The Annual Register, Volume 150Edmund 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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... United States 10.7 per cent . , of Germany 6.9 per cent . , and of France 3.5 per cent . Next day he severely criti- cised the claim to " parental right " in education , and declared Liberalism to be a middle party between reaction and ...
... United States 10.7 per cent . , of Germany 6.9 per cent . , and of France 3.5 per cent . Next day he severely criti- cised the claim to " parental right " in education , and declared Liberalism to be a middle party between reaction and ...
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... United States ' Govern- ment , to which no interested motives could be imputed . The Government looked to the Belgian people and had confidence in their Parliament . The Bishop of Southwark , in a short speech , apprehended that ...
... United States ' Govern- ment , to which no interested motives could be imputed . The Government looked to the Belgian people and had confidence in their Parliament . The Bishop of Southwark , in a short speech , apprehended that ...
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... United States could not fail to influence public opinion in Europe . When it be- came clear that the Belgian Government intended to take over the Congo on satisfactory conditions we shall discuss with it in a friendly way all questions ...
... United States could not fail to influence public opinion in Europe . When it be- came clear that the Belgian Government intended to take over the Congo on satisfactory conditions we shall discuss with it in a friendly way all questions ...
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... United Kingdom , and the gravest constitutional problem of the day was to set the Imperial Parliament free for Imperial affairs . He did not know by what precise stages the goal would be reached , but he thought it inevitable ; but he ...
... United Kingdom , and the gravest constitutional problem of the day was to set the Imperial Parliament free for Imperial affairs . He did not know by what precise stages the goal would be reached , but he thought it inevitable ; but he ...
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... harbour dispute between the City of Dublin Steam - Packet Company - an Irish undertaking - and the London and North - Western Railway united both Irish parties against 1908. ] The Irish Crown Jewels . - The Glenahiry Explosion . [ 77.
... harbour dispute between the City of Dublin Steam - Packet Company - an Irish undertaking - and the London and North - Western Railway united both Irish parties against 1908. ] The Irish Crown Jewels . - The Glenahiry Explosion . [ 77.
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.