The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 342
Every purpose of popular control might be combined with every advantage of vesting the immediate choice of advisers in the Crown , were the Colonial Governor to be instructed to secure the co - operation of the Assembly in his policy ...
Every purpose of popular control might be combined with every advantage of vesting the immediate choice of advisers in the Crown , were the Colonial Governor to be instructed to secure the co - operation of the Assembly in his policy ...
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Spain was trying to secure a tripartite guarantee of Cuba from Great Britain , France and the United States , and this was supposed to mask a British design to purchase the island to recompense her bondholders for their loans .
Spain was trying to secure a tripartite guarantee of Cuba from Great Britain , France and the United States , and this was supposed to mask a British design to purchase the island to recompense her bondholders for their loans .
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It failed to secure from Prussia the fulfilment of her treaty obligations towards her ex - Danish subjects . But it proved to all the world that the Austrian Emperor condoned Napoleon's share in the Mexican tragedy of May , 1867 , when ...
It failed to secure from Prussia the fulfilment of her treaty obligations towards her ex - Danish subjects . But it proved to all the world that the Austrian Emperor condoned Napoleon's share in the Mexican tragedy of May , 1867 , when ...
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