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122 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. v (1925)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0122 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD ANY attempted solution of world problems that fails to recognize the tremendous present and potential in- fluence of the Far East is foredoomed to failure. With an area greater than that of all Europe, and a population far in excess, with vast natural re- sources still largely unexploited, the role of the Orient in international affairs must of necessity be an impor- tant one. Within the memory of living men the island empire of Japan has emerged from obscurity and taken its place among the world powers. It has demonstrated its military prowess in no uncertain manner. In affairs of peace its progress has been no less astounding. During the past decade its combined imports and exports have tripled. The industrialization of Japan is not a dream of tomorrow, but a fact of to-day. China is still largely the plaything of the powers. Torn by civil war, its people united only by a common hatred of the foreigner, it can offer no very effective resistance to the nations seek- ing to take its natural riches as they formerly took its territory. But China is a sleeping giant. The four hundred millions of its population, tireless, pa- tient, uncomplaining, are a force that some day must be reckoned with. Americans are more vitally interested in the Orient at present than ever before. American manufacturers wish to develop new markets, while Ameri- can traders are intent on continuing the commercial connections brought about by the World War. American Christians hope to find millions of con- verts to their faith, and American statesmen seek a way to improve the strained relationships of recent days. This volume has been prepared in the hope that it will help to make clear the significant position of the Orient in world affairs, a position that is bound to become increasingly impor- tant with the passing of time. Europe's day of mastery is passing, if it has not already passed; but the Far East faces the rising sun. Special credit is due Mr. W. A. Slade, Chief of the Division of Bibliography of the Library of Congress, for his painstaking care in preparing the se- lected list of works dealing with Far Eastern affairs. AUSTIN F. MACDONALD, Special Editor. v

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