CHAPTER III.. Economics and the Balkan War.

ECONOMICS AND THE BALKAN WAR.

The "economic system" of the Turk--The Turkish "Trade of Conquest" as a cause of this war--Racial and Religious hatred of primitive societies--Industrialism as a solvent--Its operation in Europe--Balkans geographically remote from main drift of European economic development--The false economies of the Powers as a cause of their jealousies and quarrels--- This has prevented settlement--What is the "economic motive"?--Impossible to separate moral and material--Nationality and the War System.