...of protectorates, spheres of influence and of interest. Of this latter category as a whole he says : Of all the diplomatic forms or fictions which have...it might at first sight appear; it is in reality an endeavor, sanctioned by general usage, to introduce formality and decorum into proceedings which, unless...

...Influence ; temporary Leases to become perpetual; Spheres of Influence to develop into Pro- \ tectorates ; Protectorates to be the forerunners of ) complete incorporation. The process is not so immoral i as it might at first sight appear; it is in reality an endeavour, sanctioned by general usage, to...

...crystallize into the harder shape. Spheres of Interest tend to become Spheres of Influence; temporary Leases become perpetual; Spheres of Influence to develop...Protectorates; Protectorates to be the forerunners of complete incorporation."61 Meanwhile the German school of Geopolitics evolved a separate existence from this...