Anatole France. Penguin island (№ 207727)

Not I hearing correctly? asked Dr. Omnibill. - How! You, you, industrial nation, got involved in all these wars?!
"Of course," said the translator. - Because it is an industrial war. People who do not have a developed Commerce and industry need not be wars; but the business people are forced to conduct aggressive policy. The number of our wars inevitably growing together with our production activities. As soon as one or another sector of our industry there is no demand for their products, there is a need in the war to get new opportunities for him. That's why this year we had the coal, copper war, and a cotton war. In Third-Zealand we have killed two-thirds of people to force others to buy our umbrellas and braces.