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... British " Qualified Acceptance " -Boer Withdrawal -British Despatch of September 8 - Negative Boer Reply - Some Criticism , but General Support , of Government Policy- " Interim Despatch " of Septem- ber 23 - Mr . Balfour and the Duke ...
... British " Qualified Acceptance " -Boer Withdrawal -British Despatch of September 8 - Negative Boer Reply - Some Criticism , but General Support , of Government Policy- " Interim Despatch " of Septem- ber 23 - Mr . Balfour and the Duke ...
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... British and Afrikander settlers becoming more accentuated as questions of supremacy or preponderance arose . In the Transvaal , where the feeling was most marked , a growing feeling of impatience was notice- able on both sides ; and the ...
... British and Afrikander settlers becoming more accentuated as questions of supremacy or preponderance arose . In the Transvaal , where the feeling was most marked , a growing feeling of impatience was notice- able on both sides ; and the ...
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... British eagerness to provoke a quarrel upon a point of little or no importance . The matter of good faith and unequivocal promise was altogether put aside by French publicists , who for once seemed almost unanimous in supporting their ...
... British eagerness to provoke a quarrel upon a point of little or no importance . The matter of good faith and unequivocal promise was altogether put aside by French publicists , who for once seemed almost unanimous in supporting their ...
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... British and Egyptian flags were to fly side by side , except at Suakin . The Governor - General of the Soudan - appointed by Khedivial decree , but only with British consent , and removable only with the same consent - was to have ...
... British and Egyptian flags were to fly side by side , except at Suakin . The Governor - General of the Soudan - appointed by Khedivial decree , but only with British consent , and removable only with the same consent - was to have ...
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... British firms were acting in conjunction with German firms in the construction of one trunk railway . The Hankow - Canton line concession had been obtained for a British and American syndicate . To British capitalists concessions had ...
... British firms were acting in conjunction with German firms in the construction of one trunk railway . The Hankow - Canton line concession had been obtained for a British and American syndicate . To British capitalists concessions had ...
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