Excerpt from The British Empire and a League of Peace, Together With an Analysis of Federal Government Its Function and Its Method The first of the two essays here published together has been somewhat widely circu lated in pamphlet form, the first edition of which appeared in March, 1918. The second was written for the Foreign Press Bureau of the Committee on Public Information for use abroad and was completed in November, 1918. In writing it no attempt was made to give a scientific treatment of federation, but the practical purpose of explaining its method of operation to those not familiar with this system of government determined the form and substance of the essay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.