The South-African crisis - pagina 66

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ti

THE SOUTH-AFRICAN

me

a

want of respect amounting

of other people ).

the

to disdain for the rights iron will of Rome

The aim of the

was to dominate forces;

CRISIS.

all

-'Rule

the

known world by her

Britannia"

people

hold

it

land

for

a

axiom that they are to dominate the whole globe by their fleet. The Roman proconsuls like the Jingiish High Commissioners granted to the political

conquered

nations the fullest measure of self-government on the one condition formulated by

Mr. Chamberlain on have the right to use force to compel submission to our will." 2) Then as now, there were two sorts Oct.

19.1.

..that

we

shall

of cofonies.

Rome

they

London

were

they

colonies

called

are

Senatm and

At

I„>peralorie.

In Self^Governing and Crown imperialism concentrated in the

called

At Rome

lofty

Idea of the Civh Bomanu, whom, were he the sornest of adventurers, the whole power of the empire had to protect; in London Mr. Chamberlain makes ms eloquent plea for the i^rrVi./. .«^_,W, the idol before whom all the flags of the fleet and of the army tup-

Ihe

Am

must

sacra fames

drew

all

the gold of the

world to Rome, with the result that, even in the time of the Republic, an upstart Crasus could amass a capital of 8.3 mlhons. a Lucullus could display his magnificence at his four-thousand pound dinners and, in the time ot the Caesars, the Emperor spend 600,000 roses^ England we have the unheard- francs upon of luxury of

I'lJ^l

T"

N6vember, -)

,'

p. 263.

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"^ ""' countrymen " '"'^^ ^'"

Acts of parliament, ^^. 263, 299.

were treated see

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t. Ill,

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