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Count Shouvaloff. the Russian embassador. called attention to this great Chinese problem threatening the civilization of the world. and said that unless "arms of precision"-as I translate his languagecould be kept out of their hands they would overmaster civilization. I quote from his declaration: If the countless hordes of China and Indlia are to be pernitted toarm tbomselves with modern weapens and to acquire a practical knowledge of the art of modern warfare. there win be nothing to prevent them from rolling forth into rnrope and crushing Christian civilization out of existence. Espociaty were the Mongolians to be feared from this point of view. and be invited the congress to take the matter into serious consideration and to deliberate upon the practicability of a league of theEuropean powers. binding them to abstain from employing Asiatic troops in Eurme nd to prevent. as far as possible. the importation of arms of precision into Asia. This is a problen more important than that of Tamerlane. Here are four hundred million people.