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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 [12r] (23/40)
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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how is this densely peopled island to be fed when an
enemy should dominate in the Channel? I do not speak
of invasion of the kingdom, for I am certain that in
vasion would rouse the people ta -I'iae in « mass^ so that
any hostile force landing might indeed do incalculable
mischief, but would be finally annihilated. No, what I
fear is starvation, to prevent which the Government
might find itself compelled to capitulate.
Gentlemen, I think you will perceive that I hold
our Navy to be the key and essential factor of our Empire?
Naval Power maintained, all else is manageable. But naval
supremacy, sea power gone, the rest goes with it.
I am aware that there are rhetoricians who would
dispute all that I am now advancing. But who are these
men? I have known some of them and it has been my fate
to listen to some of them. And I do assure you that I
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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
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