Excerpt from Peace and Business But this battle of the market-place is subsidiary to that larger class war which, in some respects, is the deadliest and most vicious by-product of the mighty effort to overthrow German militarism. I mean, of course, the red terror masquerading as Bolshevism which has crystallized all the forces of unrest so long arrayed against capital and order. Social idealism is not among the fruits of victory. Thus the dawn of an era which should proclaim peace and goodwill is clouded with trouble and ashiver with ap prehension as to what the morrow may bring forth. Just as the Peace Treaty readjusted the map of the universe so did it decree a whole new commercial order. The indemnities and limitations placed upon Germany not only sterilize her vast trade aspirations, for the time at least, but likewise create in every Allied country of importance the desire to annex the business domain that once was hers. In that new struggle for international economic supremacy America has a large stake. She was the deciding factor in the war. If she capitalizes the lessons that she has learned she can be an arbiter of peace. The whole world looks to us for leadership just as it turned to us for succor during the ravening years. The next twelve months will decide whether we will be able to maintain our far-flung authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.