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Machine generated contents note: In search of new markets and political influence -- The great Russian-French combination -- China's Open Doors -- Great Britain's search for an ally -- The ocean of the future -- The white settlers -- Labour traffic -- Commerce and politics -- Conflicts over land --...

Contents note continued: The Tonga Islands -- Civil war in Samoa -- Germany's world politics -- America's large policy -- Asia for the Asians -- Building strong navies -- The American-Japanese naval race -- The French military expeditions to Tonkin -- The end of the Kingdom of Ava -- The Franco-Thai...

Contents note continued: The Anglo-Japanese Alliance -- The Korean question -- The Russo-Japanese war -- The South Pacific -- The Entente Cordiale -- The Anglo-Russian Convention -- The Persian Question -- Japan's role in the Pacific -- American-Japanese relation -- Russia and Japan guarding their s...