On the streets of London, after finishing the meeting, General Bruce sat in the car, getting ready to leave this early‑20th‑century center of the world.
Calling London the world's center in the current era is no exaggeration. In terms of population alone, London's seven million inhabitants clearly surpass most countries in the world today, and in economy, politics, industry, and shipping, apart from the environment, London is almost without any weakness.
If London were a separate country, it would still rank among the foremost in the world—that's what people mean when they say "one city rivaling a nation."
Looking at the extremely crowded London, General Bruce said to his secretary, "Just by eye, you can see that London's population density has reached a truly frightening level. Not a single one of our cities in East Africa can come close. Even Dar es Salaam City, compared with London, looks like a large‑scale village."
