Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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342 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART 11 the decision from the Agent-General. Then again, apart from that difficulty, there is the fact that Colonial Governments change quickly, and that an Agent-General often accepts the post when his Government is about to fall : the result is that he cannot ever be said to be in the confidence of the Govern- ment—a good example of such lack of trust being the case of Mr. Jenkins, Agent-Generalfor South Australia, whoresignedin 1908, as the Government had unwisely attempted to negotiate a loan in London behind his back, an attempt which resulted in something like a fiasco, as owing to a premature divulgence by a minister the London firm with which the negotiations had been conducted broke them off. Nor can an Agent- General, except in exceptional circumstances, ever be really a member of the Government of the Dominion or State. There is inevitably the result that he becomes an official highly respected, but not exactly in the confidence of the Government. Such a general statement is, of course, subject to exceptions, but, broadly speaking, it will not be denied to be correct by any person who has observed recent political events in the Dominions. The appointment of the High Commissioner for the Com- monwealth has simplified in one way the position of the matter. There are now in London representatives of the Dominions except Newfoundland, all with the status of High Commissioners, and all posts filled by men of high standing in the country, Lord Strathcona, one of the most remarkable men of the century, Sir George Reid, Sir W. Hall J ones, and Sir R. Solomon. Except Lord Strathcona, each of these officers has held high ministerial office in his Dominion : Sir G. Reid has been Prime Minister of the Commonwealth as well as of New South Wales; Sir W. Hall Jones has acted as Prime Minister of New Zealand ; and Sir R. Solomon has been minister in the Cape and the leading figure in the Crown Colony administration of the Transvaal. It might therefore * Cf. House of Commons Debates, April 19, 1911, xxiv. 961. A High Commissioner may of course be technically a member of the Executive Council (as in Canada, the Commonwealth, Victoria, and Tasmania), but he caunot be a member of the Cabinet.

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