Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914

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Various. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914

Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914

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PREFACE

EDGAR R. JONES. WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM

MARCH 8, 1738. THE CONVENTION WITH SPAIN

WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM JANUARY 22, 1770 THE DEFENCE OF WEAKER STATES

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. APRIL 25, 1793 THE PARTITION OF POLAND

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

FEBRUARY 5, 1795. THE PRUSSIAN SUBSIDY

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

FEBRUARY 17, 1800. GRANT TO THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY[1]

WILLIAM PITT

FEBRUARY 3, 1800. OVERTURES OF PEACE WITH FRANCE

GEORGE CANNING

APRIL 30, 1823. NEGOTIATIONS RELATIVE TO SPAIN

SIR ROBERT PEEL JUNE 1, 1829 PORTUGAL—DON MIGUEL

SIR ROBERT PEEL JULY 16, 1832 BELGIUM

SIR ROBERT PEEL JULY 20, 1832 RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN

LORD JOHN RUSSELL MARCH 4, 1847 THE ANNEXATION OF CRACOW

VISCOUNT PALMERSTON MARCH 1, 1848 THE POLISH QUESTION

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM

JULY 20, 1849. ITALIAN AFFAIRS

EARL RUSSELL JUNE 27, 1864 DENMARK AND GERMANY

LORD STANLEY JULY 20, 1866 AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

AUGUST 8 AND 10, 1870. THE NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

NOVEMBER 27, 1879. RIGHT PRINCIPLES OF FOREIGN POLICY

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

APRIL 2, 1880. THE AGGRANDIZEMENT OF RUSSIA

BENJAMIN DISRAELI

JULY 4, 1864

DENMARK AND GERMANY

BENJAMIN DISRAELI EARL OF BEACONSFIELD JULY 18, 1878 BERLIN TREATY

SIR EDWARD GREY

AUGUST 3, 1914. NEGOTIATIONS

HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH

AUGUST 6, 1914. INFAMOUS PROPOSALS

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE

SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. INTERNATIONAL HONOUR

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From these considerations, Her Imperial Majesty, my most gracious mistress, as well to indemnify herself for her many losses, as for the future safety of her Empire and the Polish dominions, and for the cutting off at once, for ever, all future disturbances and frequent changes of government, has been pleased now to take under her sway, and to unite for ever to her Empire, the following tracts of land, with all their inhabitants.

This was the language for which the confederates were to justify perhaps the future taking under their sway, and uniting for ever to their Empire, part of the dominions of France. We had heard much of the abominable system of affiliation adopted by the French; but this was a Russian impartial affiliation, and no doubt the confederate Powers approved of it. In like manner will they affiliate all France, if they can. So will they England, when they have it in their power; and he was sorry to say, that if we joined in that infamous confederacy, and the people agreed to it, England would deserve to be so treated. The Empress then proceeded to state what she expected for the favour she had conferred:

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