The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1959 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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... British Government's failure to understand the drift of affairs , it was embarrassed by the need to take colonial interests into account and consult colonial governments ; and elements of sheer misunderstanding and irrepressible rivalry ...
... British Government's failure to understand the drift of affairs , it was embarrassed by the need to take colonial interests into account and consult colonial governments ; and elements of sheer misunderstanding and irrepressible rivalry ...
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... British Government , like some other members of his Cabinet , was an unrepentant Gladstonian , opposed to foreign commitments , Grey did not have to put pressure on him to get his agreement to the negotiations . The Prime Minister and ...
... British Government , like some other members of his Cabinet , was an unrepentant Gladstonian , opposed to foreign commitments , Grey did not have to put pressure on him to get his agreement to the negotiations . The Prime Minister and ...
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... Government of the Congo Free State having at its inception guaranteed to the Powers that its native subjects should be governed with humanity , and that no trading monopoly or privilege should be permitted within its dominions ; this ...
... Government of the Congo Free State having at its inception guaranteed to the Powers that its native subjects should be governed with humanity , and that no trading monopoly or privilege should be permitted within its dominions ; this ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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