Excerpt from The Open Court, Vol. 29: A Monthly Magazine; March, 1915Abstract of the United States for 1911 French imports and exports for the year 1910 amounted to and respectively; those Of Germany, and the British figures are and and the American, and while the imports Of little Holland in 1909 were and her exports $984 397 amazing totals for such a small country Of but six million inhabitants. It is true, Of course, that this marvelous foreign trade is to a great extent a carrying trade and does not represent the country's industry accurately, but it indicates emphatically the dominant trading character Of the Dutch nation and the absolute necessity Of keeping Open the great trade-routes and neutral waters. That the principles Of international law have been violated by the indiscriminate sowing Of mines in the North Sea is indisputable, and that Holland, already handicapped by the great war at her borders, has thus innocently been deprived in great part Of her main source Of making a living, is equally beyond cavil or doubt.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.