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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CHAP. V] TREATY RELATIONS 1117 ment, either as a plenipotentiary or in a subordinate capacity, as the circumstances might require. If, as a result of the negotiations, any arrangements were arrived at, they would require approval by Her Majesty’s Government and by the Colonial Government and also by the Colonial Legislature, if they involved legislative action before the ratification could take place. This procedure had been in the past adopted, and Her Majesty’s Government had no doubt as to its pro- priety, as securing at once the strict observance of existing international obligations and the preservation of the unity of the Empire. The exact mode in which the negotiations have been conducted was varied slightly in 1907 in the case of the negotiation of the French Treaty regarding Canadian trade in that year! In the case of the previous Treaty of 1893, not only was the treaty signed jointly by the Ambassa-~ dor and Sir Charles Tupper, but in the negotiation Sir Charles Tupper was assisted by Sir Joseph Crowe, who was attached to the Paris Embassy. On the other hand, in 1909, Mr. Fielding and Mr. Brodeur carried on negotiations directly with the responsible French officials, and it was only after an agreement had been practically arrived at that full powers were issued to the Canadian Ministers together with the Am- bassador for the signing of the treaty. There was, however, it should be noted, a ground of convenience for the associa- tion of Sir Joseph Crowe with Sir Charles Tupper in the earlier negotiation. Sir Charles Tupper has told me that he desired the aid of an officer who could converse fluently in French, and as early as 1884 the Imperial Government were prepared to permit Sir Charles Tupper to negotiate directly with the Spanish representatives if he had so wished. In both cases, before the plenipotentiaries were authorized to sign the treaty the conditions laid down were carefully examined by the Imperial Government, and the treaty was of course subject to ratification by the Imperial Government. * The claims of a real change made by the Liberal party in the Canadian House of Commons on January 18, 1908, repeated in the Imperial Commons on July 21, 1910 (xix. 1456-8), and by Ewart, The Kingdom Papers, pp. 6, 75, were completely refuted at the time by Mr. Foster, Mr. Borden, and Sir C. Tupper; see Debates, 1907-8, pp- 1265, 1384, 3517-22. 19769

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