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Our present terminology of international politics an historical survival -- Wherein modern conditions differ from ancient -- The profound change effected by Division of Labor -- The delicate interdependence of international finance -- Attila and the Kaiser -- What would happen if a German invader looted the Bank of England -- German trade dependent upon English credit -- Confiscation of an enemy's property an economic impossibility under modern conditions -- Intangibility of a community's wealth.
During the Victorian Jubilee procession an English beggar was heard to say: