Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Home Rule for Ireland is a necessity.-a. Incompetence of British Parliament to govern Ireland: Michael Davitt in Forum, V. 334; James Bryce in Handbook of Home Rule, 52; Canon MacColl in Handbook of Home Rule, 18, 119, 120.-b. Parliament must be relieved of Irish legislation in order to attend to home and imperial affairs; James Bryce, Handbook of Home Rule, 31. 39.-c. Coercion is a failure: John Boyle O'Reilly in North American Review, May. 1882; Lord Thring in Handbook of Home Rule, 67, 202. 203; Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 262 pp. 508-509.-d. Refusal...
...From an English standpoint home rule is dangerous and impracticable; Saturday Review for 1886 passim; 19th Century XII, 1024. a. A federation can only be successful when entered into with mutual good feeling; Introduction to England's case against Home Rule. b. A separate parliament would involve endless disputes on National affairs. c. It would set a bad example...
...annexation of Alsace-Lorraine Bismarck linked the German nation against paying attention to the voice of the people. He declared later that it was a mistake for Alsace-Lorraine to be represented in the Reichstag, for it was not for the sake of inoculating the German parliament with a number of Frenchmen that Alsace Loraine was annexed...
...typical Southerner in those days. Mr. Charles B. Elliott deals ably with the "Behring Sea Question" covering the ground from 1820 on. Mr. K. Kaneko the head of the Japanese commission which has been visiting various countries to compare their legislative assemblies, in order to establish a Japanese parliament, gives a clear outline of the Japanese Constitution of February 1889. The three serials are continued. Mrs. Deland's "Sidney" gives us the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters. The story steadily develops in interest and the strong scene with which this installment closes is in the author's best manner. There...
...republic of the United States will be of the greatest value. This aspect of our history has been but scantily treated hitherto. The first volume is further divided into three books treating first, of the old English commonwealth, secondly, the Norman conquest, and thirdly, the growth and decline of parliament. The gradual evolution of the whole subject is shown in a most interesting and scholarly manner. The bibliographical foot-notes are very complete and show a liberal and careful use of the best authorities, though the author has undertaken but little research among the original documents. The second volume...