Where Iron Is There Is the Fatherland! A Note on the Relation of Privilege and Monopoly to War

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. There can be no doubt as to the immense importance to the Germans of the possession of Briey. Before the war, Germany imported tons of iron ore each year. Before 1913, France stood third in furnishing this mineral to Germany. That year France passed Spain and stood second, exporting to Germany tons from the Briey basin, only tons less than the amount which Ger many imported from Sweden that year.