...obligation is to be discharged by a querulous diplomatic protest, or evaded by a literary epigram. Whatever be Russia's designs upon India, whether they...the most splendid appanage of the Imperial Crown. CHAPTER n FROM LONDON TO THE CASPIAN ' Eastward the Star of Empire takes its way.' Journey to St. Petersburg...

...be Russia's designs upon India, whether they be serious and inimical or imaginary and fantastic, 1 hold that the first duty of English statesmen is to...the most splendid appanage of the Imperial Crown.' Hon. George Curzon, MP, Russia in Central Asia, 1889. The Great Russian Advance Begins 'Where the imperial...

...better than treason. 'Whatever be Russia's designs upon India', he wrote in Russia in Central Asia, ... 'I hold that the first duty of English statesmen is...position is secure and our frontier impregnable'. For the durability of his perceptions see Rose, Superior Person, pp. 215-16. 99. See, for example,...

...all comers, Lord Curzon, the future viceroy, declared that the first duty of British foreign policy "is to render any hostile intentions futile, to see...noblest trophy of British genius, and the most splendid appendage of the Imperial Crown." 1li In pursuit of that goal, Britain in 1879 secured a major share...

...all comers, Lord Curzon, the future viceroy, declared that the first duty of British foreign policy "is to render any hostile intentions futile, to see that our own position is secure and 15 Quoted in AA Duri, The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation: A Study in Identity and Consciousness...

...oppose Russian expansion in Central Asia (Hopkirk 504). Adopting a Forward School stance, he wrote that Whatever be Russia's designs upon India, whether they...frontier impregnable, and so to guard what is without a doubt the noblest trophy of British genius, and the most splendid appanage of the Imperial Crown...