Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

Throughout the war no action was taken against Briey or
nearby Thionville, a German area vital to the German
army. Orders to bombard Briey were cancelled on orders
of Zaharoff." M. Barthe protested this event in a speech
to the French Parliament January 24, 1919.
McCormick found that Zaharoff had made some
interesting confessions to close associates. He boasted
to Rosita Forbes, "I made wars so that I could sell arms
to both sides." He offered astute political advice to Sir
Robert Lord Boothby, "Begin on the left in politics, and
then, if necessary, work over to the right. Remember it is
sometimes necessary to kick off the ladder those who
have helped you to climb it."
In addition to his Vickers and Electric Boat stock,
Zaharoff had large holdings in other armaments
manufacturers, Krupp and Skoda. The Skoda Works of
Czechoslavakia were controlled by the powerful
Schneider family of Schneider-Creusot, headed by
Eugene Schneider, whose grand-daughter married the
present Duke of Bedford. The Nye Committee found that
Vickers interlocked with Brown Boveri of Switzerland,
Fokker, Banque Ottomane, Mitsui, Schneider, and ten
other armaments firms around the world. Vickers set up
a torpedo manufacturing firm, Societe Francasies des
Torpilles Whitehead, with the former Whitehead Co.,
whose owner, James B. Whitehead, then became
English Ambassador to France. Frau Margareta von
Bismarck was a director of Societe Francasies, as was
Count Edgar Hoyos of Fiume.