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Title: A short history of England and the British Empire
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Larson, Laurence Marcellus, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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party. enthusiastic for the Boer war; and a faction,sometimes called the Little Englanders, had bitterly opposedit. In 1906 self-government was restored to the people of theTransvaal and the following year the Orange Free State wasgranted similar rights. A few months later a movement look-ing toward the union of all the South African colonies was seton foot. This bore fruit in 1909 when the British parliamentauthorized the formation of the Union of South Africa. This Union is composed of the four provinces, Cape of GoodHope, Natal, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; it is not aThe Union of federation, however, but rather a single unifiedSouth Africa. state. The provinces exist chiefly for conveniencein carrying out the laws of the Union. The Union has aparliament that meets in Cape Town and an executive govern-ment located in Pretoria. The chief executive is a governor-general appointed by the crown; but the actual chief is theprime minister. Lord Gladstone, the oldest son of the great
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA 611 premier, was sent out as the first governor-general. His primeminister was General Louis Botha, one of the heroes of theBoer War. In the South African Union the two languages, Dutch andEnglish, have been placed on equal footing. The Dutch ele-ment in the population, however, seems to be the The Dutchmore aggressive, and is likely to become the element incontrolling force. Rhodesia has refused to join e mon*the Union because of the apparent ascendancy of the Boers. England has large plans for the economic development ofher African possessions. One of the most important projectsis a railway, the Cape to Cairo line, which is to be built fromAlexandria to Cape Town; a large part of this The Cape tohas already been constructed. Under the sure Cairo Railway-protection of the British flag, the missionary, the engineer,and the physician are transforming life in the Dark Continent.The resources of the country have been brought to light. Mineshave been opened. Plan

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