The Annual RegisterEdmund Burke Rivingtons, 1897 - History |
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... RUSSIA TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE CHAPTER IV . MINOR STATES OF EUROPE : BELGIUM - THE NETHERLANDS - SWITZERLAND -SPAIN - PORTUGAL - DENMARK - SWEDEN - NORWAY . CHAPTER V. ASIA : INDIA , ETC. - CHINA - HONG - KONG ...
... RUSSIA TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE CHAPTER IV . MINOR STATES OF EUROPE : BELGIUM - THE NETHERLANDS - SWITZERLAND -SPAIN - PORTUGAL - DENMARK - SWEDEN - NORWAY . CHAPTER V. ASIA : INDIA , ETC. - CHINA - HONG - KONG ...
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... Russia by declining to coerce Japan to forego the fruits of her victory over China ; and in return Russia in Eastern Europe had held aloof , if indeed she had not been hostile , in all attempts to force upon the Sultan a more humane ...
... Russia by declining to coerce Japan to forego the fruits of her victory over China ; and in return Russia in Eastern Europe had held aloof , if indeed she had not been hostile , in all attempts to force upon the Sultan a more humane ...
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... Russia might be made the delegate of Europe to enforce the better government of the Christian populations of Turkey . The campaign in Ashanti , which had been successfully carried through without bloodshed , was destined to be clouded ...
... Russia might be made the delegate of Europe to enforce the better government of the Christian populations of Turkey . The campaign in Ashanti , which had been successfully carried through without bloodshed , was destined to be clouded ...
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... Russia in check , and to prevent her from finding a satisfactory harbour in the extreme east of Asia . Added to this , Russia as the ally of France was bound to hold herself aloof from any friendly co- operation with the nation which ...
... Russia in check , and to prevent her from finding a satisfactory harbour in the extreme east of Asia . Added to this , Russia as the ally of France was bound to hold herself aloof from any friendly co- operation with the nation which ...
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... Russia , in the Far East . He said he would say nothing of the horrors , of which we had all read , and on which our feelings could not be adequately expressed . He wished to point out the mistake made by many people in supposing that ...
... Russia , in the Far East . He said he would say nothing of the horrors , of which we had all read , and on which our feelings could not be adequately expressed . He wished to point out the mistake made by many people in supposing that ...
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