Annual Register, Volume 137Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1896 - History |
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... Cabinet , which Lord Rosebery had inherited from Mr. Gladstone , found itself in such smooth waters as at the opening of the New Year . Our relations with foreign Powers , especially with France and Germany , were not precisely cordial ...
... Cabinet , which Lord Rosebery had inherited from Mr. Gladstone , found itself in such smooth waters as at the opening of the New Year . Our relations with foreign Powers , especially with France and Germany , were not precisely cordial ...
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... Cabinet afresh . Little light was thrown on the subject by Mr. Campbell - Bannerman ( Jan. 7 ) , who contented himself by assuring his audience at Hawick that the strength of their party lay in principles of justice and equality ...
... Cabinet afresh . Little light was thrown on the subject by Mr. Campbell - Bannerman ( Jan. 7 ) , who contented himself by assuring his audience at Hawick that the strength of their party lay in principles of justice and equality ...
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... Cabinet a fair proportion of those Liberals who , since 1886 , had thrown in their lot with the Conservatives . His desire obviously was that such a coalition Cabinet should represent the groups of which the Unionist party had been ...
... Cabinet a fair proportion of those Liberals who , since 1886 , had thrown in their lot with the Conservatives . His desire obviously was that such a coalition Cabinet should represent the groups of which the Unionist party had been ...
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... Cabinet . " We have inherited , " he said , " a vast programme of measures of first - rate importance , not merely from various meetings of the federation and the declara- tions of leaders , but also by the inherent necessities of the ...
... Cabinet . " We have inherited , " he said , " a vast programme of measures of first - rate importance , not merely from various meetings of the federation and the declara- tions of leaders , but also by the inherent necessities of the ...
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... Cabinet which was in favour of " filling up the cup " of the Lords ' iniquities ; and in this respect it must be admitted the principal Liberal organ in the press not only endorsed the decision of the Cabinet , but strongly urged this ...
... Cabinet which was in favour of " filling up the cup " of the Lords ' iniquities ; and in this respect it must be admitted the principal Liberal organ in the press not only endorsed the decision of the Cabinet , but strongly urged this ...
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Page 377 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our Southern Brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference.
Page 196 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power, as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 332 - The closing of the Indian mints to the free coinage of silver...
Page 380 - ... there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.
Page 67 - The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. By TA ARCHER and CL KINGSFORD.
Page 378 - That distance and three thousand miles of intervening ocean make any permanent political union between a European and an American state unnatural and inexpedient will hardly be denied.
Page 380 - In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow. I am nevertheless firm in my conviction that while it is a grievous thing to contemplate the two great Englishspeaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the onward march of civilization...
Page 375 - Virginia, who had been Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Representatives. The first session of the fifty-fourth Congress began Monday, December 2.
Page 272 - ... on the Aksu River, if that locality is found not to be north of the latitude of Lake Victoria, and from thence it shall be prolonged in an easterly direction so as to meet the Chinese frontier. If it should be found that Kizil Rabat is situated to the north of the latitude of Lake Victoria, the line of demarcation shall be drawn to the nearest convenient point on the Aksu River south of that latitude, and from thence prolonged as aforesaid.
Page 378 - ... international law. They are not prepared to admit that the interests of the United States are necessarily concerned in every frontier dispute which may arise between any two of the States who possess dominion in the Western hemisphere ; and still less can they accept the doctrine that the United States are entitled to claim that the process of arbitration shall be applied to any demand for the surrender of territory which one of those States may make against another.