The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - 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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... Canadian contribution to the new Commonwealth . Canada was an experiment in compromise - geographical , racial , industrial - held together by the threat of internal disunity and fear of the United States . She was well equipped to ...
... Canadian contribution to the new Commonwealth . Canada was an experiment in compromise - geographical , racial , industrial - held together by the threat of internal disunity and fear of the United States . She was well equipped to ...
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... Canada could give at the present time is not to be measured only in ships and money . Any action on the part of Canada to increase the power and mobility of the Imperial Navy , and thus widen the margin of our common safety , would be ...
... Canada could give at the present time is not to be measured only in ships and money . Any action on the part of Canada to increase the power and mobility of the Imperial Navy , and thus widen the margin of our common safety , would be ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
Britain as yet the only fully industrial state | 11 |
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