"We have a peculiar interest because the true defence of our country, owing to scientific development, is now no longer the Channel...but upon the Rhine."
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Academics from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of the United KingdomUnitariansPeople from BirminghamNobel Peace Prize laureates
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Speech at the Imperial Conference, 1926.
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Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (16 October 1863 β 17 March 1937) was a British statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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