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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1284 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V should fail to act.! The Commonwealth Government then sent in a set of proposals for the creation of a fleet unit to operate in Australian waters and to be under the general control of the Commonwealth Government, but they offered automatic control in time of war through the operation of sealed orders. The offer was made in the following telegram, dated April 15, 1910 :—2 Prime Minister of the Commonwealth has asked me to submit to your Lordship, for consideration of His Majesty’s Government, the following memorandum on the question of Naval Defence :— Whereas all the Dominions of the British Empire ought to share in the most effective way in the burden of maintain- ing the permanent naval supremacy of the Empire : And whereas this Government is of opinion that, so far as Australia is concerned, this object would be best attained by encouragement of naval development in this country so that people of Commonwealth will become a people efficient at sea and thereby better able to assist United Kingdom with men as well as ships to act in concert with the other sea forces of the Empire : The views of the present Government, as a basis of co- operation and mutual understanding, are herewith sub- mitted :— (1y The Naval Agreement Act to continue for the term provided for ; (2) The Commonwealth Government to continue to provide, equip, and maintain the defences of naval base for the use of the ships of the Royal Navy ; (3) In order to place Australia in a position to undertake the responsibility of local naval defence, the Commonwealth (Government to establish a Naval Force ; (4) The Commonwealth Government to provide ships constituting the torpedo flotilla and maintain them in a state of efficiency, wages, pay, provision. and maintenance of officers and men ; (56) The sphere of action of the Naval Force of the Commonwealth to be primarily about the eoast of Common- wealth and its territories ; ‘6) The administrative control of the Naval Force of the * Parl. Pap., Cd. 4948, p. 3. For the dissent of Queensland, see Parlia- mentary Debates, 1910, pp. 2464 seq. * Ibid., pp. 3, 4.

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