Lenin: 1916/ni-eta: LENZ ON MODERN WAR (original) (raw)

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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LENZ ON MODERN WAR

Friedrich Lenz, “The Political Prerequisites of Modern War”, Deutsche Rundschau XLI, 4, 1915, January.

Millions of English square miles (p. 81):

| | 1862 | 1888 | 1912 | | | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ------ | | The British Empire: | 4,600 | 9,300 | 10,800 | | The Russian Empire: | 7,600 | 8,600 | 10,200 | | The Turkish Empire: | 1,800 | 1,300 | 700 | | United States of America: | 1,500 | 3,500 | 3,700 | | France with colonies (round figures): | 400 | 1,100 | 4,800 | | German Empire with colonies (round figures): | 240 | 600 | 1,200 | | Austria-Hungary: | 239 | 241 | 241 | | Japan with colonies: | 150 | 150 | 260 | | Italy ” ” : | 100 | 110 | 700 |


At the beginning of October 1914 (p. 102):
? Population (million) Territory(Englishsq. miles) Foreigntrade (million marks)
(1910) (1912) (1912)
(German-Austrian) 130 1,440,000 26,750
(Anglo-Franco-Russian) 670 26,090,000 76,750
(Neutral) (round figures) 800 24,470,000 58,000
1,600 52,000,000 161,500

Population (ibidem, p. 83):
Germany (prior to 1870 without Alsace-Lorraine) France (from 1870 without Alsace-Lorraine)
1700 14 21 million
1788 16 25
1816 23 29
1860 36 37
1912 66 40
1925-30 80 40


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