10. Loans for armaments (participation of domestic and foreign capital).
11. The industries of war, i.e. the various manufactures and other industries which are promoted and encouraged by military and naval establishments, distinguishing between:
(a) Government undertakings (arsenals, dockyards, &c.).
(b) Private undertakings, including the history and working of the great armament firms, which sell to foreign customers as well as to their own governments.
12. War materials (munitions of war). Their recent development and their cost. This includes arms, ammunition, armour-plate, warships, guns of all kinds, military airships, &c. So far as possible the effect of recent inventions upon offensive and defensive war should be indicated.
Report of the Third Commission
THE UNIFYING INFLUENCES IN INTERNATIONAL LIFE
1. The Conference is of the opinion that the economic life of individual countries has definitely ceased to be self-contained; and that, notwithstanding the barriers raised by fiscal duties, it is becoming in ever-increasing measure a part of an economic life in which the whole world participates.
2. It desires that this change be studied with the object of ascertaining to what extent the economic life of individual nations has ceased to be self-contained, and the causes which are bringing about the greater interdependence of nations.
3. Special attention should be paid to the following factors:
(a) How far the growth of population is responsible for the changes that have occurred and are in progress.