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Show Dismembering of European Empire That M Was Founded on Exploitation M By A. DEMANGEON, in "Amoricn", M Formerly the unity of' the earth was realized upon a European plan. H New plans are roughly in the making. Certain parts of tho earth will H unite upon an Amoiican plan; others upon a Japanese plan. Thcrc'wlll H bo no longer unity, but a plurality of influences. It is the dismembering H of tlrj European empire, of that empire that was founded upon cxploita- H H After tho grcnt discoveries the world became Europeanized ; under H tho influence of younger peoples and continents progressing, it tends to jH become regionalized. A new classification of the earth, with Europo no H longer lending alone,, is in tho making. Jt is a shift of equilibrium. H Is Europe's reign at an end? Must it be said that she "will become H what she is in reality a little cape of the continent of Asia?" For that - H it would be necessary for her to deteriorate to the point where she counted H only in proportion to her urea. But space is not the measure of a people's H greatness. This greatness is based also on the number of men, on their H state of civilization, on their mental progress, on their ability to dominato H nnturc; it is a matter more of quality than of quantity. ,". H 1 1 bbbb! |