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Page 135 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified, by their education, ability, and integrity duly to discharge.
Page 135 - That no Native of the said territories, nor any naturalborn subject of his Majesty resident therein, shall, by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office or employment under the said Company.
Page 302 - It is, then, because I believe the Chinese to be a powerful race, capable of taking a great hold upon the country, and because I wish to preserve the type of my own nation in these fair countries, that I am, and always have been, opposed to the influx of Chinese.
Page 145 - Judges, have reached the highest judicial posts ; who occupy seats in the Provincial, the Presidency, and the Viceregal Councils, or as powerful Ministers excellently rule vast Native States, can no longer be treated as hopelessly inferior to ourselves in governmental power. These men look upon the Queen's proclamations as their charters, and point out that, while...
Page 582 - Chamberlain wiederholte damit nur, was Charles Duke schon 1890, wenn auch mit ungleich optimistischeren Worten, verkündet hatte : "... so f ar more rapid is the increase of the strength and the wealth of the British Empire and of the United States that, before the next Century is ended, the French and Germans seem likely to be pigmies when standing by the side of the British, the Americans, and the Russians of the future134).
Page 191 - Beweggründe vermischten, auch auf die englische amtliche Politik stark eingewirkt haben: «A necessary change of policy followed on the discovery that Germany and France appeared to lay hand between them upon almost all those territories in the globe which did not belong to the European races. The movement of Germany and France seemed to foreshadow the possibility of large markets being gradually closed to our trade by paper annexations, followed, certainly in the case of France, and probably in...
Page 553 - ... we stake the fate of the Empire on, perhaps, a single naval engagement. A temporary reverse at sea might (by the enemy following up his advantage) be converted into final defeat on land, resulting in a total overthrow of all further power of resistance. It is necessary for the safety of the Channel that invasion be efficiently guarded against, so that should our home fleet be temporarily disabled we may, under cover of our army, prepare and strengthen it to regain lost ground, and renew the struggle...
Page 575 - ... stages the panic had materially subsided, and the Government had consequently gradually arrived at the determination to leave the measures thus proposed inoperative. The Queen conceives that the same thing may happen in the present instance. She would seriously lament this, as she is of opinion that it is most detrimental and dangerous to the interests of the country, that our defences should not be at all times in such a state as to place the Empire in security from sudden attack ; and that...
Page 361 - The clergy of any denomination, or their authorized representatives, shall have the right to give religious instruction to the pupils of their own church, in each schoolhouse, at least once a week, after the hour of closing the school in the afternoon...
Page 442 - When it shall be made to appear in open court that any person, by excessive drinking of liquor, misspends, wastes, or lessens his or her estate, or greatly injures his or her health, or endangers or interrupts the peace and happiness of his or her family...