text_original: Such was Froude's summary of England's dealing with South Africa in the nineteenth century. The twentieth opens with a happier prospect. The fall We must now return, after a prolonged parenthesis, to the Conserva  closing days of the Beaconsfield administration. The threatenings tive of war in Eastern Europe, a forward policy eventuating in war ment'^" both in Afghanistan and in South Africa — such were the questions which, to the casual observer, seemed to dominate the political situation.
text_transcription: SUCH WAS FROUDE'S SUMMARY OF ENGLAND'S DEALING WITH SOUTH AFRICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE TWENTIETH OPENS WITH A HAPPIER PROSPECT WE MUST NOW RETURN AFTER A PROLONGED PARENTHESIS TO THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE BECKONSFIELD ADMINISTRATION THE THREATENINGS OF WAR IN EASTERN EUROPE A FORWARD POLICY OF INTUATING IN WAR BOTH IN GANISTAN AND SOUTH AFRICA SUCH WERE THE QUESTIONS WHICH TO THE CASUAL OBSERVER SEEMED TO DOMINATE THE POLITICAL SITUATION
phonemes: sˈʌtʃ wʌz fɹˈaʊdz sˈʌmɚɹi ʌv ˈɪŋɡləndz dˈiːlɪŋ wɪð sˈaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkə ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi. ðə twˈɛntiəθ ˈoʊpənz wɪð ɐ hˈæpɪɚ pɹˈɑːspɛkt. ðə fˈɔːl wiː mˈʌst nˈaʊ ɹᵻtˈɜːn, ˈæftɚɹ ɐ pɹəlˈɔŋd pɚɹˈɛnθəsˌɪs, tə ðə kənsˈɜːvə klˈoʊzɪŋ dˈeɪz ʌvðə bˈiːkənsfˌiːld ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən. ðə θɹˈɛʔn̩ɪŋz tˈaɪv ʌv wˈɔːɹ ɪn ˈiːstɚn jˈʊɹɹəp, ɐ fˈɔːɹwɚd pˈɑːlɪsi ᵻvˈɛntʃuːˌeɪɾɪŋ ɪn wˈɔːɹ mˈɛnt" bˈoʊθ ɪn æfɡˈænɪstˌæn ænd ɪn sˈaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkə — sˈʌtʃ wɜː ðə kwˈɛstʃənz wˈɪtʃ, tə ðə kˈæʒuːəl əbzˈɜːvɚ, sˈiːmd tə dˈɑːmᵻnˌeɪt ðə pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən.