Caivano, Tomasso, 230-231 Canada: English merchant in, 35; England's trade with, 75; effect of acquisition of, by Germany, 109; the question of "ownership" of, 112; Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Canadian Navy, 113; war record, 227 Capital. _See_ Finance Catholics and Protestants, 205 Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 310 Charles II. of Spain, 208 Churchill, Mr. Winston; dictum of, on war, 345-346; on German Navy "luxury," 346-348 Colonies: no advantage gained by conquest of, 32-33, 109-111; commercial value of, 107; Sir C.P. Lucas on Britain's policy of colonial government, 111-112; and national independence, 112; _Volkstein_ on colonial neutrality in warfare, 114; Britain's "ownership" of, 115; administrative weaknesses of, 117-119; fiscal position of, 119-121; false policy of conquest of, 121; Méline régime and advantages of independent administration of French, 123-124; impossibility of "possession" of, 135; how Germany exploits her, 135; economic retribution on, 301-302 Colonies, Crown, 33, 111-119 Commerce: definition of, 71; deterioration of international incident to war, 240. _See also_ Trade Community, what constitutes well-being of a, 173-175 Competition: methods of industrial, 11; impossibility of destruction of, 31-34; and co-operation, 185 Confiscation, the impossibility of, 63-64 Conqueror, policy of, in regard to wealth and territory, 34-36 Conquest: _Blackwood's Magazine_ in defence of, 19-20; impossibility of, from point of view of trade, 30-31; of Colonies, no advantages gained by, 32-33; alleged benefits of, disproved by prosperity of small States, 39-40; no advantage gained by, in modern warfare, 44-45, 110; advantage of, in ancient and medieval times, 51-54; alleged benefits of, disproved, 99-101; unable to change national character of conquered territory, 135-136; inadequate value of present methods of, 135; lessening rôle of, in commerce, 139-143; paradox of London police force applied in relation to, 144; where it has benefited nations, 145; effect of co-operation as a factor against, 195; enervating effects of, on Romans, 238; Spain ruined by glamour of, 242-247; co-operation taking place of, 244-248; changed nature of, 283; warlike nations the victims of, 272; logical absurdity of, summed up, 378-382. _See also_ War Conscription: and the peace ideal, 219; in France and Germany, comparison between, 225-226; how it might work in England, 258-260 Co-operation and competition, 185-186; the effects of, in international relations, 194; taking place of conquest, 247-249; advantages of, allied to force, 265-266; of States and Nationalism, 312 Courtesy in international relations, 374 Cox, Sir Edmund C., 351 Credit: in its relation to war, 30-31; definition of, 277