Note 14 — Chapter V · PEACEFUL PENETRATION PROGRESSES
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Report of the Bagdad Railway Company, 1906, p. 4; K. Helfferich, Die Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges, pp. 131–132; Dr. Helfferich’s reputation was based largely upon his writings on two important subjects: the gold monetary standard; government promotion of foreign trade. Cf. Germany and the Gold Standard (London, 1896); Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Geldreform (Leipzig, 1901). See the enthusiastic appreciation of Dr. Helfferich’s services voiced by his associates of the Deutsche Bank upon the occasion of his appointment as Secretary of State for the Imperial Treasury, January, 1915. Report of the Deutsche Bank, 1915, pp. 11–12; Report of the Bagdad Railway Company, 1914, p. 8.