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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1138 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [pArT Vv Empire, for this country, and for the other Colonies, as well as for Australia. They have to take into account not only the satisfaction which would be felt in Australia if the New Hebrides could be secured to the Empire by some concession elsewhere, but also the dissatisfaction which would be felt in that part of His Majesty’s Dominions at whose expense the concession was made. His Majesty’s Government have always recognized the debt which the Empire owes to the British race in the Pacific Ocean for its splendid loyalty and patriotism, never so conspicuously shown as during the late South African war; and they have given their reasons for thinking that the impression that the interests and wishes of Australia and New Zealand in regard to the Pacific Islands have not received the fullest consideration from the Imperial Government is not well founded. The New Hebrides were destined to give further trouble. In 1906 a Convention was held at London between represen- tatives of the British and the French Governments to deal with the position of the New Hebrides by establishing a con- dominion in that group which recognized the equal rights of the French and the British Governments. Copies of this agreement were forwarded to the Governments of Australia and New Zealand in a dispatch of March 9, 1906.2 The Government of New Zealand in reply objected to any pro- posal of a condominion, and suggested that concessions should be made elsewhere in order to secure the withdrawal of France from the group, or if that were impossible, that a partition of the group should take place. In a reply to this telegram, dated April 12, His Majesty’s Government declined to consider the principle of making a concession of territory elsewhere, and pointed out that the Australian Government preferred joint control to a partition. On June 14, 1906, the Governor-General of Australia addressed a dispatch to the Secretary of State, in which his ministers protested against the drawing up of a convention without their being consulted, and objected strongly to the whole scheme of the convention as well as criticizing the terms of the convention in detail. A similar dispatch was addressed on July 21, 1906, to ' See Parl. Pap., Cd, 3288 and 3525. * Cd. 3288, pp. 36 seq.

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