The Annamese village is self-governing.
None of the French possessions is self-governing in the manner of the chief British colonies.
Rivers do not form effective international boundaries, although between dependent self-governing communities they are convenient lines of demarcation.
He developed this line of argument when moving the second reading of the Home Rule bill in April, and at Dundee in the autumn outlined a general policy under which England would be cut up into self-governing areas.
In pursuance of the policy of encouraging the self-governing powers of the Basuto, a national council was instituted and held its first sitting in July 1903.