PART V
BEYOND THE UNITED KINGDOM

CHAPTER XXII

EMPIRE

Growth of Empire
India

Conditions of the Problem

British Rule

Indian States: Federation of India

Plans for Federal Government

Nature of the Federal Proposals

The Provinces

The Future
The Colonial Empire

British Control

The African Problem

Mandates'
The Purpose of Empire,

JROWTH OF EMPIRE.

In the history of Britain, as in that of many other nations,
there have been times when sections of the population found
it difficult to get their living at home, and hoped for better
prospects overseas. They might be members of die aristocracy,
who being younger sons, did not inherit land, or small farmers
squeezed out by the growth of great estates; on the disbandment
of the feudal armies, there were many who were used to an
adventurous life, and whose departure was a relief to the
Government. Political and religious persecutions sent abroad
others, of whom the Pilgrim Fathers are the most famous.
Princes desiring new lands, and owners of capital seeking a
profitable investment, encouraged colonisation.

From the start, merchants and manufacturers in Ejigland

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