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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Suzerainty was the basis of the English claims, and the arguments before introduced by Princeton on this point had not been met or refuted...
...action in accordance with these claims, when she refused to accept arbitration, alleging that she had suzerainty. The Boers acceded to England's demands on Aug. 19-21, on condition that England merely kept her promises, made in the convention of 1884. The Boers would have acceded to the English claims, which the affirmative maintain, would have brought peace and prosperity to South Africa, on condition that England should give up her claims to suzerainty, according to the treaty of 1884, and their terms, had they been accepted, would have effectually prevented...
...even defined suzerainty. As for this suzerainty, England has claimed no more than any other nation, that of protection to her subjects in a foreign land. The negative has not attempted to deny the presence of a civilizing power in the Transvaal, resulting from the presence of the English; and what is more, they admit that the grievances against the English are many. The people of the Transvaal, though they recognized the value of the English and invited them to their country, yet did not give them even ordinary protection...
...promised by the Boers in the negotiations regarding the conventions. But conventions aside, England had the general right to protect her citizens, and Princeton did not deny this. The South African troubles had to be faced by England, but, in facing them, she did not demand government control. Wherever English subjects were maltreated, there harmony could never exist
...Civil Service Reform Club will hold its first smoke talk Monday, at 7.30, in the Colonial Club. Professor E. H. Strobel will speak on "Our Diplomatic and Consular Service," and Professor S. M. Macvane will give a short talk on "The English Civil Service System." Five of these smoke talks will be held in the course of this year...