Commonwealth Or Empire; a Bystander's View of the Question
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This constant expense in time of peace, though very great, is insignificant in comparison with what the defence of the colonies has cost us in time of war. The last war, which was undertaken altogether on account of the colonies, cost Great Britain, it has already been observed, upwards of ninety miUions. The Spanish war of 1739 was prin- cipally undertaken on their account, in which, and in the French war that was the conse- quence of it. Great Britain spent upwards of forty millions, a great ...part of which ought justly to be charged to the colonies. In those two wars the colonies cost Great Brit- ain much more than double the sum which the national debt amounted to before the commencement of the first of them." Many millions were expended in Kaflfir and Maori wars, which the colonists would probably have COMMONWEALTH OR EMPIRE 63 avoided by wise treatment of the natives, had the Imperial troops been out of the way.
A thousand millions of dollars are spent, thou- sands of British lives are sacrificed, the power of the nation is overstrained, and a perilous amount of odium is incurred for an exten- sion of dominion in South Africa from which the Imperial country will not derive pecuniary tribute or military strength.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This constant expense in time of peace, though very great, is insignificant in comparison with what the defence of the colonies has cost us in time of war. The last war, which was undertaken altogether on account of the colonies, cost Great Britain, it has already been observed, upwards of ninety miUions. The Spanish war of 1739 was prin- cipally undertaken on their account, in which, and in the French war that was the conse- quence of it. Great Britain spent upwards of forty millions, a great ...part of which ought justly to be charged to the colonies. In those two wars the colonies cost Great Brit- ain much more than double the sum which the national debt amounted to before the commencement of the first of them." Many millions were expended in Kaflfir and Maori wars, which the colonists would probably have COMMONWEALTH OR EMPIRE 63 avoided by wise treatment of the natives, had the Imperial troops been out of the way.
A thousand millions of dollars are spent, thou- sands of British lives are sacrificed, the power of the nation is overstrained, and a perilous amount of odium is incurred for an exten- sion of dominion in South Africa from which the Imperial country will not derive pecuniary tribute or military strength.
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