In saying this I do not refer solely to military "perils." The subjugation of white lands by colored armies may, of course, occur, especially if the white world continues to rend itself with internecine wars. However, such colored triumphs of arms are less to be dreaded than more enduring conquests like migrations which would swamp whole populations and turn countries now white into colored man's lands irretrievably lost to the white world. Of course, these ominous possibilities existed even before 1914, but the war has rendered them much more probable. The most disquieting feature of the present situation, however, is not the war but the peace. The white world's inability to frame a constructive settlement, the perpetuation of intestine hatreds, and the menace of fresh white civil wars complicated by the spectre of social revolution, evoke the dread thought that the late war may be merely the first stage in a cycle of ruin. In fact, so absorbed is the white world with its domestic dissensions that it pays scant heed to racial problems whose importance for the future of mankind far transcends the questions which engross its attention to-day. This relative indifference to the larger racial issues has determined the writing of the present book. So fundamental are these issues that a candid discussion of them would seem to be timely and helpful. In the following pages I have tried to analyze in their various aspects the present relations between the white and non-white worlds. My task has been greatly aided by the Introduction from the pen of Madison Grant, who has admirably summarized the biological and historical background. A life-long student of biology, Mr. Grant approaches the subject along that line. My own avenue of approach being world-politics, the resulting convergence of different view-points has been a most useful one. For the stimulating counsel of Mr. Grant in the preparation of this book my thanks are especially due. I desire also to acknowledge my indebtedness for helpful suggestions to Messrs. Alleyne Ireland, Glenn Frank, and other friends. LOTHROP STODDARD. NEW YORK CITY, February 28, 1920. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION BY MADISON GRANT xi PART I THE RISING TIDE OF COLOR CHAPTER I. THE WORLD OF COLOR 3 II. YELLOW MAN'S LAND 17 III. BROWN MAN'S LAND 54 IV. BLACK MAN'S LAND 87 V. RED MAN'S LAND 104 PART II THE EBBING TIDE OF WHITE VI. THE WHITE FLOOD 145 VII. THE BEGINNING OF THE EBB 154 VIII. THE MODERN PELOPONNESIAN WAR 173 IX. THE SHATTERING OF WHITE SOLIDARITY 198 PART III THE DELUGE ON THE DIKES X. THE OUTER DIKES 225