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  • A zollverein should be the first goal of Balkan statesmanship in the new phase of history that is opening for Europe; but economic relations on this scale involve the political factor, and the Balkans will not be able to deal with their great neighbours on equal terms till the zollverein has ripened into a federation.

    The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906

  • He and his business had survived free trade -- though he would not say this either -- and he preferred to go on surviving it rather than take the chances of any zollverein.

    The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • But if they commit themselves to a zollverein with us and the rest of the family you won't hear much more about the need to foster communications.

    The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • For the Entente to form a zollverein and say to Germany, "Under no conditions will you be admitted," would simply be sowing the seeds of future war.

    Certain Features of the Paris Constitution 1919

  • But by forming a zollverein which she will be permitted to enter by conforming to the demand for disarmament we can compel her to disarm.

    Certain Features of the Paris Constitution 1919

  • Balkans in wealth, population, and business experience; and the Balkan peoples can only hope to hold their own in this perilous but essential intercourse with a stronger neighbour, if they take more active and deliberate steps towards co-operation among themselves, and find in railway conventions the basis for a Balkan zollverein.

    The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906

  • German zollverein from Jan. 1, last, renounces all right of exploitation of the railroads, adheres to the abrogation of its neutrality, and accepts in advance any international agreement as to it, reached by the allied and associated powers.

    Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901

  • [Sidenote: The southern German states receive constitutions, 1818-1820.] [Sidenote: Formation of a customs union -- _zollverein_ -- with Prussia at its head.]

    An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899

  • It seems also to be generally agreed that such a zollverein, or common customs union, would bring practically more benefits to the Canadian provinces than to the United States.

    A Zollverein Between the U. S. and Canada. Specimen Days 1892

  • SOME of the more liberal of the presses here are discussing the question of a zollverein between the United States and Canada.

    A Zollverein Between the U. S. and Canada. Specimen Days 1892

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