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The Iron Heel

CHAPTER XV
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In India revolt was in full swing.

The cry in all Asia was, "Asia for the Asiatics!" And behind this cry was Japan, ever urging and aiding the yellow and brown races against the white.

And while Japan dreamed of continental empire and strove to realize the dream, she suppressed her own proletarian revolution.

It was a simple war of the castes, Coolie versus Samurai, and the coolie socialists were executed by tens of thousands.

Forty thousand were killed in the street-fighting of Tokio and in the futile assault on the Mikado's palace.


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