Note

There may be some exaggeration in this book. I firmly believe that England and her Allies entered this War with the noblest intentions. If I have done less than justice to these, it is because my chief purpose in this essay has been to express my equally firm belief that all these fine emotions have been and are being exploited by the basest forms of Imperialism and Capitalism.

J. M.

January 1st, 1917.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
The Massacre of Colleagues,[3]
The Widening Sphere of Morality,[4]
The Receding God,[6]
The Philosopher looks at Society,[8]
Homo Homini Lupus,[8]
Tribe against Tribe,[10]
The City State,[12]
The Nations of Europe "Ferae Naturae,"[14]
The Convenience of Diplomacy,[15]
A Note on Democracy,[18]
Diplomacy not bad in itself,[19]
Manners no Substitute for Morals,[21]
War a Moral Anachronism,[21]
CHAPTER II
The Armament Ring,[27]
Eugenics?[29]
Patriotism,[31]
The Moral Test,[36]
Trade,[39]
Trade in Time of Peace,[42]
Duties of Commerce to the State,[44]
Restricted Sphere of Government Corresponding to Restricted Sphere of Morality,[51]
CHAPTER III
Trade During the War,[57]
Trade Lives on Increasing Demand,[65]
War a Form of Destruction,[66]
War stands to benefit Neutral as well as Belligerent Nations but not to the same extent,[69]
The Greater the Capital, the Greater the War
Profit,[71]
The Blessings of Invasion,[72]
The Luxury Trades don't do so badly,[74]
Trade Profits in War not Shared by the Nationbut Confined to Employers,[77]
Trade Profit and National Loss,[82]
Appendix: Some Typical War Profits,[125]
CHAPTER IV
Dialectics Round the Death-Bed,[89]
German Responsibility for the War,[90]
The Value of German Culture,[95]
The Manufacture of Hatred,[102]
Imperialism the Enemy,[107]
Possible Objects of War,[112]
Physical Force in a Moral World,[118]
Imperialism and Capitalism through War and Tradethe Enemies: Socialism to the Rescue,[122]

CHAPTER I

μὡρος δε θνητὡν οστις εκπορθὡν πὁλεις,
ναοὑς τε τὑμβους Θ', ιερἁ τὡν κεκμηκὁτων,
ὡλεθ' ὑστερον.
Euripides: Tro. 95.