According to Ferry, what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies?
Ferry in my opinion was hitting on multiple reasons as to why it was important to have colonies for France. One of those reasons are as stated in his passage, the competition of rising rivals through military, navel improvement, and prodigious development. I believe that Ferry was very smart for thinking of these three things because the first was military, and with military comes easier expansion throughout foreign grounds. The military is also very important because it allows you to be able to protect your native land as well. Second, was the naval development this was extremely important better more durable ships can last longer at sea and make vaster journeys. A more militarized ship also meant being able to protect whatever goods or people the ship was carrying. Setting up colonies for these things could make for safer travels and the ability to refuel and be able to port in a safe area. Safety was a big issue in this as well as at the time Germany was starting to set up water blockades not letting foreigners use what they considered their part of the ocean making trade and travel even more difficult. With the competition of supply and demand it became more and more apparent that the European countries were not the only ones in the market anymore with the North American trade taking over lots of parts of South America. Ferry’s answer to this colonize different parts of the globe. He was thinking with expansion comes power money and trade routes which were the biggest source of income.
What arguments against imperialism have been raised by Ferry's critics? How does he counter them?
The critics had a lot to say about imperialism. In the article I read about the making of the Anti-Imperialist League founded by Andrew Carnegie and William James there was a quote stating “We believe that imperialism was hostile to liberty and leans towards militarism”