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THE English-speaking, self-governing white people of the worldin 1914 number upwards of one hundred and forty-one millions.Since December 24, 1814, there has been unbroken peace betweenthe two independent groups of this race—a fact that contravenesthe usual historical experiences of peoples between whom therehas been uninterrupted communication during so long an epoch.The last few decades have seen increasingly close understandingsbetween both the governments and the peoples of thiscivilization.
In 1900 the British navy controlled the seas—all seas. From1910 to 1914 the British navy has controlled the North Seaonly.[vii-1] Some doubt whether this control can long bemaintained. If it is lost, the British Empire isfinished.[vii-2] The adhesion of the dependencies to theirvarious governments and also the voluntary cohesion of theself-governing units would be at an end. "The disorders whichfollowed the fall of Rome would be insignificant compared withthose which would {viii} ensue were the British Empire to breakin pieces."[viii-1] Such a splitting up would place eachEnglish-speaking nation in an exposed position, and wouldstrengthen its rivals, Germany, Japan, Russia, and China. Itwould compel America to protect with arms, or to abandon to itsenemies, not only the countries to