. A short history of England and the British Empire. General Charles George Gordon 602 THE UNIONISTS AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE his way into the Kimberley diamond fields, where he amassed agreat fortune. Later he invested heavily in the gold fields ofthe Rand. But Cecil Rhodes was also interested in the vastinterior country lying to the north of the Boer republics. InThe South l889 ne organized the South African Company,African the purpose of which was to develop the territories north and south of the Zambezi River. The com-pany was also given extensive administrative powers over the. Governors Pa
. A short history of England and the British Empire. General Charles George Gordon 602 THE UNIONISTS AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE his way into the Kimberley diamond fields, where he amassed agreat fortune. Later he invested heavily in the gold fields ofthe Rand. But Cecil Rhodes was also interested in the vastinterior country lying to the north of the Boer republics. InThe South l889 ne organized the South African Company,African the purpose of which was to develop the territories north and south of the Zambezi River. The com-pany was also given extensive administrative powers over the. Governors Palace, Khartoum regions in which it was to operate. The South African Com-pany brought a large interior province under theBritish flag: this has been called Rhodesia inhonor of Cecil Rhodes. The presence of the English in Rhode-sia caused much irritation in the Boer settlement, as it preventedfurther expansion of the Transvaal Republic to the north andthe west. 545. The Imperialism of Joseph Chamberlain. In 1895the Liberal party lost its control of the administration and theUnionists took charge of the British government. Lord Salis-bury was once more made prime minister and he selectedJoseph Chamberlain for the office of colonial secretary. THE IMPERIALISM OF JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN 603 Chamberlain was still a radical; but on two important sub-jects his political beliefs appealed to a large ele-ment in the Unionist party: (1) he held that the chamberlain time had come to abandon free trade and return in*he colomal office. to some form of a protective tariff;1 (2) he em-phasized
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