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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JHAP. 111] THE CONFERENCE OF 1911 1515 Conventions. He was quite prepared that in the future the Dominions should be consulted, and that representatives should take part in any inter-departmental Conference which might be held to discuss such questions, but he emphasized the fact that in many cases it would be necessary in the actual course of negotiations for the Foreign Secretary to accept responsibility for a decision, just as indeed he did with regard to the other members of the Imperial Cabinet ; time would often not permit of the formal consultation of any one save the Prime Minister on such questions as these. Sir Wilfrid Laurier! was not, however, quite prepared to accept the principle that the Dominions must be consulted with regard to treaties of a political character. This implied, in his opinion, that the Dominions were prepared automati- cally to put their forces in time of war at the disposal of the Mother Country, and this was essentially a step which Canada was not yet prepared to take. As regards the actual terms of the Declaration of London, he thought that they were a very great improvement on the existing condition of affairs. and that they should be accepted gladly. Sir Joseph Ward ? shared the views of Mr. Fisher as to the desirability of consulting all the Dominions with regard to treaties, and he explained at length the reasons which induced him to believe that the Declaration of London was in every respect an admirable arrangement. Dr. Findlay? also, as a lawyer, explained in detail his con- vibtion of the great merits of the Declaration as an attempt bo settle many vexed questions of international law. On the resumption of the discussion of the Declaration of London on June 2, General Botha * expressed his view that it was in the highest interests of the Empire that the Imperial Government should not definitely bind itself to any agreement with a foreign country which might affect a particular Dominion without first consulting that Dominion. South Africa had no grievance in the past on this head, but he L Cd. 5745, pp. 116, 117. * Ibid., pp. 118, 119. ¢ Ibid., pp. 120 seq. ! Thid., pp. 125-9,

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