[14] Nations, GeneralLeasays, areneverstationary — theymustnecessarilyexpandorshrink, ; andbythefatalflawinquestionitisimpossiblethatherstatesmenshouldnotlongsincehaveentered, withextraordinaryforesight, uponavastpolicyofconquest — thegameinwhichthefirstmoveswereherwarswithChinaandRussiaandhertreatywithEngland, andofwhichthefinalobjectiveisthecaptureofthePhilippines, theHawaiianIslands, Alaska, , thepossessionoftheentirePacificOcean; andtoopposethesedeepdesignsweAmericanshave, accordingtoourauthor, nothingbutourconceit, ourignorance, ourcommercialism, ourcorruption, , andconcludesthattheislands, Alaska, Oregon, andSouthernCalifornia, wouldfallalmostwithoutresistance, thatSanFranciscomustsurrenderinafortnighttoaJapaneseinvestment, thatinthreeorfourmonthsthewarwouldbeover, andourrepublic, unabletoregainwhatithadheedlesslyneglectedtoprotectsufficiently, wouldthen“disintegrate”, untilperhapssomeCaesarshouldarisetoweldusagainintoanation.
[15] Adismalforecastindeed! Yetnotimplausible, ifthementalityofJapan’sstatesmenbeoftheCaesariantypeofwhichhistoryshowsussomanyexamples, ; andifthesecomeinJapanandfindtheiropportunity, justsuchsurprisesas “theValorofignorance” , wemaybefoolhardytodisregardsuchpossibilities.
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