , rn crt • CJ -rt rl fl) >. fl) |-< < ^ 03 !h -1-2 10 ^ pq b ;3 H <D B n3 ti THE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA AND JAPAN 349 world was moving around it. As regards the other early civiliza-tions—Babylonia and Egypt—they long ago were utterly swampedunder the tide of Turldsh barbarism and exist only in their , once a great and flourishing empire, likewise sank underthe flood of Arabian and Turldsh invasion, and today seems indanger of being swallowed up in the tide of Russian and Britishambition. Such was the Asia upon which the nineteenth centurydawned, and such it remains in some measure today, though inparts of its vast area modern civilization has gained a firm is especially the case with the island empire of Japan, anation the people of which are closely allied in race to those of China,yet who have displayed a greater progressiveness and a markedreadiness to avail themselves of the re
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