Lord Milner and South AfricaW. Heinemann, 1902 - 751 pages |
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... position of the pieces on the board in one of those interesting puzzles which the chess player sets himself to solve consti- tutes the only factor which he has to take into account . The distribution of the pieces may indeed represent ...
... position of the pieces on the board in one of those interesting puzzles which the chess player sets himself to solve consti- tutes the only factor which he has to take into account . The distribution of the pieces may indeed represent ...
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... position from which a view is obtainable . History , however , bears emphatic testimony to the fact that this counsel of perfection has rarely been put in practice . There always has been , and apparently always will be , some one position ...
... position from which a view is obtainable . History , however , bears emphatic testimony to the fact that this counsel of perfection has rarely been put in practice . There always has been , and apparently always will be , some one position ...
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... position with regard to the relations of the white men and natives in the colonies . It was not at all from any love of missionaries as such that their views were adopted by the Colonial Office . The missionaries represented the rights ...
... position with regard to the relations of the white men and natives in the colonies . It was not at all from any love of missionaries as such that their views were adopted by the Colonial Office . The missionaries represented the rights ...
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... position of a suitor who , despite the prosperity of his out- look , must yet employ all such wiles and blandishments as are incident to suitoring , when the idea is novel and the lady coy . As he wooed by proxy , was most unlucky in ...
... position of a suitor who , despite the prosperity of his out- look , must yet employ all such wiles and blandishments as are incident to suitoring , when the idea is novel and the lady coy . As he wooed by proxy , was most unlucky in ...
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... position of Mr. Froude . Lord Carnarvon , as we have seen , was most anxious to establish just such a self - governing dominion in South Africa as that which had come into being under his auspices in Canada . Here is Mr. Froude's view ...
... position of Mr. Froude . Lord Carnarvon , as we have seen , was most anxious to establish just such a self - governing dominion in South Africa as that which had come into being under his auspices in Canada . Here is Mr. Froude's view ...
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affairs Afrikander Bond amongst annexation authority believe Bloemfontein Blue-book Boers Britain British Government British subjects burghers Cape Colony Cape Town capitalists cause Chamberlain colonists concessions Convention course desire despatch doubt Dutch Empire England English existence fact favour feel franchise give Gladstone Governor grievances hand High Commissioner Hofmeyr honour Imperial Government independence inhabitants interests Jameson Johannesburg Joubert Kaffirs Kimberley letter Lord Carnarvon Lord Milner Majesty Majesty's Government matter ment Minister Ministry Molteno Natal nation native nature never object opinion Orange Free Parliament party Paul Kruger peace persons political population position possible present President Kruger Pretoria proposal question Raad race Raid reason recognised reform regard Reitz reply representative responsible Rhodes Schreiner secure self-government Sir Bartle Frere South Africa South African Republic speech sympathy territory Theal Theophilus Shepstone tion Uitlanders Vaal Volksraad whole wish
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Page 134 - But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : but thou shalt utterly destroy them ; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites ; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee...
Page 72 - The Assistant Commissioners guarantee in the fullest manner, on the part of the British Government, to the Emigrant Farmers beyond the Vaal River, the right to manage their own affairs and to govern themselves according to their own laws, without any interference on the part of the British Government...
Page 463 - The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by her Majesty the Queen.
Page 353 - Italy, there is not the least probability that the British constitution would be hurt by the union of Great Britain with her colonies. That constitution, on the contrary, would be completed by it, and seems to be imperfect without it.
Page 583 - The spectacle of thousands of British subjects kept permanently in the position of helots, constantly chafing under undoubted grievances, and calling vainly to Her Majesty's Government for redress, does steadily undermine the influence and reputation of Great Britain and the respect for the British Government within the Queen's dominions.
Page 678 - ... they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon Transvaal citizens.
Page 82 - When these subtle views were adopted by the country under the plausible plea of granting self-government to the colonies, I confess that I myself thought that the tie was broken. Not that I for one object to self-government. I cannot conceive how our distant colonies can have their affairs administered except by self-government.
Page 586 - Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field...
Page 678 - Republic; (b) they will be entitled to hire or possess houses, manufactories, warehouses, shops, and premises; (c) they may carry on their commerce either in person or by any agents whom they may think fit to employ; (d) they will not be subject, in respect of their persons or property, or in respect of their commerce or industry, to any taxes, whether general or local, other than those which are or may be imposed upon citizens of the said Republic.
Page 593 - The case for intervention is overwhelming. The only attempted answer is that things will right themselves if left alone. But, in fact, the policy of leaving things alone has been tried for years, and it has led to their going from bad to worse. It is not true that this is owing to the Raid. They were going from bad to worse before the Raid.