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... Question of Invasion , and of Manning the Fleet in any sudden Emergency - CHAP IX . - 123 Glance at a Fleet Manned in Haste , and with Undisciplined Crews - 136 CHAP . X. The Remedies for the Evils that might result from Delay in ...
... Question of Invasion , and of Manning the Fleet in any sudden Emergency - CHAP IX . - 123 Glance at a Fleet Manned in Haste , and with Undisciplined Crews - 136 CHAP . X. The Remedies for the Evils that might result from Delay in ...
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... disregarded in England , yet , as it em- bodies what has been written on the question by better authorities , it may be taken as a fair exposition of French views . The reader must be reminded 20 FRENCHMEN LOOK TO THEIR NAVY.
... disregarded in England , yet , as it em- bodies what has been written on the question by better authorities , it may be taken as a fair exposition of French views . The reader must be reminded 20 FRENCHMEN LOOK TO THEIR NAVY.
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... question of peace or war might have been decided by a lawless mob upon the pot - house boasting of an obscure Canadian . In the more recent case of the Tahiti affair circumstances as little under the control of go- vernment as the winds ...
... question of peace or war might have been decided by a lawless mob upon the pot - house boasting of an obscure Canadian . In the more recent case of the Tahiti affair circumstances as little under the control of go- vernment as the winds ...
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... question " being asked by one power of another , the diplomatic demand being accompanied by a fleet or army as interpreter . It suits the pur- pose of French calumniators to assert that such proceedings were characteristic of British ...
... question " being asked by one power of another , the diplomatic demand being accompanied by a fleet or army as interpreter . It suits the pur- pose of French calumniators to assert that such proceedings were characteristic of British ...
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... of a power whose weakness and abstinence from all inter- ference in the Eastern question should have protected her . There was something too in the systematic reinforcement of the French fleet , so as to c 3 REST THEIR NAVAL SUCCESS . 29.
... of a power whose weakness and abstinence from all inter- ference in the Eastern question should have protected her . There was something too in the systematic reinforcement of the French fleet , so as to c 3 REST THEIR NAVAL SUCCESS . 29.
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