Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Reorganization of the British Empire Within a short time a remarkable change has come over public opinion in the British Isles themselves. Twenty years ago it almost seemed as if Great Britain was. Ready voluntarily to throw away her vast colonial empire. A, whole school of politicians favored the idea, and seemed -to have gained the public ear. The Times, supposed to re ect public opinion, claimed that England was paying too high a price for enjoying the luxury of colonial loyalty, and' warned the colonies to prepare for the separation that was inevitable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."