. A short history of England and the British Empire. s not likely to support a scheme that will probablyraise the price of bread. Although the demand for social and constitutional legislationhas been prominent in English politics during the present cen-tury, it has not been the only great interest. The English peoplehave shown a real concern for the welfare of the British Empireand have insisted that the prestige of Great Britain as a world-England and power must be maintained. It was this interestthe empire. that dictated the terms of the alliance with Japanand induced the Liberal cabinet to.
. A short history of England and the British Empire. s not likely to support a scheme that will probablyraise the price of bread. Although the demand for social and constitutional legislationhas been prominent in English politics during the present cen-tury, it has not been the only great interest. The English peoplehave shown a real concern for the welfare of the British Empireand have insisted that the prestige of Great Britain as a world-England and power must be maintained. It was this interestthe empire. that dictated the terms of the alliance with Japanand induced the Liberal cabinet the Triple Ententewith autocratic Russia. The movement for a closer organiza-tion of the empire has sprung from the same interest. Theopposition of the Unionists to home rule for Ireland was largelybased on the feeling that to establish an Irish parliament wouldmean to loosen the bonds that hold the empire together. Al-though England justifies her entry into the European conflictas an effort to maintain the neutrality of Belgium, it cannot be.
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