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The general character of Salisbury\u0026#39;s approach is only highlighted further by those few instances when he deliberately used a certain degree of publicity to promote his own ends . When in opposition , he felt no\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA26","page_number":"26","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e at last in the problems of a world - wide empire , to sustain that \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e , and to indicate the necessity for a far - reaching , consistent foreign and imperial policy . The occasion for this was the arrival of Joseph\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA27","page_number":"27","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e groups in the constituencies , and the readership of certain newspapers . It might also be possible to throw light on the limitations of any one statesman\u0026#39;s perception of his own situation and degree of success . Such\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA28","page_number":"28","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e and took up new causes , his manner of pursuing them owed as much to the persistence of long - formed political habits as to the suitability of those political methods to the achievement of the goal in question . In the case\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA36","page_number":"36","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . On the question of Britain\u0026#39;s position in South Africa , Chamberlain showed that he was capable of acting both with generosity to the Boers and with determination in defence of British \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . He supported the British\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA38","page_number":"38","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of all who claim their part in the Imperial organization.27 The need for variation in order to avoid monotony while publicly reiterating the same basic theme , also aided its development . A little later , Chamberlain\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA41","page_number":"41","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , Chamberlain hoped that such a party would appeal to a wide spectrum of opinion . Although put forward by a politician , this suggestion fell in entirely with the ideas of those who criticised democracy for encouraging class\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA43","page_number":"43","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of the whole Unionist party are on one side , \u0026amp; the \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e of parts of it are on the other . In such a conflict of \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e the whole ought to prevail : but it very seldom does . \u0026#39;43 That national \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e should be thus\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA47","page_number":"47","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e than of fighting and convincing others that his view was the right one . For him a properly functioning democracy was composed of voters who were encouraged to hold a particular view , rather than to have ideas of their own\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA48","page_number":"48","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of the nation . Once Chamberlain saw his way to ensuring that Tory attention could be devoted to both , he was able to see his decision to join a Cabinet under Salisbury as a step towards the firm establishment of such a\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA49","page_number":"49","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in colonial affairs and his defence of Irish union in terms of the Empire were well known , Salisbury ... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e and rivalries . While he regretted his inability to offer his son - in - law other than the Colonial Under\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA50","page_number":"50","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e are plain ... public opinion may be able to judge even in questions of vast magnitude . \u0026#39; In any case ... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e and energy.\u0026#39;s The Colonial Office itself attracted attention from the fact that an established politician\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA51","page_number":"51","snippet_text":"... a focal point for European \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e and British concern . Disquiet in the Foreign Office sprang from the O.S.A.W. - E weak position of Portugal , who , being desperately short CHAMBERLAIN , THE CABINET , AND SOUTH AFRICA 51."},{"page_id":"PA52","page_number":"52","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , and her wish to satisfy her own public opinion by showing a profit from her African territory , were found to be in growing conflict with each other . Britain was reluctant to see Mozambique developed by foreign\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA53","page_number":"53","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in those colonies , both from a political and a commercial point of view\u0026#39;.12 Later in the year the British Agent at Pretoria revealed the possibility that \u0026#39; French and German investments will soon exceed English capital in the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA55","page_number":"55","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of a German occupation of the territory which seems to be the necessary alternative.24 The conclusion to this Colonial Office memorandum , suggesting that Britain should stand up to German protests and somehow get Portugal to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA56","page_number":"56","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e was mounting . Salisbury\u0026#39;s feeling that a firm stand had to be taken in South Africa to prevent the whittling away of Britain\u0026#39;s supremacy was only strengthened in the remaining months of the year . Constant German interference\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA57","page_number":"57","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , and their relation to the general security of Britain\u0026#39;s position – were also reflected in questions raised publicly by MPs who considered the Liberal Government insufficiently careful of imperial \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . Early in 1895\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA58","page_number":"58","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e as necessitating the withholding of details . 36 The one Blue Book which had been produced at the very beginning of the session failed to prevent criticism of the Government , but beyond giving evasive answers to questions\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA61","page_number":"61","snippet_text":"... House in a way calculated to give the impression that here was a Government and Minister determined , unlike the 1 Liberals , to protect those aspects of imperial \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e CHAMBERLAIN , THE CABINET , AND SOUTH AFRICA 61."},{"page_id":"PA62","page_number":"62","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e that individuals apparently cared about . The implication was that all other aspects of imperial affairs ... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e groups existed in Parliament , who had or did not have imperial or specifically South African concerns\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA66","page_number":"66","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , and was being reminded of this late in 1895.54 These early activities were intended to emphasise the Empire\u0026#39;s wider appeal , served to leaven the lump of a purely business Empire , and avoided the tedious technicalities of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA67","page_number":"67","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e hardly likely to wither and die altogether for lack of official support , might also be susceptible to other and wider appeals – appeals which in his political capacity he could readily exploit . Chamberlain\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA68","page_number":"68","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e groups . Such a widely - based appeal , by winning over a large and steady majority of the electorate , could be a great help in counteracting the present unpredictability of the populace , whether its roots lay in the upper\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA69","page_number":"69","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in both Transvaal gold - mining and the expansion of the British South Africa Company . Towards the end of December 1895 , the Johannesburg uprising was apparently in danger of fading out , but Jameson\u0026#39;s invasion , far from\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA72","page_number":"72","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in South African affairs , exhibited signs of concern . He opposed the reappointment of Sir Hercules Robinson as High Commissioner to succeed Sir Henry Loch , as a man under the influence of Rhodes and therefore hardly likely\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA74","page_number":"74","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in maintaining the Chartered Company as a \u0026quot; going concern \u0026quot; . In the event of the collapse of that ... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of such a development.66 Eighteen months later , he still believed that \u0026#39; the development of Rhodesia can\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA76","page_number":"76","snippet_text":"... impending visit , he was delaying progress towards a settlement in the \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of securing a better imperial bargain while conceding enough to avoid appearing unduly obstructive . However 76 THE ORIGINS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR."},{"page_id":"PA78","page_number":"78","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . Finally , Chamberlain must certainly have realised that there were other reasons why he had to hand over territory for the railway before any trouble occurred in Johannesburg . If Rhodes and the Uitlanders were to fail in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA89","page_number":"89","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e was certain to develop . Far from grievances being adopted as an offensive move or as something which might divert attention from Imperial collusion with Rhodes , this was the most that could be done in a deteriorating\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA93","page_number":"93","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e . 110 However , these arguments are less than convincing . Chamberlain has too frequently been pictured in the aftermath of the Raid as a frightened man , trying desperately to cover up his tracks , seizing on grievances or the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA95","page_number":"95","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in colonial matters may now be safely subordinated to that of the wishes of other and rival nations whom it may be politic to humour \u0026#39; . Although fully aware of the implications that German interference in the Transvaal might\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA96","page_number":"96","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e foreigners in matters that would have been essentially English had it not been for the want of security ... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e a source of trouble . Speculation , though dampened by the revival of native disturbances and government\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA98","page_number":"98","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in southern Africa , or become the basis for future intervention . German and Boer activities provided ... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . French and German intentions he argued were to destroy British dominance and encourage the formation of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA100","page_number":"100","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e that the South African Republic should accede ; and for this reason , as well as because of their possible accession to a convention to which Her Majesty is not a party , it appears expedient that great care should be\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA104","page_number":"104","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in Africa\u0026#39;.35 Chamberlain\u0026#39;s campaign at both the general and the personal level was beginning to have its effect . IV Chamberlain was aware that the naval demonstration in January had met little response from the powers in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA105","page_number":"105","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e which would justify the enterprise \u0026#39; . But , he added , \u0026#39; Kruger will not be wise if he dismisses the ... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . Writing to Robinson in March , he referred to his attempts to keep an angry public opinion in check\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA108","page_number":"108","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of British subjects in South Africa , with full recognition of colonial self- government . Methods : The work of the association will consist in placing before the country the fullest information upon the political\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA111","page_number":"111","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of consistency one could hardly say to the press , \u0026#39; We are now going to put you on starvation allowance ... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e and enthusiasm . There is every reason to believe that they [ the British people ] will adopt and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA117","page_number":"117","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e , a practice which Chamberlain seems to have adopted instinctively . Following a letter in the St James Gazette in 1895 about the claims of the Chartered Company in Bechuanaland , he minuted \u0026#39; The pretensions of the Kanya Co\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA124","page_number":"124","snippet_text":"... of the Indian question to the total effect of the grievances campaign . As the \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of the non - white populations were allowed to fade from sight , so it was more important for 124 THE ORIGINS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR."},{"page_id":"PA125","page_number":"125","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e.16 Nothing happened at this time which might have softened the British Government\u0026#39;s attitude to the Transvaal . Against the background of continued uncertainty as to Portuguese intentions and further German interference , 17\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA132","page_number":"132","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , but this was the issue with which , Chamberlain had decided , Imperial activity in southern Africa was to be identified for the instruction of the public . In many ways it was the striving for , rather than the achievement\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA136","page_number":"136","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . This was clearly a compromise solution , and shows how the British Government was being slowly pushed into a state of indecision . Salisbury partially adopted the idea , advising Monson that if he was approached by the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA137","page_number":"137","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of these good relations . For the moment however , as his instructions to Monson showed , the Foreign Secretary was still confident enough in Britain\u0026#39;s strength to wait for an approach from France or even Germany . While he\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA145","page_number":"145","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e at heart . This disenchantment he thought could only be further enhanced by statements like Chamberlain\u0026#39;s at Westminster , and could alone explain the noticeable lack of indignation at what Milner regarded as an outrage , the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA146","page_number":"146","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e are directly affected . 103 In reply , Greene , who had established close contact with Fitzpatrick , described how the Uitlander had clearly been reassured and was singing Milner\u0026#39;s praises ; \u0026#39; I feel sure your interviews with\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA149","page_number":"149","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in the Transvaal and our responsibility for South Africa generally would justify our intervention to prevent acts of flagrant injustice and tyranny.\u0026#39;114 Faced with events beyond its control , the Colonial Office was thus\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA151","page_number":"151","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of imperial policy was not to be allowed to get out of hand thereby threatening the handling of the specific issue at the heart of Chamberlain\u0026#39;s propaganda . In the meantime , Chamberlain responded to Milner with an extremely\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA152","page_number":"152","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e too were apparently making progress , for the confirmation of the Eiffe - Katembe concession involved provisions for harbour developments ; this was something about which the Colonial Office had been worried for some time\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA153","page_number":"153","snippet_text":"... political influence there ; if such a solution were to be achieved by a firm stand on behalf of Portugal , then undoubtedly any accommodation of \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in China would be more remote . THE ANGLO - GERMAN CONVENTION OF 1898 153."},{"page_id":"PA154","page_number":"154","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in China would be more remote . Without such a firm stand , an unhappy compromise was almost certain to result . Similar difficulties were present on the broader international front . The German Government was interested in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA155","page_number":"155","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e to be considered in any agreement resulting from the current talks with Portugal , Salisbury\u0026#39;s response was very different from his defiant attitude late in 1895 , despite the audacity of the German demands . After telling the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA159","page_number":"159","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e of easing South African tensions slightly , and , as far as was felt possible in South African circumstances , in the \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of world - wide rapprochement with Germany . There was no more that Britain felt able to offer\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA160","page_number":"160","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in the region , and therefore , not surprisingly , the question of existing concessions and economic rivalries which had so worried Britain was nowhere mentioned . The implications of this fact were to become clear to Cabinet\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA164","page_number":"164","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e to President Kruger \u0026amp; Dr Leyds . 35 Milner was asked to consider putting it in South African papers . At all costs the image of the Transvaal was to be shown constantly in its worst light , in the hope that Britain might reap\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA176","page_number":"176","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e and the excuse for publication . These attitudes taken together had dangerous implications . Should the Boers openly defy the Convention or countenance an outrage at which Britain might protest , this would indicate their\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA177","page_number":"177","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e were involved , notably the Eiffe - Katembe concession on Delagoa Bay itself , which it was still feared would be developed in the \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of the Transvaal . The Foreign and Colonial Offices concluded that there was no\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA178","page_number":"178","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in the Mozambique Company . This was particularly noted because the Belgians involved had Congo connections and experience , and the South African Republic was at this time in contact with Belgian financiers willing to advance\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA188","page_number":"188","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of the Uitlanders.11 Commenting further on the details of the Boer offer , Chamberlain showed how different still were his own views from those of his officials in South Africa . \u0026#39; With respect to political reforms , I should\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA199","page_number":"199","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e rested on Britain\u0026#39;s being associated with any settlement of the Transvaal question . For that reason South African opinion could not be allowed to falter or get too far ahead . Unaware of the extent to which Milner was pushing\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA203","page_number":"203","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e and rights of Britons there when they appeared to be threatened , then the imperial hold on South Africa would soon weaken and the formation of that United States of South Africa would take only a short time . In other words\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA215","page_number":"215","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e , that \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e necessary in Milner\u0026#39;s eyes to bolster up the British Government in putting continuous pressure on Kruger , necessary in both Britain and South Africa to persuade Kruger that concessions were expected of him\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA230","page_number":"230","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e in the difference between the schemes respectively put forward .... What men really want to know is whether Great Britain is going to prove herself in fact what she has so often claimed in name , the \u0026quot; Paramount Power \u0026quot; in S\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA241","page_number":"241","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in South Africa became equated with the existence there of those positive benefits , peace , stability , and good government . That there was a reality of a different kind behind imperial policy was shown by Cabinet and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA244","page_number":"244","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . Some fifteen per cent of them were from apparently unsponsored public meetings , the rest from a host of political associations , working - men\u0026#39;s clubs , and church gatherings , the latter mostly Nonconformist . The extent\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA248","page_number":"248","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e elsewhere , particularly in the East . 46 Germany again was suspect here for , despite the agreement , she had recently encouraged Portuguese resistance to Britain\u0026#39;s requests . Although he would not have accepted the label of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA252","page_number":"252","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of maintaining that same public backing and of disparaging all recent offers which the Republic had made on the franchise issue . Nevertheless , the move was an astute one , for the Blue Book created a sensation . Gell told\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA256","page_number":"256","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e of publicity which first he , and then Chamberlain , had striven for , was largely responsible for making further plausible negotiations impossible . \u0026#39; Ultimatum has always been great difficulty , as unless we widen issue\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA262","page_number":"262","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e of S. Africa generally . Therefore we have a stronger inducement or title to intervene than if it was merely the ill - treatment of some Englishmen at Calais . It is analogous , surely , to the right of the Powers of Europe to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA266","page_number":"266","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in that part of the world . Vaguely stated claims to supremacy and statements of the need to preserve it , an awareness that Germany and possibly France were trying to undermine British influence , a conviction of the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA275","page_number":"275","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , this created an impression of total insincerity on the part of the British Government , and thus , contrary to the expectations of British politicians , threatened constructive diplomacy from the outset . Chamberlain was the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA284","page_number":"284","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e , see Van - Helten , \u0026#39; German capital \u0026#39; . 15 CO to FO 10 Oct. 1895 , ibid . 6773 . 16 Ibid . , 6 Dec. 1895 . 17 Casement to Salisbury , 16 Nov. 1895 recd . 10 Dec. , ibid . This , the Katembe concession , belonged to F. R.\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA285","page_number":"285","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e in Bechuanaland . 55 Porter , JICH ( 1972 ) . 56 Generally on this point , A. N. Porter , \u0026#39; Iain Macleod , decolonization in Kenya , and tradition in British colonial policy \u0026#39; , Journal for Contemporary History , 2\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA295","page_number":"295","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e ; Fitzpatrick headed the Intelligence Department , and was shortly to become a partner . 103 18 Feb. 1898 , MP 6 f.244 . 104 4 Mar. 1898 , MP 5 f.40 . 105 Text of the speech , Headlam , 1 , 243-6 . 106 18 Feb. 1898 , Headlam\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA306","page_number":"306","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003einterests\u003c/b\u003e . Their average age was 45 years 8 months , 33 being aged 45 or younger ; more than one third - 22 - were ... \u003cb\u003einterest\u003c/b\u003e for the whole Conservative party in 1900 , by J. A. 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