That land
is the corridor between Europe and Asia, along which have
passed most of the European conquerors--the Russians alone
excepted--who have invaded Asia, and most of the Asiatic
conquerors who have invaded Europe."
The fall of the Turkish power in this Euphrates region will, in some
manner, prepare the way for "the kings of the East" to come up to the
final conflict.
The Awakening of the East
The same spirit that has been stirring up the West in preparation for
the contest has been working in the East also. Year after year observers
have pointed out the great changes taking place in Asia. September,
1909, the London _Contemporary Review_ said:
"The whole of Asia is in the throes of rebirth. At last we may
see these three--the yellow race, the Indian race, and the
Arab-Persian Mohammedan race. And all that is making for the
Armageddon."
A writer in the May, 1913, issue of the London _Nineteenth Century and
After_, reviewing the situation at the close of the Balkan War, said:
"A new spirit is abroad in the East. It arose on the shores of
the Pacific when Japan proved that the great powers of Europe
are not invulnerable.
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