iginal. But the charge of taking an accidental line from its
context cannot be made here, as the extracts are numerous, the tendency
of all alike, and more of the same nature can be found. I divide the
extracts into three groups, which I name:

1. The Ethics of the Case.

2. The Power of Money.

3. The Deal.

Where italics are used they are mine.

1. THE ETHICS OF THE CASE.--"The real basis of Social Morality is
self-interest." ("The Great Illusion," 3rd Ed., p. 66.) "Have we not
abundant evidence, indeed, that the passion of patriotism, as divorced
from material interest, is being modified by the pressure of material
interest?" (p. 167.) "Piracy was magnificent, doubtless, but it was
not business." (Speaking of the old Vikings, p. 245.) "The pacifist
propaganda has failed largely because it has not put (and proven) the
plea of interest as distinct from the moral plea." (p. 321.)

2. THE POWER OF MONEY.--"The complexity of modern finance makes New
York dependent on London, London upon Paris, Paris upon Berlin, to a
greater degree than has ever yet been the case in history." (p. 47.)

"It would be a miracle if already at this point the whole influence of
British Finance were not thrown against the action of the British
Government." (On the assumed British capture of Hamburg, p. 53).

"The most absolute despots cannot command money." (p. 226.)

"With reference to capital, it may almost be said that it is organised
so naturally internationally that _formal organisation is not
necessary_." (p. 269.)

3. THE DEAL.--"France has benefited by the conquest of Algeria,
England by that of India, because in each case the arms were employed
not, properly speaking, for conquest at all, but _for police
purposes_." (p. 115.)

"While even the wildest Pan-German has never cast his eyes in the
direction of Canada, he has cast them, and does cast them, in the
direction of Asia Minor.... _Germany may need to police Asia Minor_."
(pp. 117, 118.)

"_It is much more to our interest to have an orderly and organised
Asia Minor under German tutelage than to have an unorganised and
disorderly one which should be independent_." (p. 120.)

"Sir Harry Johnston, in the 'Nineteenth Century' for December, 1910,
comes a great deal nearer to touching the real kernel of the
problem.... He adds that the best informed Germans used this language
to him: '_You know that