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I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.

Source: Speech at Guildhall, 5 Dec 1911, in King George V, by Harold Nicolson, p. 73, 1952.
-- George V, (Jun 3 1865-1936), English ruler; He was the grandson of Queen Victoria who ruled 1910-36; succeeded by son Edward VII.

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