First World War CentennialFirst World War Centennial

Contents: America and the Balance Sheet of Europe

CONTENTS


Part I—The Situation as It Really Is

Chapter

Page

I

Tests of European Conditions ,

I

II

The Significance of Depreciated Exchanges

III

Is European Trade Recovering? .

IV

National Debts V

National Budgets 47

VI

The European Monetary Situation

VII

The German Monetary Collapse .

VIII

Conclusions as to Present European Con­ditions 88

IX

How Long Will the Depression Endure?

X

Economic and Social Disintegration .

119

XI

The Unity of the Problem

. . . 140

Part II—The Reparations Dilemma

140

XII

History of the Reparations Controversy

155

XIII

Germany's Ability to Pay .

177

XIV

How Much Are the Allies Willing to Be

Paid?

203

XV

The Economics of the Reparations Problem

222

XVI

The French-German Rapprochement .

238

XVII

Political Factors in the European Situation

245

XVIII

Political Factors in the European Situation

(Continued)

271

Part III—Remedies—Proposed and Real

XIX

The Limitations of Foreign Credits .

299

XX

The Stabilization of the International Ex­changes

319

XXI

The Way Out

325

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