Asia
- Afghanistan - Abdur Rahman Khan, King of Afghanistan (1880–1901)
- China (Qing Dynasty)
- Emperor - Guangxu, Emperor of China (1875–1908)
- De facto ruler - Empress Dowager Cixi (1898–1908)
- Emirate of Ha'il (House of Al Rashid) - Abdul-Aziz bin Mitab, Amirs of the House of Rashid (1897–1906)
- Japan
- Monarch - Meiji Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
- Prime Minister -
- Matsukata Masayoshi, Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1898)
- Ito Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
- Okuma Shigenobu, Prime Minister of Japan (1898)
- Yamagata Aritomo, Prime Minister of Japan (1898–1900)
- Korea (Korean Empire) - Gojong, Emperor of Korea (1864–1907, King before 1897)
- Oman - Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888–1913)
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“[N]o combination of dictator countries of Europe and Asia will halt us in the path we see ahead for ourselves and for democracy.... The people of the United States ... reject the doctrine of appeasement.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Incarnate devil in a talking snake,
The central plains of Asia in his garden,
In shaping-time the circle stung awake,
In shapes of sin forked out the bearded apple....”
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