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General Wilson believes that Japan 

 will be forced to follow the lead of the 

 three great European powers — France, 

 Germany, and Russia — in all Chinese 

 questions. Russia occupies an impreg- 

 nable position, and will dictate her policy 

 to France, and thus indirectly to Ger- 

 many. A few hundred years from now, 

 General Wilson believes that ' ' univer- 

 sal empire will have its nucleus and 

 seat ' ' in China, as her ' ' coal measures 

 and iron deposits are commonl}^ believed 

 to be the most extensive and the most 

 enduring in the world." That it will 

 be an empire of white men and not of 

 j^ellow men is the author's unhesitating 

 conviction. 



The Land of the Moors. By Budgett 

 Meakin. Illustrated. 8vo, pp. 464. 

 New. York: The Macmillan Co. , 1901. 

 Mr. Meakin was for some years editor 



of the Morocco Times, and is the author 

 of a number of reliable books relating 

 to the Moorish Empire — " The Moors," 

 "The Moorish Empire," etc. The 

 present volume deals more especially 

 with the geographic features and the 

 history of the exploration of Morocco. 

 There are good chapters on the Phys- 

 ical Features, Mineral Resources, Vege- 

 table Products, and Animal Eife. The 

 book is timely, as "the land of the 

 Moors ' ' will probably be the center of 

 much diplomatic warfare during the 

 next decade. The apparent alliance 

 between Italy and France undoubtedly^ 

 has some bearing upon the ultimate 

 fate of the country. The author be- 

 lieves that ' ' France is the normal heir 

 to Morocco whenever the present em- 

 pire breaks up, " and thinks that Eng- 

 land should make up her mind to the 

 inevitable fact. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL 

 GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Meetings. 



April 12, igoi. — The annual recep- 

 tion of the Society was held in the par- 

 lors of the Arlington Hotel. Mr. Paul 

 Du Chaillu was the guest of honor of 

 the Society, and gave some interesting 

 reminiscences of his life. The official, 

 diplomatic, and social life of the Capital 

 were the guests of the Society during 

 the evening. 



April ip, igoi. — President Graham 

 Bell in the chair. The new by-laws for 

 the Society, submitted and recommended 

 by the Board of Managers, after a full 

 discussion were unanimously adopted. 

 The by-laws and the reasons for their 

 adoption were published at length in the 

 April number of this Magazine (pp. 

 i67-'8). 



Announcements. 



The President announced at the meet- 

 ing April 1 9 that the plans for the build- 

 ing which is to be the headquarters of 

 the Society are advancing, and that it is 

 hoped in a few weeks active work will 

 be commenced. 



The Annual Excursion and Field 

 Meeting of the Society will be held at 

 Brandywine, Del., Saturday, May 18. 



As the fiscal year of the Society will 

 hereafter begin the first of January in- 

 stead of the first of June, the Board of 

 Managers have voted to fix the dues of 

 members for the seven months which 

 intervene between the end of the pres- 

 ent fiscal year. May 31, 1901, and the 

 beginning of the next fiscal year, Jan- 

 uary I, 1902, at $1. 



