. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. of transit by water between the North Sea and the Baltic hadbeen far around the peninsula of Jutland, b\- way of the Cattegat and theSkager Rack. The old Eider canal had given passage to small ships were the difficulty and the danger of the all-water way around, that anannual loss of two hundred vessels was entail
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. of transit by water between the North Sea and the Baltic hadbeen far around the peninsula of Jutland, b\- way of the Cattegat and theSkager Rack. The old Eider canal had given passage to small ships were the difficulty and the danger of the all-water way around, that anannual loss of two hundred vessels was entailed on the commerce of theworld. The new canal was safe and direct and capacious. RETIREMENT AXD LAST YEARS. big The occasion of the opening was honored with an internationalpageant of magnificent character. The formal dedication was on the 20thof June. The Kaiser Wilhelm II was present and presided at the principalceremony. Distinguished visitors and representatives gathered from nearlyall the leading nations. Mr. Gladstone, with his family and a company offriends, took ship from Southampton to Kiel as an observer and honoredguest. His coming and reception were heralded as a matter worthy of his-torical note. Nor might it be observed that his influence and fame were. GLADSTONE AND GROUP OF FRIENDS. lessened by the fact that he was no longer responsible for the conduct ofthe British government. The leading men of Europe gathered round him,and it was conceded that his presence at the opening of the canal greatlyheightened the event in the estimation of not only the Germans and theDanes, but also of the representatives of other nations. During the years 1895-96 Mr. Gladstone in his retirement inveteratelyagitated the question of British interference in behalf of the ArmeniansHis constitutional and acquired dislike of the Ottoman empire, and in par-ticular of the policy of the sultan and his subordinates in Armenia, increasedthe acerbity of his attacks on the conduct of the governm
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