The Life of Sir Edward FitzGerald Law

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The Life of Sir Edward FitzGerald Law

1911

The scene is laid in Bengal in a district famous in the annals of pisticking : the occasion a meeting of the Cantonmentpur Tent Club an association the raison ntre of which was described as the furthei.ance of sport and good fellowship." On the evening before the meeting Law arrived at the station having been appointed " captain " for the day ; as such he was responsible for the general ar [...] He considered the possbility of developing the fishing industry of the Volga and the Astrakhan delta of the Caspian also of utilising the Suanetian forests and the manganese deposits in Circassia. [...] The various details were duly recorded in the pages of ' The Daily Telegraph ' whose correspondent also called attention to the corruption and general inefficiency of the administration and t D the injustice shown in the repressive measures adopted and in the treatment of political prisoners. [...] — The extrAerdinali importance of the army leads to some WiiiiyAetiOnt3.reflections as regards the future of the Raggian'EnispiYe; If a policy too ambitious and i-Atless shtSuld be pursued Russia may yet encounter a'SeTkif; and then who can estimate the extent of the witlse4uendes ? Not only would the position of the GO-4Ment and dynasty be most critical but the ver istence of the I npire might [...] At the same time it was decided to despatch a force under Sir O. Graham to the Eastern Sudan for the purpose of destroying the power of Osman Digna there clearing the country of the adherents of the Mandi and constructing a railway from Suakin to the Nile.
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Pages
404
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142120
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-vi Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter I 1846-1882. Early Life-India-Russia
1-35 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter II 1882-1887 The International Association of the Congo-Suakin Expedition-Imperial Institute
36-68 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter III 1887-1890 Financial and Commercial Attache-Russia-Persia-the Caucasus
69-103 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter IV 1890-1892. Constantinople-British Trade Abroad
104-131 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter V 1892-1896. Greece-Asia Minor-Italy-Bulgaria
132-175 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VI 1896-1899. Greco-Turkish War-Financial Commission
176-225 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VII 1899. Constantinople-The Ottoman Public Debt
226-249 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter VIII India-General
250-259 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter IX Sir Edward Law’s Work As Member of the Governor-General’s Council in India 1900-1905
260-334 William Meyer view
Chapter X Sir Edward Law as Member of Council in India 1900-1905
335-344 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter XI 1905-1908
345-355 Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view
Chapter XII Some Personal Reminiscences
356-380 J.L Garvin view
Chapter XIII
381-i Theodore Morison, George Hutchinson view

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