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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... Canada : this daughter nation was a hostage given to fortune . Nearly all the Cabinet , Kimberley tells us , were of opinion in May 1869 that Canada could not be successfully defended against the United States and that it was much to be ...
... Canada : this daughter nation was a hostage given to fortune . Nearly all the Cabinet , Kimberley tells us , were of opinion in May 1869 that Canada could not be successfully defended against the United States and that it was much to be ...
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... Canada amounted to £ 373 millions , at least £ 40 millions being expended each year in loans on mortgage , land purchase and such like investments . The United States was only beginning to exploit the Canadian field , although it was ...
... Canada amounted to £ 373 millions , at least £ 40 millions being expended each year in loans on mortgage , land purchase and such like investments . The United States was only beginning to exploit the Canadian field , although it was ...
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... Canada which they had anticipated . But , later on , at the first meeting of the League Assembly , Canada was to attempt to delete the article from the Covenant . One topic which aroused the concern of the Dominions and of Great Britain ...
... Canada which they had anticipated . But , later on , at the first meeting of the League Assembly , Canada was to attempt to delete the article from the Covenant . One topic which aroused the concern of the Dominions and of Great Britain ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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