The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The Empire-Commonwealth, 1870-1919John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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From that year till 1884-5 the annual sum expended on new warship construction had remained at well under £ 2,000,000 , except for a short - lived spurt during 1877–8 , the years of the Russian war scare and the appointment of the ...
From that year till 1884-5 the annual sum expended on new warship construction had remained at well under £ 2,000,000 , except for a short - lived spurt during 1877–8 , the years of the Russian war scare and the appointment of the ...
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Scarcity of labour remained the chief problem , confused further by the rivalry of sugar and coffee planters for the limited amount of Indian labour and Government concern with the conditions of contract and passage .
Scarcity of labour remained the chief problem , confused further by the rivalry of sugar and coffee planters for the limited amount of Indian labour and Government concern with the conditions of contract and passage .
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And when AngloFrench relations in Europe remained so distant , it is not surprising that Anglo - Russian relations were even more so ; that Great Britain's attitude to Russia in the Bosnian crisis , for example , was even more unhelpful ...
And when AngloFrench relations in Europe remained so distant , it is not surprising that Anglo - Russian relations were even more so ; that Great Britain's attitude to Russia in the Bosnian crisis , for example , was even more unhelpful ...
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