The Colonies, and Their Connection with the Mother Country: With a Statistical List of the British Empire in 1886 Appended; An Address to the Members ... Tuesday, February 1st, 1887 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Walter Chamberlain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330627261 ISBN 13: 9781330627266

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Colonies, and Their Connection With the Mother Country: With a Statistical List of the British Empire in 1886 Appended; An Address to the Members of the Above Institute, on Tuesday, February 1st, 1887

To quote the old simile of a stone thrown into a pool, the ripples extend and widen long after the stone has sunk and the splash subsided.

But, on the other hand, I most emphatically protest against the doctrine that retrocession is, under any circumstance, inadmissable, and that territory once annexed must be for ever held, that the prestige, and perhaps the very existence of the Empire, is to be staked if necessary, on the retention of every wretched settlement or island we may now, or in the future, hold in any part of the world. There are many places which I think we should consider as held only on the condition that they continue to serve the particular purpose for which they were taken, and from which therefore we might at some time recede, with positive advantage to ourselves and without injustice to others.

We come now to the consideration of what is our colonial Empire, what are its component parts, and their respective areas, populations, trade, climates, and system of government.

To treat this part of my subject fully would, of course, require a separate work on each colony - many of which works by-the - bye are already in existence. For my present purpose it may be sufficient, I think, to give a summary as in the accompanying list, which embraces a concise statement on all the above matters.

In this list I have had to include the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as also India and Burmah, but I do not propose further to refer to these to-night, as India alone offers more than sufficient matter for a separate address.

I may, however, point out that the government business of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man still passes through the Home Office, as these islands have always been considered as integral parts, not only of the Empire at large, but specially of the United Kingdom, although they have peculiar laws and administrative arrangements of their own.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330627261
• ISBN 13: 9781330627266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40