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

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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

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1112 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [pArTYV the later Convention of 1907 relating to the New Hebrides ; the treaties with the Northern Powers for the maintenance of the status quo in the North Sea; the treaties with the Mediterranean Powers for the maintenance of the status guo in the Mediterranean ; the general Act of Algeciras re- garding Morocco of 1906, &c., no attempt has been made, nor could any attempt be made, to permit separate adhesion on the part of the Dominions. So even the new Extra- dition Treaty with Belgium of 1911 applies generally to the whole of the Empire. Thus also a Bill was introduced in the Imperial Parliament in 1910 to enable His Majesty’s Government to carry out the Hague Convention, and another Bill to amend the law of Naval Prize, in order to render it possible for His Majesty’s Government to accept the rules in the Naval Prize Convention? agreed upon at London in 1908 as a basis for the jurisdiction of the International Prize Court contemplated by the Hague Convention of 1907. On the other hand, it is equally a fixed rule that in all possible cases the Dominion Governments should be consulted with regard even to political treaties which directly affect their interests. So far back as 1871, when the Treaty of Washington was negotiated, Sir John Macdonald was one of the British representatives and acted on behalf of Canada. Similarly it was laid down in a dispatch from Mr. Labouchere of March 26, 1857, that no addition would be made to the treaty burdens of Newfoundland without consulting the Newfoundland Government. Thus on two occasions, in 1857 and 1886, treaty arrangements with France have been dropped because of the objection of that Government, and the Treaty of 1904 with France, so far as it concerned New- foundland, was based on the fullest consultation between the Colony and the Imperial Government, and the Imperial t Cf. question asked in House of Commons, November 18, 1910; on the motion of the Commonwealth Government the Imperial Conference of 1911 discussed the Declaration of London and agreed to its ratification ; see Parl. Pap., Od. 5513; 5745, pp. 34, 97-134; 5746-1, pp. 4-20. The Prime Ministers were also then consulted as to the renewal of the Japanese Alliance ; see House of Commons Debates. xxviii, 1269. 1270, 1308. 1309, 1347. 1348.

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