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

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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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1298 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [parTV prescribed by regulations under the Australian Act, and when vessels of the Australian and Imperial fleets are co- operating the command shall, subject to any Imperial Act or regulations, devolve on the senior officer, and any part of the Commonwealth naval forces may be placed under the sommand of any officer of the King’s naval forces. In both cases the legislation passed contemplates the Acts having extra-territorial effect, and it is indeed clear that without such effect the provision of navies proper would be meaningless. The regulations which were adequate for the Government forces which did not move beyond the limits of the Colony are quite out of place in connexion with large vessels such as those which are now possessed by Canada and the Commonwealth. It is not clear whether the legisla- tive power for Parliaments covers the whole sphere of opera- tions, but the defect, if any, can be remedied by Imperial legislation. More important is the fact that the position of Dominions with naval forces raises at once a fundamental question with regard to the defence and responsibility for foreign policy of the Empire, a question which is not raised in equal degree by the problem connected with military forces only! In the first place, there is much greater chance of international incidents arising from the operations of a force which can go freely over the world ; and in the second place, the existence of these navies is of more immediate importance in defence matters to a country which depends on its naval strength. It is impossible not to recognize that the participation of the Dominions in naval defence must ultimately result in their sharing to some degree in the direction of the foreign policy of the Empire.2 ' Bee Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, 1910, pp. 4489-96, 5597 seq., where Mr. Pearce, as Minister of Defence, recognizes the new problems presented. The Dominion Government have decided not to accept the proposed assistance from the Imperial Government, and have repealed the Naval Loan Act No. 14 of 1909, and are going to finance the scheme by direct taxation and in part by the proceeds of a note issue (see Acts Nos. 6, 11 and 14 of 1910). * See also Part VIII, chap. iii.

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