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considerations there was the danger that an Imperialist
Libaraiinri would be only a pale imitation of the
Concervative Farty with no distinguicItng foaturoa.
But at the name time even the anti-war section
r©cormended not tho destruction of imperiulicm, but
a Liberal approach to the phenoxonan, - "... tho
problems of Imperial extension can never be worked
without a fearless application of troo institutions and
of a tolerant cnlirh1oned spirit. "
(1)
Liberalism
based its caco on the Izperialicv of colt govorning
colonies and the benevolent extension of British modes
of rovcrnz ent. Hence J. lfi. Robcrtoon'a condennation
of the Boor
.
'air, untitled Ureck rhf: r irk
most Liborals could do was to counterpoise a true
Impcrialicm against a false and dangerous one,
The issues were confused by the fact that the Boar
Vi'ar was an eramplo of both old and now Imperiaitttm.
It was an attempt to federate the r ore backward Dutch
regions of mouth Africa with the self-governing Capo
(i) xý, p. 568.
(2) London 1901,1
,
(2)
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