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-

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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

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

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1266 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V question could not, or would not, accept his constitutional position as a Colonial officer appointed by and subordinate to the Ministry, and the dismissal of Lord Dundonald by the Canadian Government in 1904 revealed the fact that that officer, in his desire for efficiency, had practically attacked the Dominion Government.! The plan was then adopted by Act 4 Edw. VIL. c. 23 of abolishing the command-in- chief and instituting a Militia Council with an Inspector- General, who might be a military officer of the United Kingdom or of Canada ; and while this post was at first filled by Sir Percy Lake, it was then, on his retirement in 1910 after an unusually prolonged service, given to a Canadian officer, Brigadier-General Otter, while his place was filled by an officer of the British army. In the case of the Common- wealth something of the same sort happened ; the attempt to maintain a post of general officer commanding broke down completely, and Act No. 14 of 1904, after the usual friction had ended with the retirement of @eneral Hutton, substituted a Council of Defence, with an Inspector-General and a Military Board. A Council was also created with one member a British officer by Act No. 41 of 1906 by the New Zealand Government, but by the Act of 1910 its powers are transferred to the Commandant. Much more important, probably, has been the visit of Lord Kitchener above men- tioned to both New Zealand and to Australia, and his advice, which led to the legislation of 1910 in either Dominion,? and the visit of Sir John French to Canada in 1910 in order to inspect the whole of the forces of the Dominion. But Canada is in a very different position from ‘ See House of Commons Debates, 1904, pp. 4580-665; and cf. General Autton’s case, ibid., 1900, pp. 594 seq., 2671; Sess. Pap., No. 91. * See New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, cli. 760; Parl, Pap., 1910, H.19 A; 1911, H. 19; Memorandum on the Defence of Australia, by Lord Kitchener, February 10, 1910; Commonwealth Parl. Pap., 1910, Nos. 48 and 59; Annual Report by Major-General Kirkpatrick, May 30. 1911; ficial Year Book, iv. 1074-96. * For his report see Canada Sess. Pap., 1911, No. 85a, with a report of (General Lake (No. 35 b) on the steps taken to make the recommendation sffective. He held that the volunteer basis was still legitimate, but that if

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