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oi tne population of the whole globe {applause).What' »sire the peculiar characteristics of the Englishman who went out into the Colonies ? He believedinthe first place he laboured earnestly for the benefit of the subject races with whom lie was brought into contact, and he went out to mako trade freo. He didnot mean that Free Trade was in existence in all of their Colonies, but what the Colonist believed in was a fair field and no favour. The fact of possessing such a great Empire cast upon them a great responsibility How were they to protect the commerce whichwas the very life of our people? That could only be done by a very strong and powerful navy (applause). The present Government had set themselves the duty of keeping the navy strong and in an efficient state, and it was absolutely necessary that our coaling stations should be put into a proper state of defence. Therefore they saw that the Government was by no means blind to thorespon-sil ilities of our great Empire. Proud as they wet* of their country and Empire, they did breed one peculiarrace Of Englishmen which ho did not believe wa3 'raised In another part of the world. There was OHO class who always said this country was in the wronoicndisputes arose with other countries. When foreigners found Englishmen acting like that, theythought wo were a divided nation, and this injured our prestige with foreign nations. He was glad that the numbers of such a party were not great; but they were very noisy. Perhaps the chief exponent of the Little England party was Mr. Labouchere. A former member or Bristol forth—Mr. Townsend-speaking the other day, criticised the expenditure upon the navy, the- money spent on the Egyptianwar, and the proposed outlay for tho Uganda railway and Mr. John Morley had also spoke recently in defence of the p icy of the Little Englanders. 5fhissnowea me tendency ot tne Hattie England party tolet the Empire go, and to shirk their respoi ibiiity.The speaker proceeded to show the success o the
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Bristol Times and Mirror
Bristol, Gloucestershire, GB
Fri, Mar 05, 1897
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