INDEX

Finance: interdependence of credit-built position of, on German invasion, 31;
investment secure in small States, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43; in its relation to industry, 54-56; position of Bank of England on German invasion, 56-58; effect on bank rate of financial crisis in New York, 58-59; effect of repudiation in South American States, 77-78; why repudiation is unprofitable, 78-79; cause of bank crisis in United States, 79; Withers's appreciation of English bankers, 80; Lavisse on Germany's financial crisis, 96; the meaning of "the money of a nation," 172; physical force replaced by economic pressure, 269; economic and physical force in their relation to money, 273; British methods of enforcing financial obligations in South America, 303; organization of capital, 318; Bank of England helped by Bank of France, 318; internationalization of, 318-319; why a Western bank ceased to be robbed, 337-338; Spectator quoted on economic interdependence, 356-357. See also Wealth
Fisher, Admiral, 350
Fleet. See Navy
Force: the diminishing factor of, 185, 263; co-operation and the advantage of, 263; justification of, by police, 264-265; replaced by economic pressure, 269; in its relation to slavery, 269-270; the general domination of, 270-271; Herbert Spencer quoted on limitation implied by physical, 271-272; difference between economic and physical, 273-275

535