The most impressive sign of this had been the very rapid pay
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- The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers whole source · open book
The most impressive sign of this had been the very rapid paying off the German indemnity of 1871, which, in Bismarck’s erroneous calculation, was supposed to cripple France’s strength for many years to come. But in the period following, French capital was also poured out to various countries inside Europe and without.
chapter: The Position of the Powers, 1885–1914