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justified in that I have precious friendships amongst the
intellectuals of Asia, with whom I have remained in
correspondence during this war. These friends have been
so little misled as to my real thought that one of them,
a leading Hindu writer, Ananda Coomaraswamy, has dedi-
cated to me an admirable essay which appeared in the New
Age ( December, 1914), entitled "A World Policy for
India", but--
1. Asiatic troops, recruited amongst races of profes-
sional warriors, in no way represent the thought of Asia,
as Coomaraswamy agrees.
2. The heroism of the troops of Africa and Asia is not
under discussion. There was no need for the hecatombs,
which have been made during the past year, to evoke
admiration for their splendid devotion.
3. As regards barbarism, I am glad to confess that now
the "white-skins" can no longer reproach "skins, black,
red, or yellow" in this respect.
4. It is not the latter but the former whom I blame. I
denounce today once more with as much vigor as four-
teen months ago, the short-sighted policy which has intro-
duced Africa and Asia 1 into the quarrels of Europe. The
future will justify my indictment.

R. R.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

____________________
1 The terms Asia and Africa have not, of course, a geographical
but an ethnological signification. Turkey is not, and never has
been, European; and it is difficult to decide up to what: points
certain of the Balkan Powers are European.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Above the Battle. Contributors: Romain Rolland - author, C. K. Ogden - transltr. Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company. Place of Publication: Chicago. Publication Year: 1916. Page Number: 194.
    
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