The New World Order of Islam — Page 46
New World Order 46 So far as India is concerned, I have, on several occasions, expressed the opinion that in the event of a German victory, we shall be very much worse off and that a British victory is bound to lead to an improvement in India’s affairs. Some of us are apt to imagine that if we are to remain a subject nation it is immaterial whether we are subordinate to this power or that, but this is an entirely mistaken point of view. I have already had occasion to point out that the older powers, having enjoyed economic domination over a long period, have now lost that aggressiveness characteristic of nations flushed with the acquisition of new power. These latter are likely to spring upon other nations like swarms of hungry locusts, whereas the older powers may now be compared to an old merchant, who has accumulated a large amount of wealth—he is miserly and acquisitive, but he may also remain content with things as they are. On occasion, he may even contemplate his possessions with satisfaction and may give up the desire to add to them. The older powers may be approaching a condition of surfeit, whereas those who are struggling to gain fresh power are certain to prove very greedy. Great Britain already enjoys dominion over the most tempting parts of the old world to the confines of China. The United States enjoys economic domination over the rest of the world. They are like a person who is already filled to repletion, and a person so well fed is not overmuch