. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. govern-ment and Newfoundland, the English authorities expressed regret that theirNewfoundland colonists would not be more reasonable. In many oth
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. govern-ment and Newfoundland, the English authorities expressed regret that theirNewfoundland colonists would not be more reasonable. In many other mat-ters also England has of late displayed this strong desire to be courteous andgenerous to us, as well as just. With her own colonies, though the Liberals refused them the preferentialtariff Mr. Chamberlain had urged, England increased her influence duringthese years. The various colonies in Australia had in the last year of Vic-torias reign united into a single firmly founded commonwealth. Now thosein southern Africa were urged to do the same. The conquered Boer stateshad been granted something approaching to self-government as early as and more freedom was allowed them. A union of the various coloniesupon an equal footing was planned, discussed, and finally established. InSeptember of 1909 South Africa became, like Australia, a single self-govern-ing state. Prime Minister Bannerman did not live to see this happy consummation. England—Heavy Taxation 1^37 of the disastrous South African war. He died in April, 1908, and his placeas Englands chief was taken by his lieutenant, Mr. Herbert Asquith. UnderAsquith the Liberals strife against the Lords flared up again. In getting his official family, his cabinet, around him Mr. Asquithselected as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the controller of Englands finances,Mr. David Lloyd-George, a Welsh statesman, vigorous and powerful, andinclined, as many of the Liberals were, toward Labor or even Socialisticprinciples. The wor
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