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Copy of the speech 'The Empire and its responsibilities' given by Lewis Pelly at the Hampstead Constitutional Club 06 April 1892 [5r] (9/40)
The record is made up of 1 file (20 folios). It was created in 1892. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Mahometans out of Europe, and we fought to keep the
Mahometans in Europe. We risked our land forces on the
plains of Belgium, on the Sierras of Spain, and in the
Crimea. But we have now changed all that: we are nov
willing to accept a French Republic or a German Autocracy,
and we care not whether a Bourbon, a Buonaparte, or an
Orleanist resumes power. Christian Europe is absolutely
indifferent to the fact that the dome^ of Saint Sophia
daily resounds to the announcement^ from the pulpit that
Mahomet is the prophet of God; while the proclamation
by uu» 0^11 Angels of Peace on earth has to be supported
by the presence of nineteen millions of men under amis.
And why is our policy changed? Not because our
Colonial Empire has tugged us by the coat tails, but
because we have ceased to be a great Military Power in
Europe and we do not wish to render ourselves ridiculous
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Typed copy of the speech 'The Empire and its responsibilities' given in support of Edward Brodie Hoare's campaign for re-election as MP for Hampstead with annotations and corrections in ink by Pelly.
Pelly had been asked by Hoare to give a talk, which he believed was to be a 'parlour talk' to a few friends, until he discovered it was being advertised in the Times and other leading newspapers of the time.
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The file has printed foliation in thetop right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, with the exception of folio 1 where the foliation number has been inserted in pencil.
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- Mss Eur F126/25
- Title
- Copy of the speech 'The Empire and its responsibilities' given by Lewis Pelly at the Hampstead Constitutional Club 06 April 1892
- Pages
- 1r:20v
- Author
- Pelly, Sir Lewis
- Copyright
- ©Major General Charles Vyvyan
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