Suppose an Asiatic leader of the pre-eminent qualities of Genghis-Khan at the head of a brave, patriotic, energetic nucleus-nation of Mongolian blood. Suppose that instead of becoming masters of the plains by means of an immense and efficient horde of cavalrymen, we have great adaptability for the sea, and a final rise to naval supremacy over other nations on the same continent. Suppose that this pre-eminence and native force should be accompanied by skill in organization and in the amalgamation of other peoples of kindred blood, all being endowed with a genius for self-preservation, with habits of industry and possession a large food-producing territory with unlimited numbers of men among a vassal nation from which to draw and equip armies. Suppose that this great power, thus created, should have a practically similar religion, and be of an entirely distinct and non-mingling race, so far as the rest of the world is concerned.
We leave the answer to this puzzle to be considered, in view of the Mongol invasion of six hundred years ago and the possibilities of modern events. So much in retrospect.
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From General Nelson A. Miles
Thrilling Stories of The Russian-Japanese War, 1904
