The Life of the Rt. Hon. John Edward Ellis, M. P.; with a Pref. by Viscount Bryce

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Macmillan, 1914 - 299 էջ

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Էջ 142 - Neither the Secretary of State for the Colonies nor any of the officials of the Colonial Office received any information which made them, or should have made them or any of them, aware of the plot during its development.
Էջ 142 - The following were the principal conclusions arrived at by Sir Richard Martin : " (1) That compulsory labour did undoubtedly exist in Matabeleland if not in Mashonaland ; (2) that labour was procured by the various native commissioners for the various requirements of the Government, mining companies, and private persons ; (3) that the native commissioners in the first place endeavoured to obtain labour through the indunas, but failing in this they procured it by force.
Էջ 122 - The fact that Mr Rhodes (after having authorised that they should be shown to Mr Chamberlain) has refused to allow them to be produced before the Committee, leads to the conclusion that he is aware that any statements purporting to implicate the Colonial Office contained in them were unfounded, and the use made of them in support of his action in South Africa was not justified.
Էջ 270 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Էջ 154 - But we humbly represent to your Majesty our strong disapproval of the conduct of the negotiations with the Government of the Transvaal which have involved us in hostilities with the two South African Republics.
Էջ 170 - I first received the right 1 hon. Gentleman's letter to deny his right ; to ask me to explain, but I did not wish to expose myself to what no doubt would have been a certain risk of misconception, . so I wrote these lines. That is the story so far. Now I should like to thank the Leader of the Opposition for the protest he raised to-night, not for the first time, against the publication of private • correspondence, and I protest in the most emphatic manner against a •Government Department publishing...
Էջ 122 - desire to put on record an absolute and unqualified condemnation of the raid and of the plans which made it possible. The result caused for the time being grave injury to British influence in South Africa. Public confidence was shaken, race feeling embittered, and serious difficulties were created with neighboring States.
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