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of the Euphrates, and moved sue.
cessively to Phoenicia, Egypt, Greec'
and finally Rome. Each of these
cycles took hundreds of years, ane
each finally was terminated either
by internal degeneration or, as If
the case of Rome, by the incursions
of barbarian hordes who admins.
tered the final blow to the already
topping empire.
Turning Point Was 1914
On the ruins of Rone's civiliza.
ton arose Western Europe's civiliza-
ton, which developed slowly from
the Renaissance to the outbreak OF
World War I. The year 1914 will &C
down in history as the beginning
of the end of the European era.
Europe's disintegration started
with World War I and continued
relentlessly through the years OF
so-called peace, from 1919 to 1899
In the last half of that period the
powers of disintegration, led by
Adolf Hitler and his Nazis, gave
the neo-Asiatics east of the Vistula
River unique opportunity to smash
western civilization. which had
lasted for six centuries.
Civilizations do not really die.
Sometimes they suffer setbacks, and
severe ones, but eventually they re-
sumo their onward march. On the
ruins of the European civilization
is rising now a new world civiliza-
ton. Adjuncts of this civilization
are Australia and New Zealand.
Potential additions are the Philip
pines and, eventually. the United
States of Indonesia.
Big Shift Coming
There are already clear indica-
tons from Europe that this march
cannot be successfully prevented
Millions of young, able-bodied Eu-
ropeans want to swarm to the new
continents. In England alone more
than million men between the
ages of 10 and IS are preparing to
move out of the islands in search
of a better life in the west. Hun
dreds of thousands are 1iquidating
theif property in the United King
dom in order to seek new future
in the dominions, South America
end the United States.
The French have never been mi
grants. Unlike the British they
never have any desire to leave the
homeland to seek betterment in
Africa and Asia. The French gov
eminent frequently has been hard
pressed to obtain the necessary off,
Gals for it's overseas possessions.
But there is new and totally I'M
expected mentality in France to-
day. Tens of thousands of young
men are seeking the means to emf
CRATE. They don't want to go to the
shaky old colonial empire, but are
lining up before the consulates OF
South American countries, where
they hope to start a new life for
themselves and their offspring.
Lower Glass Restless
Because of the large number of
Iatins in South America and the
character of the republics there,
the French believe they can &C
climate themselves better there than
anywhere else, and eventually will
be absorbed into the life of these
countries.
This trend of emigration from old
France - which Frenchmen love
fanatically-is noticeable not only
among the upper and middle classes
which hate RECOMMENDATION and fear
the shape of things to come in
France. It is developing also among
the so-called lower classes-artisans,
industrial workers, walters and
other domestic servants. Only the
small land owners are, for the time
being, willing to stick it out, because
they believe that eventual trans
formation of France into Marxist
totalitarian state will not harm
them. They discount the stories OF
what has happened to farmers In
countries behind the iron curtain,
and disregard the threat of eventual
communication of their lands.
In Germany, too, it is estimated
that at least 100000 able-bodied
persons want to leave the Reich
permanently and are willing to GO
anywhere in the Western Henri
sphere to start a new life. They
see no hope for Germany in years
to come, and are willing to accept
the hardships of complete change
of environment rather than remain
anywhere in Europe.
Intellectuals Uneasy
italians have always been mi
grants, but never in the history OF
that country has there been
Greater desire to go to South Amer
ira than now. The Italian govern
ment has agreed to send Argentina
200 900 immigrants this year Ac-
cording to italian officials more
than 1000, 900 families are anxious
To leave the old country for a new
free life.
The same thing applies to all the
other countries outside the iron cur
tain. The people who live under
Soviet domination would be ready
to leave in a mass if they could get
permission. But it is a most difficult
lob to obtain a passport, for the
authorities allow only trusted Off
Gals to live abroad. II they want
To emigrate they can go to con-
centration and labor camps In
Eastern Russia and Siberia.
There is, of course, plenty OF