Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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CHAPTER X MILITARY AND NAVAL DEFENCE § 1. MmiTary DEFENCE Ir followed inevitably from the grant of responsible sovernment that the Imperial Government ceased to be responsible for the military defence against internal distur- bances of the Colonies to which responsible government was accorded.! It was clear that the Imperial Government could not consent to permit the Imperial troops to be directed by a government over whose action they had only such indirect control, as could be exercised by the Governor, while on the other hand, the presence of troops in the Colony rendered it unnecessary for the Colonial Government to observe that moderation in action which was essential for the preservation of the internal peace of the Colony. Moreover the expense was very heavy ; in 1858 the Colonial military expenditure of the Imperial Government was nearly £4,000,000, towards which the Colonies gave but £380,000. A departmental committee in 1859 (Sir T. Elliott of the Colonial Office, Mr. Hamilton of the Treasury, and Mr. Godley of the War Office) reported strongly against the existing system, but the Imperial Government had no mind to withdraw troops separately so as to embarrass the responsible governments, and although two committees of the House of Commons examined into the question in the sixties, it was not until March 4, 1862, that the House of Commons,? on the motion of Mr. A. Mills, resolved that, while it was recognized that all parts of the Empire must have Imperial assistance against danger resulting from Imperial policy, as far as was possible ! The royal prerogative to raise troops is of course undoubted in all the Dominions where it is not regulated by law ; see Sir S. Way's judgement n Napier v. Scholl, 1904 8. A. L. R. 73, at p. 88, as regards forces raised in Jouth Australia for South African service (ef. New South Wales Act, No. 12 sf 1899), and cf, also Williams v. Howarth, [1905] A. C. 551; Howarth v. Walker, 6 S. R. (N. 8S. W.) 98. ¢ Hansard, ser. 3, clxv. 1032-60.

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