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The British Lion’s Restless Broo
Restless to realize all the blessings of their united greatness and
their individual equality—a restlessness of. growth and read
justment, .transforming a vast Empire into a world-wide Com
monwealth of Free Nations. When did this great change be
gin? How was America responsible for its beginning? In what
way did Canada hasten it? And Ireland? By what steps and
through what difficulties is the process continuing? What im
portant steps remain to be taken? Shall America hinder or
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Canada, the Land of Potentialities
How does Canada compare with the ancient Roman Empire? With the
British Isles? With the United States?
How may Canada determine the future destiny of the world edmtnonwcalth
of Grcatmr Britain?, c
Under what circumstances did the close friendship between the United
States and Canada begin, and what is its special significance?
How have the phyical characteristics of Canada affected the development
of her national life ?
What arc the fabulous natural resources of the Dominion?
“Old Ireland” the New
When and how did the “rebirth of the Gael" begin, and how did it result
in the Irish Free State?
What was at the root of Ireland’s trouble with England,?
What is the “peculiar cultural and spiritual ancestry” of the Irish people?
What is the Irish attitude toward death ?
What was the Irish Republican Army really like; and what are the facts
from both points of view regarding the Sinn Fein?
Of what Importance is the Irish Free State as an economic factor in the
world ? v
What is the effect of the new Agreement on Ulster ?
India, Seedling With Unrest
Will India break away from the British Commonwealth and become an
independent Moslem state; will the Mohammedans restore the Sultan
of Turkey to his former power; or will India remain as a dazzling
jewel in the British crown ?
' What is the wonderful story of this land of extremes, this home of one of
the oldest civilizations in history,—this “motherland of religion"?
What arc the most marked causes of the great unrest and discontent?
America’s Attitude Toward
Great Britain
Why have some papers been declaring that war between America and
Great Britain “is inevitable,” while others insist that we are “enter
ing an era of more friendly relations than ever”?
What it the prevailing American opinion, and upon what is it .based?
Should the United States “share with Great Britain the burdens of the
world ai ft whole” ?
How will the rivalry between the British Commonwealth and the Ameri
can Commonwealth for world trade be carried-.on, and with what
result?
THE BIG STORY OF A GIANT
EMPIRE CHANGING TO A
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DEMOCRATIC Commonwealth
Told in the Special British Commonwealth Number
of The Literary Digest
mr to-day
Australia, the Real Land
of the Golden Fleece
Bases of British Strength
With all its wealth, natural resources, financial strength, and means of
deicuse on land and sea how is Eogland kept from starving?
How arc the products oLthe British Empire related to the life of the rest
of tho word ?
How is the British naval supremacy, affected by the Washington agree
ment ?
Where have the sons of Britain been going for the past' 200 years, and
with what effect upon the motherland?
British Character, Culture and Life
From what “hated enemy” is the dominant strain of English blood traced ?
What are the natural charactcristica of the people and their attitude to
ward war?
What is their notion of private rights, and how doea it affect their gov
ernment?
Whijj contradictory things are found in their character and temper, and
what general priaciple account* for them?
How is the growth of democracy changing the British peoplo?
Egypt Under the British Regime
What modern wonders in Egypt compare, for greatness, with the ancient
pyramids and the ruins of Luxor?
What has Britain been doing for the last forty years in Lower Egypt and
along the Upper Nile? •
How has Egypt developed; what is tho present condition of her people,
and when did the new Egyptian “nationalist movement" become
militant?
The oldcat continent on earth: larger than the United Slates; nearly
big as all Europe; a, land of wonders and .mysteries; surpassing <
peoples in the world in par capita wealth and productive power; nlri
ty-seven per cent of her people of pure British descant; a laborati
of political experiments,—what la the relation of Australia to
British Crown, how Is the country governed, what are her politic
problems, and what is her place in the economic program of the world
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New Zealand First
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Did you know that New Zealand was the first country in the world to
make compulsory the conciliation and arbitration of industrial dis
putes? , That it was the first country to establish universal penny
postage,, state fire insurance, state maternity homes, non-contributing
old-age pensions, and many other social ana economic reforms?
Do you went to knovt all about this remarkable country of which Bryce
declares! that “nowhere la the level' of comfort higher; there are no
millicnairca, very few rich persona, and no class of people la sunk
anywhere near to the margin of subsistence.”
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Changing Tides In South Africa
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What marvdlous transformation in South Africa has brought about “one -
of the most dramatic chapters in tha modem history of the British 1
Empire’*?
What cause: the Boert, who fought against tha British in 1900, to tight
for the British in 1915?
How did the Union of South Africa become possible, and what claim has
it to distinction as “tho only real democracy in the world today"?
Why ia the tolor problem -tha moat serious question before the people of
South Africa"?
What is the' thrilling and picturesque story of the taking and making of
Rhodesia?
British Power In the West Indies
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What special American significance has been found in the fact that this
chain ofl islands flanks the Gulf of Mexico and tha Caribbean Sea?
What are tie social, industrial, political, and commercial characteristics «
and possibilities of these groups Of several thousand islands?
Ia there a probability of an Imperial Federation of the Caribbean Colo
nies under the leadership of Jamaica?
Wonderful Maps, in Colors, of the Far-
Showing the, growth of the British Empire from 1815 to 1922; the political status of
all the scattered parts, with area and population. This new, copyrighted map is a cor-
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