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In examining these tables carefully the reader can form an idea 

 as to how the world's trade is divided, and see what the world is arm- 

 ing to its teeth about. 



The only Asiatic country about whose trade the possibilities of 

 war may be entertained is China. Japan has shown her teeth and 



///. Trade of Foreign Possessions of all other Countries than the United Kingdom. 



daws. The history of Poland, Port Arthur, or Kiao-tchow is not 

 likely to find repetition on her territory. Only the defenseless tempt 

 the avidity of the civilizing nations. The import trade of China, an 

 empire with one fourth the population of the entire world, is but 

 half as much again as that of Japan, with but one ninth of the popu- 

 lation of the Celestial Empire. Japan's trade has trebled within the 

 last dozen years. Her imports of merchandise are over two dollars 

 per capita. Those of China are thirty-four cents. It will be said 



Summary of Statistical Tables of the Trade of Colonies and Dependencies of European 

 States and of Independent States other than, of Europe and the United Stales. 



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