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 V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1130 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V people residing in the United States, or by people in the United States against people domiciled in Canada. It sacri- ficed private rights to a certain extent, and in regard to various parts of the boundary waters it made a cession of territory. The Heligoland Treaty of 1890 and the Anglo- French Treaty of 1904 were both made subject tothe approval of the Parliament of Great Britain. The Japanese Treaty of 1906, and the French Treaties of 1907 and 1909 had been made subject to the approval of the Canadian Parliament, and he thought that it would be the wiser course, in dealing with matters of this kind, to make such treaties subject to the approval of Parliament. It would have the additional effect of avoiding the unfortunate occurrence when the treaty was published in full in nearly every newspaper in Canada and the United States, when it was not officially before the Senate of the United States, nor officially before the represen- tatives of the people of the country. In 1911 Sir W. Laurier promised to lay the Pelagic Sealing Convention of that year forthwith before the House of Commons. § 6. ForEIGN RELATIONS OTHER THAN TREATY In matters of foreign concern other than treaty, the position of the Imperial and the Dominion Government is perfectly simple. It is clear that it is to the Imperial Govern- ment that foreign Powers must look for redress of any wrong to their subjects. It is, of course, natural that representa- tions should also be made locally, but if any formal action is required it must be made through the appropriate diplomatic channel —either the British representative at a foreign Court or the foreign representative at the Court of St. James’s. The position is neatly illustrated by what happened in the case of the riots of Vancouver in 1907. Formal representa- tions for redress were made to the Imperial Government from the Governments whose nationals suffered in the riots, and in addition the Canadian Government were in informal communication with the Japanese Consul-General, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with the approval of the Governor-General, addressed to the Japanese Government through His Majesty’s

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