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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914, Edited by Edgar Jones This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 Editor: Edgar Jones Release Date: February 8, 2004 [eBook #10990] Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SELECTED SPEECHES ON BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY 1738-1914*** E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Bradley Norton, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders SELECTED SPEECHES ON BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY 1738-1914 EDITED BY EDGAR R. JONES, M.P. This volume of 'Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy' was first published in 'The World's Classics' in 1914 PREFACE A selection of speeches made for the purpose of illustrating the best rhetorical form of British Oratory has already been published in 'The World's Classics'. The governing principle of this volume is not rhetorical quality, but historical interest. Speeches have been selected from the earliest days of reporting downwards, dealing with such phases of foreign policy as are of exceptional interest at present. They have been chosen so as to cover a variety of international crises affecting various states. In such a selection some very interesting speeches have had to be set aside, because they represented temporary or individual and sectional views rather than permanent national and official views, and in order to avoid disproportionate reference to the same situation or country. It is to be hoped that the selection, such as it is, may, through the words of the statesmen of the past, help to prepare our minds for the sound and worthy consideration of the problems of European re-settlement which will arise at the termination of the War. EDGAR R. JONES. CONTENTS WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM (1708-78) The Convention with Spain (House of Lords, March 8, 1738) The Defence of Weaker States (House of Lords, January 22, 1770) RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN (1751-1816) The Partition of Poland (House of Commons, April 25, 1793) The Prussian Subsidy (House of Commons,
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