The Annual Register, Volumen150Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1909 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... present of the question of British Indians in the Trans- vaal . Instructions had been issued by the British and French Governments separately to Commissioners in the New Heb- rides to assist them in framing regulations , and these would ...
... present of the question of British Indians in the Trans- vaal . Instructions had been issued by the British and French Governments separately to Commissioners in the New Heb- rides to assist them in framing regulations , and these would ...
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... present rate of progress the Congested Districts Board would take 150 years to acquire the needful land . Yet in this difficulty the party opposite was calling for more coercion . What frightened him was not cattle - driving , but the ...
... present rate of progress the Congested Districts Board would take 150 years to acquire the needful land . Yet in this difficulty the party opposite was calling for more coercion . What frightened him was not cattle - driving , but the ...
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... present Government's predecessors - it became clear that there must be a policy of agreement with Russia . The Government had had abundant expert advice from India Office officials and from our Ambassador at St. Petersburg and Sir ...
... present Government's predecessors - it became clear that there must be a policy of agreement with Russia . The Government had had abundant expert advice from India Office officials and from our Ambassador at St. Petersburg and Sir ...
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... present crisis - an attempt at interference by foreign policy with domestic affairs was merely irritating ; had there been no Agreement , Anglo - Russian relations must have got worse ; an opportunity had been seized which might not ...
... present crisis - an attempt at interference by foreign policy with domestic affairs was merely irritating ; had there been no Agreement , Anglo - Russian relations must have got worse ; an opportunity had been seized which might not ...
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... present plan prevented either process . There had been no proper discussion on the details of either Bill , and the debates in previous Parliaments were only Friday debates , the results of which merely signified that something should ...
... present plan prevented either process . There had been no proper discussion on the details of either Bill , and the debates in previous Parliaments were only Friday debates , the results of which merely signified that something should ...
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Página 85 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Página 432 - In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries.
Página 439 - In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure.
Página 438 - The policy of both governments, uninfluenced by any aggressive tendencies, is directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in the region above mentioned and to the defense of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China.
Página 438 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Página 439 - States will be made by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; His Majesty's Government reserving the right before concluding a special agreement in any matter affecting the interests of a self-governing Dominion of the British Empire to obtain the concurrence therein of the Government of that Dominion.
Página 432 - We favor the establishment of maximum and minimum rates to be administered by the President under limitations fixed in the law, the maximum to be available to meet discriminations by foreign countries against American goods entering their markets and the minimum to represent the normal measure of protection at home...
Página 438 - It is a pleasure to inform you that this expression of mutual understanding is welcome to the Government of the United States as appropriate to...
Página 201 - Government had hoped that Turkey would be undisturbed, and he hoped and thought that there would be no breach of the peace. The British Government, when pressing Macedonian reforms, had always been warned that they would be imperilled by any slighting of the Turkish Government ; and Great Britain must therefore refuse to recognise the right of any Power or State to alter an international treaty without the consent of the other parties to it, and would use its influence to support the progress of...
Página 432 - Under the guidance of Republican principles the American people have become the richest nation in the world. Our wealth today exceeds that of England and all her colonies, and that of France and Germany combined. When the Republican party was born the total wealth of the country was $16,000,000,000.