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Title: A history of England from the landing of Julius Cæsar to the present day
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Arnold-Forster, H. O. (Hugh Oakeley), 1855-1909 Arnold-Forster, Mary Lucy (Story-Maskelyne), 1861- ed
Subjects: English literature
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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-turned to power, and in 1893introduced a second Home EiileBill, which passed the House ofCommons on the 2nd of Sep-tember, but was rejected by theHouse of Lords. Mr. Gladstoneretired from politics in 1894, andLord Bosebery became PrimeMinister, but in 1895 was com-pelled to resign. The ensuingelections gave a Unionist majoritywith Lord Salisbury as PrimeMinister. In jgoo another generalelection took place, when LordSalisbury was once more returnedto office. During Lord Salisburys admin-istration another war was foughtin the Sudan, a war which finally destroyed the power of the Mahdissuccessor. It was thirteen years after the murder of Gordon that SirHerbert Eitchener led an army of British and Egyptian troops to victoryat Atbara and Omdurman, and entered Khartum after the final defeat ofthe Arabs under the Khalifa (1898). The Gordon Memorial Collegewas founded at Khartum on the spot where the hero of the Sudan hadmet his tragic fate. In the provinces of Upper Egypt and the Sudan,2 A*
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GENERAL GORDON. {Statue hy Hamo Tkomycro/t,in Trafalgar Square.) R.A., 8io History of England. which had been devastated by the Arab hordes under the Mahdi andthe Khahfa, the foundation of prosperity and settled government werenow laid. The welfare of Egypt has increased under the guidanceof Lord Cromer (1883—1907) and of Lord Kitchener. The completionof the Assouan Dam (1902) ensures the development of the resources ofthe Nile, and is in importance second only to the achievement of 1869,the opening of the Suez Canal. The South African War—The Union of SouthAfrica. Ihe spontaneous rally round the old flag in defence of the nationshonour in South Africa.—Speech of the Prince of Wales, 1901. The War in South Africa overshadowed the last two years of QueenVictorias reign. After the first Boer War (1880—i) the government ofthe Transvaal and of the Orange Free State had been in the hands ofthe Dutch Boers. Quarrels were frequent between the Boers and theBritish Colonists who had se
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