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We have been shy of gunpowder war with a respectable enemy for a long while, and I will tell you why: It is because we have had the lion's share of the world market; we didn't want to fight for it as a nation, for we had got it; but now this is changing in a most significant, and, to a Socialist, a most cheering way; we are losing or have lost that lion's share; it is now a desperate "competition" between the great nations of civilization for the world market, and to morrow it may be a desperate war for that end. WE HAVE BEEN SHY OF GUNPOWDER WAR WITH A RESPECTABLE ENEMY FOR A LONG WHILE AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORLD MARKET WE DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT FOR IT AS A NATION FOR WE HAD GOT IT BUT NOW THIS IS CHANGING IN A MOST SIGNIFICANT AND TO A SOCIALIST AND MOST CHEERING WAY WE ARE LOSING OR HAVE LOST THAT LION'S SHARE IT IS NOW A DESPERATE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE GREAT NATIONS OF CIVILIZATION FOR THE WORLD MARKET AND TO MORROW IT MAY BE A DESPERATE WAR FOR THAT END
essions, or you will certainly come by the worse in the struggle. You understand that perfectly as to the kind of war in which people go out to kill and be killed; that sort of war in which ships are commissioned, for instance, “to sink, burn, and destroy;” but it appears that you are not so conscious of this waste of goods when you are only carrying on that other war called _commerce_; observe, however, that the waste is there all the same. Now let us look at this kind of war a little closer, run through some of the forms of it, that we may see how the “burn, sink, and destroy” is carried on in it. First, you have that form of it called national rivalry, which in good truth is nowadays the cause of all gunpowder and bayonet wars which civilized nations wage. For years past we English have been rather shy of them, except on those happy occasions when we could carry them on at no sort of risk to ourselves, when the killing was all on one side, or at all events when we hoped it would be. UCTION EVEN OF YOUR OWN POSSESSIONS OR YOU WILL CERTAINLY COME BY THE WORSE IN THE STRUGGLE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY AS TO THE KIND OF WAR IN WHICH PEOPLE GO OUT TO KILL AND BE KILLED THAT SORT OF WAR IN WHICH SHIPS ARE COMMISSIONED FOR INSTANCE TO SINK BURN AND DESTROY BUT IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE NOT SO CONSCIOUS OF THIS WASTE OF GOODS WHEN YOU ARE ONLY CARRYING ON THAT OTHER WAR CALLED COMMERCE OBSERVE HOWEVER THAT THE WASTE IS THERE ALL THE SAME NOW LET US LOOK AT THIS KIND OF WAR A LITTLE CLOSER RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE FORMS OF IT THAT WE MAY SEE HOW THE BURNED SINK AND DESTROY IS CARRIED ON IN IT FIRST YOU HAVE THAT FORM OF IT CALLED NATIONAL RIVALRY WHICH IN GOOD TRUTH IS NOWADAYS THE CAUSE OF ALL GUNPOWDER AND BAYONET WARS WHICH CIVILIZED NATIONS WAGE FOR YEARS PAST WE ENGLISH HAVE BEEN RATHER SHY OF THEM EXCEPT ON THOSE HAPPY OCCASIONS WHEN WE COULD CARRY THEM ON AT NO SORT OF RISK TO OURSELVES WHEN THE KILLING WAS ALL ON ONE SIDE OR AT ALL EVENTS WHEN WE HOPED IT WOULD BE
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