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Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (1916) (foreign capital: Arndt)
[1]
[164]
«Economist» on the war and «Daily Telegraph» [3,7,11] [168,170,174]
(Theses of N. I. Bukharin)
[29,31]
[188,198]
Kohle und Eisen.
[33]
[190]
[CAPITALS ABROAD]
Guil-
12..
ding
p. 492
(Arndt)
(Neumark)
( 1« J

W E L T W I R T S C H A F T L I C H E S A R C H I V (1910)
(FOREIGN CAPITALS: ARNDT)

Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (herausgegeben von Bernhard Harms) Band 7. I. 1916
«Die Kapitalkraft Frankreichs» von Prof. Dr. Paul Arndt.
The author refers to his article «Neue Beiträge zur Frage der Kapitalanlage im Auslande» (in Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft]. 1915. S. 311 und 456) and quotes from it figures of capital invested abroad: (S. 35)
(Riessek-, S. 395 и S. 404)
Md. frs
English 3 billion £
= 75 milliard francs
French 60 md. francs
= 60
»
German 35 md. marks
= 44
»
62 (1900 Speyer)
30 (1902 Dehn)

25 Md M'ark] ((S = 179))
France does not belong to the «wirtschaftliche Grossmächte» (S. 37), occupying 4th place after England, Germany and «North America».
* Here is a reference to «Die deutschen Grossbanken und ihre Konzentration» u. s. w. von Dr. Riesser, dritte Auflage, 1910, where data are given according to Paul Dehn, «Weltwirtschaftliche Neubildungen» (Berlin, 1904, S. 41) for 1902 and according to the report of Sir Edgar Speyer im Institute of Bankers vom 7. Juni 1900 über: Some aspects of national finance. These data are indicated below, under this reference. Ed.
** The manuscript contains Lenin's calculations - the translation of marks into francs: "35 md. m. X l.2i = 43.76". Ed.
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William Engdör Dalling: «The Socialists & the War». New York 1915. (XII + 512 pp.). 1.50 $.
«Soweit wichtige offizielle Parteidokumente in Frage kommen, scheint die Sammlung eine vollständige zu sein» (S. 188).
FROM LITERATURE

from literature:
Zürich Stadtbibliothek für soziale Literatur:
S. D. 35
Parvus. Die Verstaatlichung der Banken und der Sozialismus.
Schumann. Die Reichsbank.
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Die vier letzten Privatnotenbanken.
Schär. Die Bank: Dienste des Kaufmanns.
Schulze. Die Bankkatastrophen in Sachsen. 1903.
Schär. Technik des Bankgeschäfts. Berlin 1908.
Abel. Das kranke England. 1909.
Veritas. Oesterreichs Zukunft. Zürich 1892.
Jakob Lorenz. Zur Italienfrage in der Schweiz. Zürich.
Levy. Monopole, Kartelle und Trusts. Jena 1909.
Kantorowicz. Kartellprobleme. Berlin 1911.
Schär. Die Verstaatlichung der schweizerischen Wasserkraft. Basel 1905.
Schücking: Die Organisation der Welt. Leipzig 1909. (44).
Lassalle. Der italienische Krieg. Berlin 1859.
Staudinger. Kulturgrundlagen der Politik. Jena 1914.
Lloyd George. Bessere Zeiten. Jena 1944.
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«E C O N O M IST » on WAR
The Economist, 17. April 1915.
Article "The End of the War".
But the longer the war lasts, the more prone will the peoples as distinct from the Governments be to cry out against the carnage which is desolating day by day & week by week so many thousands of homes. Thus we are brought back again to the problem of «State versus Man», & to the question how far the rulers of the highly organised bureaucratic State will be able to hold out against internal revolutionary forces...
ARGUMENTS OF SOCIAL-PATRIOTS
Arguments of social-patriots
Upton Sinclair's pamphlet with Blatchford's response makes especially clear, direct, precise and decisive the new (not Plekhanov's, not Kautsky's etc.) argument of the social-patriots:
Yes, the war is in the interests of the capitalists etc., but we are knowingly weak, knowingly unable to prevent it. Talk about fighting the war, about «insurrection» etc. etc. «piano opinion», hopeless "exaggeration" of our forces.
A variant of the argument about "utopianism," which argument was also in Plekhanov's report.
From this point of view, the Basel resolution is a conscientious attempt to scare governments, and not a promise and determination of revolutionary actions respective revolutionary propaganda.
...** Extremely narrow — and narrowed on purpose by Blatchford — is such a formulation of the question that reduces everything to «preventive war». Using the crisis for revolutionary propaganda and preparing revolutionary actions - that's the point.
* Pages 4 and 5 are blank in the manuscript. Ed.
** In the manuscript, the word "Extremely" is overwritten instead of a crossed-out word, which remains undeciphered. Ed.
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["DAILY TELEGRAPH" 17.XI. 1914. SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT ON CENSORSHIP OF KEIR HARDIE'S ARTICLES]

Daily Telegraph 17.XI. 1914.
Parliament.
...Mr. E. Jones (R. Merthyr Tydfil) asked if the censorship could not be applied to the writings of Mr. Keir Hardie in his journal...
And then he, at the end of the session: I informed K. Hardie that I would be talking about him, and it's not my fault if he's not here.
Reads excerpts from K. Hardie's articles of 31.X and 7.XI, where K. Hardie accuses the English and French of cruelty, sneers at the loyalty of the Indian troops. He, K. Hardie, said that the Kaiser was brave, [fights] as a soldier, and sneered at our: "our fire-side loving King".
Can the government tolerate such speeches from a member of parliament? We "as a result in Merthyr Tydfil had had considerable difficulty in the past few weeks in recruiting, although it had been going on handsomely before Mr. Keir Hardie began his tactics".
Then J. A. Pease says: May I just say, in one word, that so far as the governments are concerned, they believe all the suggestions made by Mr. K. Hardie & referred to by Mr. Jones to be entirely without foundation, & that they ought to be treated with contempt?
(End of session).
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[THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION AND SPACE OF WARRING AND NON-WARRING COUNTRIES (ACCORDING TO "DEUTSCHE RUNDSCHAU")]
(P. 29. Deutsche Rundschau, Jg 10)
Great Britain...

Russia...

France...

Japan...

(4 great powers)
+ Serbia
+ Belgium
I warring group... 744
II » »

Warring...

+
Not warring...

1.468
All population millions of population 1910
Germany...
Austria...
Turkey...
(3 great powers)


_25 (approx.)

Not warring:
China...

United States... 103
Italy...

(3 great powers)
Square miles (millions)
Great Britain...
Russia...
France...
Japan...
I group...
II group...
Warring...
Not warring
Germany. 1.2
Austria. 0.2 (*241.000)
Turkey. 0.8
10.2
A 8
25.8
О.3 (260.000)
26?!
26.!
A 28. „ h
35.5
Not warring:
China...
United States...
Italy...
2..
b0., The entire globe is — 52.. * million square miles
Pages 8 and 9 of the manuscript are blank. Ed.
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"E C O N O M IST" ON THE WAR II "D A IL Y T E L E G R A P H"

The Economist, 9.1.1915. NB
Article: "The European deadlock*... p. 46:
...a lt is not surprising that under such conditions (appalling conditions of modern warfare) the soldiers should in places where mud has made progress almost impracticable conclude impromptu truces, such as are described by a correspondent in The Times of yesterday. These truces naturally occur only in the parts of the field where the trenches are close together, but they bring home to the imagination the cruel absurdities of the war, and suggest to some a hope that from the soldiers in the field there might come a protest against the indefinite prolongation of its horrors»...
Idem p. 54: industrial profits:
Net Profits (After Payment of debenture interest etc.)
number
Reports published in quarter ending:
of
Companies
March
July
September
December (millions
* [pounds] ster
ling] £ )
+
total capital
%/o profit to c[api- tal
%
1914
2 0 ., 2 2 .,
+ 8-4
230., 9., 22., 23.,
+ *•»
181.9
13., 10., 9.,
- о . ,
lOT.e
8., 15., 14., 116.4
12.4
69., 69.,
+ 0 .,
636.0
10.,
* "The Economist" [underline with 4 lines — the last two] underlined and the note "NB" added later in red pencil. Ed.
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