Index:The empire and the century.djvu

Title	The Empire and the century
Author	multiple
Editor	not stated
Year	1905
Publisher	John Murray
Location	London
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Introduction

xi

By C. S. Goldman

The Heritage

1

By Rudyard Kipling

PART I
THE IMPERIAL ORGANISM

I.—PRINCIPLES OF EMPIRE

The Imperial Ideal

5

By W. F. Monypenny

The Crown and the Empire

29

By Bernard Holland, C.B.

The Law and the Constitution

37

By John Buchan

II.—MECHANISM OF EMPIRE

Imperial Trade

52

By Henry Birchenough, C.M.G.

The Maintenance of Empire: A Study of the Economic Basis of Political Power

69

By J. L. Garvin,
Editor of The Outlook

Free Trade and the Empire

144

By J. S. Loe Strachey,
Editor of The Spectator

Education and Imperial Policy

160

By the Right Hon. R. B. Haldane, K.C., M.P.

The Empire and the Church

166

By the Right Hon. the Bishop of Stepney

Imperial Defence and National Policy

174

By L. S. Amery,
Editor of 'The Tímes History of the War in South Africa'

The Navy and the Empire

197

By Carlyon Bellairs, R.N.

The Navy and the Colonies

213

By the Right Hon. Sir John Colomb, K.C.M.G., M.P.

The Bond of Military Unity

227

By Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, K.C.M.G.,
Late Commanding the Military Forces of Canada (1898-1900), and of Australia (1901-1904)

The Nerves of Empire

249

By the Hon. George Peel
Author of 'The Friends of England'

Imperial Postal Services

288

By J. Henniker Heaton, M.P.

The Mercantile Marine

318

By Evelyn Cecil, M.P.

Imperial Organization

332

By Richard Jebb

PART II
CONSTITUENTS OF EMPIRE
I.—NATIONS IN MAKING
CANADA

The Making of Canada

351

By the Hon. Clifford Sifton, K.C.,
Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada

The Future of Canada

363

By W. Peterson,
Principal of the McGill University

Canadian Agriculture and Rural Education

385

By James W. Robertson,
Professor at the McGill University

Imperialism in Canadian Politics

403

By John W. Hills

Canada and the Pacific

409

By G. R. Parkin LL.D., C.M.G,
Organizing Representative of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust

The French-Canadians and the Empire

420

By Benjamin Sulte,
President of the Royal Society of Canada

AUSTRALASIA

Australia and its Critics

424

By the Hon. B. R. Wise. K.C.,
Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales

Imperialism and Australian Conditions

446

By the Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn, K.C.M.G.,
Formerly Premier, and subsequently Agent-General for South Australia

New Zealand To-day

462

By the Hon. W. P. Reeves,
Agent-General for New Zealand

SOUTH AFRICA

Rhodes and Milner

478

By F. Edmund Garrett

The Prospects of a United South Africa

521

By G. G. Robinson,
Formerly Private Secretary to Lord Milner in South Africa

The Native Question in South Africa

539

By Sir Godfrey Lagden, K.G.M.G.,
Commissioner for Native Affairs in the Transvaal

Land Settlement and Colonization in South Africa

557

By Colonel Owen Thomas

Education in South Africa

575

By E. B. Sargant,
Formerly Educational Adviser to Lord Milner

Some Aspects of the Mining Industry in South Africa

587

By Lionel Phillips,
Formerly President of the Chamber of Mines in the Transvaal

II.—REALMS IN TRUST
INDIA

Our True Relationship with India

599

By Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.I.E.,
Head of the British Mission to Tibet

India: Past, Present, and Future

621

By Sir Charles Crosthwaite, K.C.S.I.,
Late Lieut.-Governor of the N.-W. Provinces and Ondh, and Member of the Council of India

The Frontier Question

651

By Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E.,
Formerly Superintendent of the Frontiers Surveys, India

The Indian Army

663

By Lieut.-General Sir Edwin H. H. Collen, G.C.I.E., C.B.,
Formerly Military Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India

The States of India

682

By Lieut.-Colonel Sir David Barr, K.C.S.I.,
Formerly Agent to the Governor-General in Central India

Indian Education

696

By Theodore Morison,
Late Principal of the Mohammedan College at Aligarh

CEYLON AND BURMA

Ceylon

707

By Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.,
Governor of Ceylon

Burma

716

By Sir F. W. R. Fryer, K.C.S.I.,
Late Lieut.-Governor of Burma

THE FAR EAST

Our Imperial Interests in Nearer and Further Asia

728

By Valentine Chirol,
Director of the Foreign Department of The Times

EGYPT AND THE SUDAN

Lord Cromer in Egypt

760

By Sir Eldon Gorst, K.C.B.,
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

The Longest River in the World

773

By Sir William E. Garstin, G.C.M.G.,
Under-Secretary of State for Public Works in Egypt

British Rule in the Sudan

800

By the Hon. Sidney Peel

The Nile as I saw it

809

By Ewart S. Grogan,
Author of ‘From the Cape to Cairo’

THE TROPICS

The Tropics of the Empire

817

By Lady Lugard

THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

The Straits Settlements and Beyond

827

By Sir Frank Swettenham, K.C.M.G.,
Formerly Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements

WEST AND EAST AFRICA

West African Possessions and Administration

835

By Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria

The East African Protectorate

861

By Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
Late Commissioner for the British East Africa Protectorate

THE WEST INDIES

The West Indies

877

By Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, K.C.M.G.,
President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce

The Administration of the Crown Colonies

883

By Sir Frank Swettenham, K.C.M.G.

LIST OF MAPS

		facing page
I.	Cables between Great Britain and Canada	252
II.	Britain to India. Cable and Landline Routes	260
III.	Cables between Great Britain and the West Indies	262
IV.	Cables between Great Britain and Africa	268
V.	Cables between Great Britain and Australia	272
VI.	The Cables of the Far East	280
VII.	The Nile	798