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... FRENCH INDO- CHINA • page [ 388 CHAPTER VII . ( By H. WHATES , Author of " The Third Salisbury Administration , 1895-1900 , " etc. ) AFRICA ( WITH MALTA ) : SOUTH AFRICA - EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN - NORTH- EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES ...
... FRENCH INDO- CHINA • page [ 388 CHAPTER VII . ( By H. WHATES , Author of " The Third Salisbury Administration , 1895-1900 , " etc. ) AFRICA ( WITH MALTA ) : SOUTH AFRICA - EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN - NORTH- EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES ...
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... French settlers in the New Hebrides were to the British in the proportion of two - thirds to one - third . There was no parallel between the system of indenture under the Conven- tion and the Chinese Ordinance on the Rand . In the New ...
... French settlers in the New Hebrides were to the British in the proportion of two - thirds to one - third . There was no parallel between the system of indenture under the Conven- tion and the Chinese Ordinance on the Rand . In the New ...
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... French recruiters to French . The Queensland ordinance , he believed , was never applied in the New Hebrides themselves . There had been no inspection or control of re- cruiting in the islands , and its establishment now was a step in ...
... French recruiters to French . The Queensland ordinance , he believed , was never applied in the New Hebrides themselves . There had been no inspection or control of re- cruiting in the islands , and its establishment now was a step in ...
Page 55
... French Government would superintend their recruiting , if to Fiji , they would be under the Unionist ordinance of 1888 . He saw nothing done by the present Government needing apo- logy , excuse or explanation . The debate was cut short ...
... French Government would superintend their recruiting , if to Fiji , they would be under the Unionist ordinance of 1888 . He saw nothing done by the present Government needing apo- logy , excuse or explanation . The debate was cut short ...
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... French Canada ; and he hoped that the next Conference might see a Federated South Africa . In the evening the Premiers were entertained by the Eighty Club at the Holborn Restaurant . Sir Henry Campbell - Banner- man took the chair at ...
... French Canada ; and he hoped that the next Conference might see a Federated South Africa . In the evening the Premiers were entertained by the Eighty Club at the Holborn Restaurant . Sir Henry Campbell - Banner- man took the chair at ...
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Page 450 - American citizen is allowed to expatriate himself in time of war. An American woman who marries a foreigner takes the nationality of her husband.
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Page 441 - ... whatever maneuvers might be necessary in time of war. After war is declared it is too late to find out the needs ; that means to invite disaster. This trip to the Pacific will show what some of our needs are and will enable us to provide for them. The proper place for an officer to learn his duty is at sea, and the only way in which a navy can ever be made efficient is by practice at sea, under all the conditions which would have to be met if war existed.
Page 18 - I received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and was presented with the freedom of the city of London in a gold box.