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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... Harcourt ( 1882 ) " the absolute necessity ... of ... securing to ourselves such a position ( short of an- nexation ) ... Harcourt's was " Pay and scuttle " .4 Gladstone , like the Little Englanders , suspected Hartington's pro ...
... Harcourt ( 1882 ) " the absolute necessity ... of ... securing to ourselves such a position ( short of an- nexation ) ... Harcourt's was " Pay and scuttle " .4 Gladstone , like the Little Englanders , suspected Hartington's pro ...
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... Harcourt and Morley , still feared that continued occupation of Egypt would cost Britain " another Crimean War " . They objected to the occupation because , by forcing Britain to lean on German support , it was dragging her into the ...
... Harcourt and Morley , still feared that continued occupation of Egypt would cost Britain " another Crimean War " . They objected to the occupation because , by forcing Britain to lean on German support , it was dragging her into the ...
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... Harcourt , succeeded the aged Gladstone ( March 1894 ) . It was characteristic of the relative unimportance of ... Harcourt's threats of resignation and the Cabinet agreed to propose capital guarantees for the Uganda railway to the ...
... Harcourt , succeeded the aged Gladstone ( March 1894 ) . It was characteristic of the relative unimportance of ... Harcourt's threats of resignation and the Cabinet agreed to propose capital guarantees for the Uganda railway to the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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