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... fleet , if necessary , would occupy Smyrna or some other place agreed upon by the two Powers . The mere threat of such combination would have brought the abject coward of Yildiz Kiosk to his knees . But what happened ? Lord Rosebery's ...
... fleet , if necessary , would occupy Smyrna or some other place agreed upon by the two Powers . The mere threat of such combination would have brought the abject coward of Yildiz Kiosk to his knees . But what happened ? Lord Rosebery's ...
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... Fleet will occupy some Turkish port as a material guarantee . Can any one doubt that the Sultan would yield at once ? Goschen will not doubt it , for by a similar action he compelled the speedy submission of the Sultan in 1880 , though ...
... Fleet will occupy some Turkish port as a material guarantee . Can any one doubt that the Sultan would yield at once ? Goschen will not doubt it , for by a similar action he compelled the speedy submission of the Sultan in 1880 , though ...
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... with England quietly looking on . When that day of Armageddon comes , the Powers which now amuse themselves by jeers at Eng- land's isolation will need all their fleets and 20 Improbability of War armies to settle their own quarrels C 2.
... with England quietly looking on . When that day of Armageddon comes , the Powers which now amuse themselves by jeers at Eng- land's isolation will need all their fleets and 20 Improbability of War armies to settle their own quarrels C 2.
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... fleet that ever sailed the seas has now reduced England to im- potence ! If Sir Charles Dilke had commanded the British fleet at Trafalgar he would have counted the enemy's ships through his telescope , and , finding them to outnumber ...
... fleet that ever sailed the seas has now reduced England to im- potence ! If Sir Charles Dilke had commanded the British fleet at Trafalgar he would have counted the enemy's ships through his telescope , and , finding them to outnumber ...
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... fleets of the Powers at Dulcigno . And when the Sultan still refused , he determined to seize Smyrna , thereby intercepting , for the time being , the largest part of the Sultan's revenues 44 . No Danger of European War Austria , Germany.
... fleets of the Powers at Dulcigno . And when the Sultan still refused , he determined to seize Smyrna , thereby intercepting , for the time being , the largest part of the Sultan's revenues 44 . No Danger of European War Austria , Germany.
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Abdul Hamid alliance Ambassador at St Armenians Austria believe British Ambassador British Government Bulgaria Cabinet Christian subjects Christians of Turkey CO.'S STANDARD coercion Concert of Europe Constantinople Consuls Count Goluchowski Crimean Crimean War Crown 8vo declared despatch diplomacy diplomatic Eastern question Edition Emperor England European control extermination fact fleet force Foreign France French Germany Gladstone Gladstone's speech guarantee honour Illustrations India interests intervention Islâm Khalif language LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord Aberdeen Lord Beaconsfield's Lord Derby Lord Palmerston Lord Rosebery Lord Rosebery's speech Lord Salisbury Majesty's Government massacres ment Minister Musulman nation never official opinion opposed Ottoman Empire Pasha Petersburg political population Porte Powers Prince Consort Prince Lobanoff promises proposal refused religion reports Russia Salisbury's sanction scheme of reforms separate action Sheikh-ul-Islâm statesmen Sultan tion Treaty of Berlin Turkish Commission Turkish Empire Turkish Government Turks vols Yildiz Kiosk
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