Word: rusia
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...recognized as a moral alliance, and not one designed to promote any scheme of territorial aggrandizement. (1) England would not be allowed either by other nations or by public opinion at home to use this occasion to increase her territorial advatages in the East. (a) But for fear of Rusia, Enland would probably have compelled the Sultan to stop the massacres long ago (Bliss, 559-564). (b) The people of England are demanding action only for reasons of humanity. (2) The United States, as every one knows, has no desire to acquire territory, or to do more than to secure...