Appendix 11 



" ' he is the true cosmopolite who loves his native 

 "country best'; but industrially it is strikingly 

 " true that if trade is so cosmopolitan as to ignore 

 " patriotism, it contains the elements of ruin for its 

 "own country when nation lifts sword against 

 "nation. To take the example of metals again, 

 "one hears (and has heard for a year) the asser- 

 "tion, ' If the ores went to Britain they could not 

 "be treated as cheaply as in Germany.' It would 

 " be safer to treat them more expensively for the 

 " time being." 



" Early in the war hopes were entertained that 

 "the lost German trade would be captured by 

 " British workshops ; but we have as yet no definite 

 " sign that Britain will capture the German market 

 "in the United Kingdom itself. The alien com- 

 "modity and the alien workman may continue to 

 " invade England after the war ceases, and they are 

 " far more inimical to strong nationhood than many 

 " Zeppelins. Somehow free trade has become to 

 "the Englishman a veritable fetish. With argu- 

 " ment that comes to a full-stop at the end of his 

 "nose, he seeks to demonstrate its immediate 

 " cheapness, and forgets his nationality in order to 

 " save a penny. There are some amazing English- 

 "men who justify their actual preference for the 

 " foreigner by the boast that a Briton is no more to 

 "them than an alien is. That is not the policy 



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