Excerpt from The Opportunist During the years of office the matter for agreement between the War Secretary and his leader had frayed away, just as the Conserva tive majority had dwindled; so that at this date, while held together by only the slenderest cord, the two men were more mutually essential than at any previous period. The cord which joined them was a policy of peace at any price. Rumours had been rife for some time as to disturbances on the russo-afghan boundary; and, as these menaced the integrity of an empire ...
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Excerpt from The Opportunist During the years of office the matter for agreement between the War Secretary and his leader had frayed away, just as the Conserva tive majority had dwindled; so that at this date, while held together by only the slenderest cord, the two men were more mutually essential than at any previous period. The cord which joined them was a policy of peace at any price. Rumours had been rife for some time as to disturbances on the russo-afghan boundary; and, as these menaced the integrity of an empire England had sworn to uphold, there was a possibility Of collision with one of the great powers of Europe, and questions being asked by the nation as to what steps were to be taken to Oppose the steady advance of Russia, and whether there was any prospect Of danger to the Indian empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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