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...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERI... ...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION ... ...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wel... ... there will be insurrection and revolution. There will be bloodshed in the streets and the chasing of rulers. There will be, if we do seriously attemp... ... find two or even three railway stations at opposite ends of the town; the streets are blocked by the vans and trolleys of the several companies tedio... ...ng recuperation, in man power by converting herself into another Salt Lake City. But I do not think that Germany, in the face of the economic ring tha... ...ku. And that brings us to Constantinople. Constantinople is not a national city; it is now, and it has always been, an artificial cosmopolis, and Cons...