AN ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future BY GREGORY CASPARIAN Illustrated and Published by the Author Mayflower Presses Floral Park, New York 1906 Copyrighted, 1906, by GREGORY CASPARIAN All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Foreword vii-ix I The Young Ladies' Seminary 11 II The Initiation 20 III The Moonlight Soirée 28 IV Historical Events of the 20th Century 38 V The Fistic Duel 63 VI Historical Events of the 20th Century (Concluded) 71 VII The Regatta 88 VIII Dr. Hyder Ben Raaba 96 IX A Ray of Hope 103 X The Transformation 110 XI Lord Cunningham, Viceroy of India 116 XII Adventures of Abou Shimshek, the Astronomer of Ispahan 120 XIII Spencer Hamilton 136 Postscript 143 FOREWORD In presenting this volume to the public it is not the intention of the author to offer it as a literary masterpiece, but, in his adopted language--conscious of his limitation--merely to give expression to his thoughts on certain problems of life that have always seemed to him of particular significance. At present there appears to be a general bombastic clamor among certain nations who, decrying others as barbarous, claim to have reached the highest pinnacle of civilization. Yet a glance at the existing conditions in those self-lauded governments will reveal rampant corruption among their leaders who, for their own selfish ends, retard legislations which are absolutely imperative for the general welfare. It is not necessary to mention other ways in which the people are being daily betrayed, for this is sufficient to render any thinking person despondent and pessimistic.