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INTRODUCTION 
ter what else is involved; but still more important to Africa 
than to Europe is the organization which provides publicity 
of control and safeguards the well-being of the natives, so 
far as can be done by an international body in its dealing 
with sovereign states. 
From the standpoint of world history there are many 
points of resemblance between the opening years of the 
nineteenth century and the second decade of the twentieth. 
The Napoleonic era, which is generally studied for its effect 
upon the map of Europe, transformed that of other conti- 
nents as well. Similarly, it may ultimately prove true that 
the World War had effects in Africa more far-reaching in 
their influences upon the history of civilization as a whole 
than the rearrangement of European frontiers. In the 
pages which follow we are given glimpses of historic pro- 
cesses which are already at work to bring this promise of the 
future into the realm of present realities. 
J. T. SHOTWELL 
CoLumBIiA UNIVERSITY