CHAPTER XVIII. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF MINERAL

RESOURCES 383

WORLD MOVEMENT OF MINERALS 383 Movement of minerals under pre-war conditions of international trade 385 Changes during the war 385 Post-war condition of the mineral trade 387

TENDENCIES TOWARD INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND POSSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF MINERALS 389 Methods of international cooperation 391

CONSERVATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 393

EXPLORATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 395

VALUATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 396

RELATIVE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES IN REGARD TO SUPPLIES OF MINERALS 396

THE COAL AND IRON SITUATION OF WESTERN EUROPE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PEACE 400

CONCLUSION 403

LITERATURE 403