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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1480 IMPERIAL UNITY [PART VIII beyond the seas. The Prime Minister of the United King- dom will be ex officio President, and the Prime Ministers of the self-governing Dominions ex officio members, of the Conference. The Secretary of State for the Colonies will be an ex officio member of the Conference, and will take the chair in the absence of the President. He will arrange for such Imperial Conferences after communication with the Prime Ministers of the respective Dominions. Such other ministers as the respective Governments may appoint will also be members of the Conference, it being understood that, except by special permission of the Con- ference, each discussion will be conducted by not more than two representatives from each Government, and that each Government will have only one vote. That it is desirable to establish a system by which the several Governments represented shall be kept informed during the periods between the Conferences in regard to matters which have been or may be subjects for discussion, by means of a permanent secretarial staff, charged, under the direction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with the duty of obtaining information for the use of the Con- ference, of attending to its resolutions, and of conducting correspondence on matters relating to its affairs.! That upon matters of importance requiring consultation between two or more Governments which cannot conveniently be postponed until the next Conference, or involving subjects of a minor character or such as call for detailed consideration, subsidiary Conferences ? should be held between representa- tives of the Governments concerned svecially chosen for the purpose. Military matters were dealt with by the adoption of the principle of the establishment of a General Staff for the Empire, which should study military science in all its branches, should collect and disseminate to the various Governments military information and intelligence, should undertake the preparation of schemes of defence on a common principle and, while not interfering with questions of command and adminis- tration, should at the request of the respective Governments ! This was carried into effect by a reorganization of the Colonial Office in 1908 ; see Parl. Pap., Cd. 3795; 5273, pp. 1-12. * Under this clause a Naval and Military Conference was held in 1909 (Parl. Pap., Cd. 4948), and a Copyright Conference in 1910 (Parl. Pap., Cd. 5272). Cf. the Survevors’ Conference of 1911: Cd. 5776.

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