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Show The Englishman Abroad As a rule when people talk of British Brit-ish imperialism they think of what the j English have accomplished in the way of seizing and governing about a fifth of the world But to annex and to rule countries that are lying more or less ; derelict and are inhabited by inferior j races without any stable civilization or any great powers of resistance is not, after all, so wonderful a feat I Much more wonderful to my mind Is the exhibition of Imperialism which even the meekest of British tourists ' unconsciously presents and which profoundly pro-foundly affects communities as advanced ad-vanced and homogeneous and civilized as his own Go. for Instance, at this time of year to Dieppe, and you will find yourself surrounded by an army of English invaders and colonizers. II yol will then take a quarter of an iiour's run In a motor car to Pourvllle, you will reach another settlement ol the same kind; a little further on. at Fecamp. Trouville. and Etretat, there! lire vet others All along this dellgb, ful northern oast of France, In fact, the English set up during the summer ' months a series of Inexpugnable en-, campments There Is more than ono ' French watering place that has conio I into existence simply to cater for the English holiday maker, that is really an English outpost planted on Fronch soil; and their like mav be duplicated Indefinitely In Switzerland. Germany. Austria Hungary. Belgium and Italy. Anglo-American" in Harrier's Weekly Week-ly 1 |