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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Collection:: Economics Books

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

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1282 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V The proposal then made by Mr. Deakin was to substitute for the present Commonwealth subsidy 1,000 seamen— Australians if possible—to be paid by the Commonwealth, for service in the navy on the station, at an estimated cost of about £100,000 per annum to the Commonwealth, the remainder of the subsidy to be applied by the Commonwealth to obtaining submersibles or destroyers, or similar local defences. At the same time, two cruisers of P. or a superior class, manned by 400 of the 1,000 Australians, should be re- tained on the coast in peace or war. In addition, the Com- monwealth would provide in 1907 £250,000 for harbour and coast defences, and £50,000 for the fortification of harbours. The Admiralty? in reply, pointed out that at the Colonial Conference no proposal had been made for the permanent retention of cruisers in Australian waters, and that while anxious to meet the wishes of Mr. Deakin, they were not prepared to depart from the decision taken up at the Con- ference, that while they did not themselves propose to cancel the agreement with Australia and New Zealand, yet if the Commonwealth Government desired to cancel the agreement and to substitute other arrangements, they were willing to advise and assist in carrying out a scheme for local defences, always provided that such a scheme did not involve a definite obligation to maintain British vessels permanently in Australian waters. They also regarded it as essential that complete control by the Commander-in-Chief over the local forces in time of war must be secured to the Imperial Government. After further correspondence, Mr. Deakin requested that the Admiralty should draw up a scheme to provide for the atilization of Australian seamen in local defences, and for connexion of the Australian flotilla with His Majesty’s fleets of war. This scheme was forwarded to Australia in August, 1908. It was based on the principle that the Commonwealth Government should provide and maintain nine submarines and six destroyers in Australian waters; that this flotilla should be manned by officers and men of the Royal Navy, as - Parl. Pap., Cd. 4325, pp. 1-3. * Ibid., pp. 3, 4, 6.

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