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Each large colony will have relations to foreign countries more and more distant from those of the mother country, and must be allowed to deal with those relations itself.
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John Morley
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Morley discusses the increasing autonomy of colonies in managing their foreign relations, highlighting a shift from reliance on the mother country.
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