ABSTRACT
The expansion of Great Britain has not been accomplished without bitter opposition on the part of a considerable element in the British electorate. More than once a general election has been influenced by the polemics of the Little Englander group of thinkers and politicians. In the summer of 1895 Lord Salisbury formed his third cabinet, and he directed the destinies of the British Empire throughout the period under survey. The third Salisbury ministry marked the full and final coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties, and carried on wars in West Africa, the Sudan, and South Africa. It is impossible to present within brief compass a clear picture of the revival of British imperialism under the third Salisbury cabinet by following chronologically the military and diplomatic moves by which Great Britain out distanced her rivals. The revival of British imperialism once more brought to the foreground the South African as well as the Sudanese question.
