Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalitiesWm. H. Wise, 1924 |
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... British War Cabinet Planned for League of Nations At the Peace Conference . 320 321 323 324 Publicly indicted Treaty • 325 Diplomatic missions 327 Believes in spiritual foundation of British Empire 328 Reparation problems 330 Appeal to ...
... British War Cabinet Planned for League of Nations At the Peace Conference . 320 321 323 324 Publicly indicted Treaty • 325 Diplomatic missions 327 Believes in spiritual foundation of British Empire 328 Reparation problems 330 Appeal to ...
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... British Empire settled into its war stride . David Lloyd George was made Prime Min- ister . And for nearly every moment of that whole seven years , no matter who spoke for France or who for Germany , who for any other of the world's na ...
... British Empire settled into its war stride . David Lloyd George was made Prime Min- ister . And for nearly every moment of that whole seven years , no matter who spoke for France or who for Germany , who for any other of the world's na ...
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... British Constitution . If the greatness of England can be summed up in a single phrase it is probably this : the historic ability of the English to liberalize their constitution as suc- ceeding kinds of privilege became intrenched and ...
... British Constitution . If the greatness of England can be summed up in a single phrase it is probably this : the historic ability of the English to liberalize their constitution as suc- ceeding kinds of privilege became intrenched and ...
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... British taxation had been shifted to unproductive , inherited and ultraprofitable property and the great body of employees , small manufacturers , dealers and workpeople , the surplus mouths which it is always Britain's task to feed ...
... British taxation had been shifted to unproductive , inherited and ultraprofitable property and the great body of employees , small manufacturers , dealers and workpeople , the surplus mouths which it is always Britain's task to feed ...
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... British soldiers alike were in open defiance of his government's policy . It has been charged that Germany chose this tick- lish juncture to force the issue of war upon the con- tinent , believing that England's Irish troubles would be ...
... British soldiers alike were in open defiance of his government's policy . It has been charged that Germany chose this tick- lish juncture to force the issue of war upon the con- tinent , believing that England's Irish troubles would be ...
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