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

Collection:: Economics Books

1264 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [paRTV regard to the Imperial forces, and still more of course the legal position of his ministers, is a simple one. As laid down in No. 10 of the Colonial Regulations it is the general obligation of all His Majesty's civil and military officers to offer mutual assistance to each other in cases affecting the King’s service ; and by the King’s regulations for the navy, the Commander-in-Chief of a station, or the senior officer present at a port, is instructed to pay due regard to such requisitions as he may receive from the Governor having for their object the protection of His Majesty’s possessions, the benefit of the trade of his subjects, or the general good of his service. The Colonial Regulations also provide 11. In urgent cases, when the requisitions may conflict with the instructions from the superior naval authority under which he is acting, and when reference by telegraph or otherwise to such superior authority is impracticable, a naval officer is instructed to consider the relative importance and urgency of the required service as compared with his instructions, whether general or special ; and he is to decide as in his judgement may seem best for His Majesty’s service. In so doing he is instructed to bear in mind the grave respon- sibility that would rest on him if the circumstances were not such as to fully warrant the postponement of the instructions from his naval superior to the more pressing requisition from the Governor. 12. In cases where high political considerations demand the decision of His Majesty’s Government in respect of the action to be taken, the Governor should communicate his opinion that the presence of one of His Majesty’s ships is necessary direct to the Secretary of State, instead of direct to the commanding officer of His Majesty’s ship, unless the lives and property of British subjects are in such imminent peril as to demand immediate action. Recently in Australasia a determined effort has been made to reorganize the military forces on a more effective basis, a desire no doubt prompted by the growth of a strong power in the Far East, and stimulated by a visit of Lord Kitchener in 1910 to Australia and New Zealand. The military defence proposals of the Commonwealth as introduced in the Defence Acts of 1909 (No. 15)and 1910(No. 37) contemplate the setting on foot of a total citizen army of 127,000 men, to be raised

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