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This volume is from 1919. From the book's Foreword: The present volume is the result of a working tour around the world in 1919. I had previously spent fifteen years in India, several years working in other parts of Asia, and had visited Russia. During the closing months of the War I was with the soldiers on the British, French, and American fronts. After returning to America, in fulfilment of engage- ments in the East, I visited Japan and China, and then spent six months in some fifty of the principal centers of India and Ceylon, during the period of political unrest in connection with the passing of the Rowlatt Sedition Bills and the agitation for Home Rule. On the return journey, I visited Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, and, going down over the Berlin to Bagdad Railway, entered Northern Mesopotamia. After crossing the Taurus Mountains, I passed through Adana, Konia, and the scenes of the Armenian massacres, across Turkey to Constantinople, returning through Italy and France to England and America. One gains the impression across Asia, Europe, and America of a vast world movement which I have tried to describe in the following pages. My thanks are due to many friends and nationals of the various countries visited for suggestions and criticisms regarding the manuscript. The views expressed in this book are purely personal and not official. They have been submitted to no organ- ization for approval. They do not represent the views of the Young Men's Christian Association or of any other official body. Sherwood Eddy .............................................................................. Contents: I. Everybody's War II. The New Near East III. The Appeal of Russia IV. The Hope of Russia V. Japan and the Far East VI. The Crisis in China VII. The Awakening of India VIII. The Awakening of India (Continued) IX. Anglo-Saxon Responsibility X. Everybody's World Read more