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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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

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

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DHAP, III] THE CONFERENCE OF 1911 1531 one Imperial and one limited to the Dominions—but he accepted fully that a British subject anywhere should be 8 British subject everywhere, as laid down by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The Imperial Government were not, however, able to accept the proposal as it stood! They laid stress on the period of five years which was required as a condition of naturalization in this country, and they felt that the road to British citizenship should not be made too easy. They recognized also in the fullest manner that there must be divergent conditions of naturalization in the several Domi- nions, and to obtain an Imperial naturalization it would be necessary to have two standards. They suggested, there- fore, that it should be open to any person who had obtained a certificate of local naturalization in any of the Dominions, and who had in addition resided for five years in any part of the Empire, to apply for a certificate of Imperial natura- lization. The application would be made through the re- sponsible minister of the Dominion in which the applicant resided, and if he endorsed the application, the certificate would be issued by the Governor-General or Governor. No doubt it would be possible that under this system a man who had been refused a local certificate in one Dominion might go to another Dominion and obtain Imperial naturalization therein, but any ill resuit could be avoided by a Dominion refusing to recognize the naturalization of a man who had once been refused naturalization therein, and Mr. Churchill thought that the principles which he proposed might be accepted as adequate, and the Imperial Bill which had been prepared to deal with the question of naturalization should be re-drafted. Sir Wilfrid Laurier regretted that the Imperial Government were not, prepared to accept naturalization in any one of the Dominions as conferring British citizenship throughout the Empire, but he was prepared to accept the compromise as a substantial step in the right direction, and the Australian (Government also concurred in the proposal. It was finally agreed therefore to accept the following principles :— (1) Imperial nationality should be world-wide and uniform, 1 Parl. Pap., Cd. 5745, pp. 256-9.

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