Some Nemesis was due, and Nemesis had already shown its hand. The ...
Some Nemesis was due, and Nemesis had already shown its hand.
The Committee of Inquiry into the Jameson Raid had closed its proceedings abruptly.
No one knew why, and everyone thought the more. The rash annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 and its precipitate abandonment in 1881 had left on either side a sentiment of apprehension and humiliation, which might have subsided into such a friendly indifference as commonly prevailed between the Empire and the other Republic on the Orange River.
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But in 1886 gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand; in 1888 Rhodes ...
But in 1886 gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand;
in 1888 Rhodes
amalgamated the Kimberley Diamond Companies, and in 1889 the
Serious men were apt at times to wonder whether more was not ...
Serious men were apt at times to wonder whether more was not at stake than the suzerainty of the Queen; whether, if the safety of the
Empire required the extinction
Germany had thrown down her challenge at sea. The Victorian age was ...
Germany had thrown down her challenge at sea. The Victorian age was over.
The old queen was dead. She had lived long enough.
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