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 VIII. Imperial unity and imperial co-operation

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CHAPTER II IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION 3 1. Tar CoroNial CONFERENCE OF 1887 Tur first Colonial Conference properly so called was sum- moned by dispatch addressed to the Governors of Colonies ander responsible government by Mr. Stanhope, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on November 25, 1886.2 In that dispatch he quoted the remarks in the Queen’s speech on the prorogation of Parliament which referred to Her Colonial and Indian possessions in the following terms :— I have observed with much satisfaction the interest which, in an increasing degree, is evinced by the people of this country in the welfare of their Colonial and Indian fellow subjects ; and I am led to the conviction that there is on all sides a growing desire to draw closer in every practicable way the bonds which unite the various portions of the Empire. I have authorized communications to be entered into with the principal Colonial Governments with a view to the fuller ronsideration of matters of common interest. He added that Her Majesty’s Government had concurred that the Queen should be advised to summon a Colonial Conference in 1887 to discuss outstanding questions. He suggested that the most urgent question, and one brought to the front by the patriotic action of the Colonies in offering contingents of troops to take part in the Egyptian campaign, was that of the organization of military defence in the Empire ; and secondly, the promotion of commercial and social relations by the development of postal and telegraphic communication was, he thought, also of importance. But the dispatch deprecated the discussion of any of the subjects falling within the range of political federation. The Con- ference was to be purely consultative, and it was not material that the Colonies should have equal or proportionate repre- See Parl, Pap., C. 5091, 5091 I, for proceedings and papers.

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