Word: britain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...present administration there are ten Harvard graduates in the diplomatic and consular service of the United States. Of these, two are ambassadors, two are ministers and six are consuls. Their names and the places to which they are sent are as follows: Ambassadors--Rufus Hodges Choate '52, to Great Britain; Charlemagne Tower '72, to Russia. Ministers--George Herbert Bridgman M.'81, to Bolivia; Bellamy Storer '67, to Spain. Consuls -- Frank Dyer Chester '91, to Buda-Pesth, Austria Hungary; Joseph Waite Merriam '56, to Iquique, Chile; Talbot Jones Albert '68, to Brunswick, and Thomas William Peters L. S. '69, to Plauen...
...meeting of the Freshman Debating Club held last night, the debate was won by the negative,--A. Black, A. King and R. A. Dean. The next debate will be held on February 15, on the question: "Resolved, That a limited monarchy, such as Great Britain, is preferable to a representative form of government such as the United States...
...Boer government. The idea that it was the Jameson raid which impelled the Transvaal to arm is frivolous. The arming had been going on for years. A final proof of Boer premeditation is found in the fact that the Orange Free State, which had absolutely no quarrel with Britain, threw in its lot with the Transvaal...
Professor Strobel says: "One can not help sympathizing with the Boers as the weaker and struggling for independence, but in view of the great interest Great Britain has in South Africa and the evident desire on the part of the Boers to establish an independent republic as evinced in Kruger's policy since 1881, Great Britain is acting as any other nation would act under the circumstances. This is explained by the fact that the importance of the Dutch element in the British colonies would seriously endanger Great Britain's future possession of those colonies. The question is a racial...
Professor Schilling is of the opinion that, ever since the Jameson raid, it has been certain that England's intention was to absorb the South African republics. Britain's unwillingness for a peaceable settlement when a fair proposal was made shows this, as does the continual massing of troops on the Boers' borders. The true inwardness of the matter is not and can not be known for some time, but right seems to be on the side of the Boers. At least the sight of a nation leaving all and going in a body to the front to fight...