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

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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

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1520 IMPERIAL UNITY [PART VIII in advance. If this were done it prevented needless mis- understanding and friction. Mr. Brodeur,! on behalf of Canada, was inclined to think that the position of Canada had been prejudiced since 1867 by the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, and he urged that the Imperial Government should not interfere with the action of the Dominion as regards merchant shipping. In reply, Mr. Harcourt 2 pointed out that the plan of giving notice of points with regard to merchant shipping was done under the impression that it was an advantage to the Dominion Governments to know at the earliest possible moment the views of the Imperial Government, and Mr. Buxton ® emphasized the duty of the Board of Trade to consider and make representations with regard to the interests of the whole trade of the United Kingdom. With regard to Mr. Brodeur’s objection, he pointed out that the Act of 1894 was merely a consolidating Act, and that its enactment imposed no new restriction on or interference vith Canadian merchant-shipping legislation. The discussion ended with a formal passing of the resolu- tion — That it is desirable that the attention of the Government of the United Kingdom and of the Dominions should be drawn to the desirability of taking all practical steps to secure uniformity of treatment to British shipping, to prevent unfair competition with British ships by foreign subsidized ships, to secure to British ships equal trading advantages with foreign ships, and to raise the status and improve the con- ditions of seamen employed on such ships. On June 19 the question of the grant of wider legislative powers to the Dominions in merchant shipping was inaugu- rated by a statement by Lord Crewe? as Secretary of State for India, with regard to the question of the British Indian. He recognized the impracticability of the ideal of free move- ment, throughout the Empire for all British subjects; the Dominions must decide for themselves whom they would ' Cd. 5745, pp. 148, 149. Ihid., pp. 145, 146. * Ibid., p. 145. ¢ Ibid., pp. 396-400,

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