John Morley: “Any closer union of the British Empire attempted with this object…”

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Any closer union of the British Empire attempted with this object would absolutely fail.

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John Morley

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In this statement, Morley asserts that attempts to create a closer union within the British Empire for imperial purposes would be doomed to fail.

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John Morley: “Any closer union of the British Empire attempted with this object would absolutely fail.”