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

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Title:: Part VIII. Imperial unity and imperial co-operation

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CHAP. I] IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION 1479 which Mr. Lyttelton was a member fell in 1905, and Lord Elgin, his successor, did not endorse his proposals, but left them for free discussion at the Conference which met in 1907.1 3 6. Tur CoLoNIAL CONFERENCE OF 1907 Before the Colonial Conference of 1907 was held, the Canadian Government raised the question as to the mode in which that Government should be represented at the Conference? It was represented that it would be convenient if not merely the Prime Minister should be invited to attend, but also other ministers, and it was pointed out that in 1902 other ministers as a matter of fact had attended and taken part in the deliberations. The Secretary of State, while declining to make any change in the formal constitution of the Conference, which he left for consideration of the Conference itself, concurred in the desirability of the presence of other ministers besides the Prime Minister, and such ministers attended the Conference on the understanding that the voting should be by Colonies and not by individual heads. The Conference of 1907 was the first Conference to be held without being specially connected with some ceremonial avent in the Empire. It differed also from the Conferences of 1897 and 1902 in the fact that the proceedings, with sertain exceptions, were published and laid before Parlia- ment.3 The resolutions passed were of peculiar importance. In the first place the Constitution of the Imperial Conference was definitely laid down in the following terms 4:— That it will be to the advantage of the Empire if a Con- ference, to be called the Imperial Conference, is held every four years, at which questions of common interest may be discussed and considered as between His Majesty’s Govern- ment and the Governments of the self-coverning Dominions ' See Parl. Pap., Cd. 2975. * See Parl. Pap., Cd. 3340. ' See Parl. Pap., Cd. 3523 (Proceedings), 3524 (Papers); Jebb, op. cit, ii. Mr Lyttelton’s suggestion of an Imperial Council was discussed and not accepted, Canada fearing that the institution of such a body might nave an injurious effect on Dominion autonomy ; see Cd. 3523, pp. 26-94.

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