The New World Order of Islam — Page 24
New World Order 24 great apprehension. They had hoped to succeed to political and economic dominance in the world on the decline of the then dominant powers—England, France and the USA. Imagining that these older powers were entering upon a state of decline, these new powers began to cherish dreams of world dominance. Germany, Italy and Spain were in the forefront of those who fancied themselves in this role. To them the spread of Bolshevik doctrines seemed nothing less than the death-knell of their hopes and ambitions. Like vultures they hovered around a dying bullock. Germany and Italy were waiting for the collapse of England, France and the USA hoping they would succeed to a position of dominance and would be able to exploit the world for a long time to come. A movement, which had as its object the upsetting of all States as then conceived and organized, appeared to these new powers a very dangerous one and evoked a strong reaction in these countries. In Italy, it became Fascism under the leadership of Mussolini; in Germany, Hitler laid the foundations of Nazism; and in Spain, Franco became the leader of the Falangists. All these movements were a challenge to Bolshe- vism which naturally made a strong appeal to the poorer sections in all countries. They imagined that under the Bolshevik system everybody would be supplied with an abundance of the necessaries of life—food, clothing, medicine; and that all their needs