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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1504 IMPERIAL UNITY [PART VIII sentative for each 200,000 of their white population ; that is, Canada 37, Australia 25, South Africa 7, New Zealand 6, and Newfoundland 2 members, making a total of 77. The mode of election was to be left in each case to be determined by the Dominion in question. The United Kingdom should elect representatives on the same basis, say 220 members, and the term for which they were elected should be five years. In addition, the United Kingdom and each of the Dominions should elect for such term and in such manner as it should think fit two representatives to be members of an Imperial Council of Defence, the functions of the Council to be in the main consultative and revisory. There would be an executive of not more than 15 members, of whom not more than one should be a member of the Senate, and the functions of the Imperial Parliament of Defence would be peace and war, treaties and foreign relations generally in their bearing on Imperial defence, and the providing of the revenues for the foregoing purposes. For the first ten years the Parliament should have no power of taxation, but the amount payable by each of the Dominions should be a debt payable to the exchequer of the Imperial Parliament of Defence. At the expiration of ten years such amount should be raised and paid in such manner as the respective Dominions agreed to. The amount to be contributed by the overseas Dominions for Imperial defence and war should be per capita of population not more than 50 per cent. of the amount per capita of population contributed by the United Kingdom for this purpose, but for all other purposes the contributions should be on an equal per capita basis. He recognized that his scheme presupposed an alteration in the United Kingdom to a federal system. He put forward detailed proposals as to the raising of a revenue in future for naval defence and the building of a large fleet of Dreadnoughts. In answer to further questions, Sir Joseph Ward explained that the executive responsibility with regard to war and peace would rest with the Executive Council of fifteen, which would be elected by and responsible to the Parliament body, and he argued that the large predominance of the

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