In the Transvaal,” he said, “we averted a war of European and Christian races throughout South African states, which would have been alike menacing to our power, and scandalous in the face of civilisation and of Christendom.
Morley articulates the significance of diplomatic actions in the Transvaal to prevent a larger conflict.
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