THE WORD "EMPIRE"
REQUEST FOR ITS ABANDONMENT.
LONDON, 22nd February.
In the House o£ .Commons, Mr. Arthur Lynch (Nationalist) asked whether the Government would discourage the use of tho word "Empire," because it implied military domination.
Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) replied in the negative. The word " Empire," he said, did not necessarily mean military despotism.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 48, 24 February 1917, Page 5
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