Word: london
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...full political rights; that Johannesburg should be admitted to the legislature, and that the English language as well as the Dutch should be used in the legislature. Consular representation between the Transvaal and the European states gave the Transvaal the status of an independent state. At the convention at London in 1884 the word "suzerainty" was omitted and thus it became a known fact that the Transvaal was independent. The drafter of the constitution admitted that he had purposely left the word out. In January Lord Chamberlain himself declared the Transvaal a foreign state and said that it would...
...which is in accordance with the treaty of 1884, exists only by inference. The treaty practically gave no suzerainty to England; it only enlarged the powers of self-government in the Transvaal: therefore Harvard's argument that suzerainty goes with self-government, falls through. The deputation that went to London in 1884 from the Transvaal went with the avowed purpose of getting rid of suzerainty; and the English have sanctioned this idea in the minds of the Boers for the last thirteen years. The policy of the Transvaal, bad as it is made out by the affirmative...
...Junior Promenade committee: P. L. Mitchell, Cincinnati, O.; H. S. Curtiss, Cleveland, O.; S. L. Coy, Lakeville, Conn.; J. H. Wear, St. Louis, Mo.; L. M. Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.; D. S. Blossom, Cleveland, O.; J. A. Keppleman, Reading, Pa.; R. L. Atkinson, St. Louis, Mo.; H. Chappell, New London, Conn...
...Harvard conferred the degree of LL.D. upon Mr. Ropes. He was a member of the Royal Historical Society of London, the United States Cavalry Association, the Royal Legion of the United States, the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Union Club of Boston. He was an Overseer of Harvard College and was the founder of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts...
FROM THE PRESS BOAT, NEW LONDON, June 22.- The intercollegiate boat race between Harvard, Yale and Cornell which was to have taken place this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock has been postponed until 12.30 tomorrow on account of unfavorable conditions. At two o'clock this afternoon it looked as if the race would certainly be rowed. There was a clear sky and light wind from the west. The observation train and big steamboats, crowded with spectators, moved up to the start. At the same time the Cornell crew put out from their quarters in the launch, and with the shell...