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

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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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ADDENDA 1629 PacE 1537. The proposals of the Postmaster-General were carried into effect, reduced rates for press telegrams of a not urgent character of 21d. to America and 5d. to Australia being introduced from December 15 as a result of negotiation with the Western Union Cable Uo., which took over the cables of the Anglo-American and Direct United States Companies; further it was arranged to introduce from January 1, 1912, half rates for telegrams in plain language be- tween the United Kingdom and the Dominions and Colonies subject to their being liable to be deferred for not over twenty-four hours. Pace 1552. The Canadian Government has decided to reconsider the whole position in 1912 in conjunction with the Admiralty, but will not proceed with the programme accepted by the late Govern- ment! Suggestions have been made in the press for the substitution of a direct contribution to the navy in place of the provision of an auxiliary fleet.2 The question in any case will be settled by the people of Canada after a scheme has been prepared. The creation of the naval forces of the Dominions and their claim for consultation in foreign politics raise again the question of pecuniary responsibility, e.g. for illegal capture by Dominion fleets, or for failure to observe neutrality rules. Formerly the Imperial Government bore the pecuniary responsibility (e.g. in respect of the failure of the Government of Victoria to prevent the violation of neutrality by the Shenandoak in 18653), but the rule will require full consideration in the light of the changed circumstances of independent Dominion navies. Colonial Governments already bear the expense of violations of international law within their territories, e.g. in the case of the Vancouver riots of 1907, Canada paid the cost of making good the damage done ; in 1878 Newfoundland paid the damages in the Fortune Bay incident, and any damages awarded under the Pecuniary Claims treaty with the United States will, of course, be paid by Canada or Newfoundland as the case may be. Pace 1552. The Act passed to carry the arrangement into effect was the Naval Discivline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911. It 1 See Mr. Borden in House of Commons Debates, 1911, pp. 62-5; Mr. Hazen, bid., pp. 178-80; Mr. Monk, ibid., pp. 240-8; contra, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, bid., pp. 50 seq. Cf. Canadian Gazette, lviii. 415, 416, which emphasizes the »fiect on Canadian feeling of the revelations of the dangerous situation which existed in July and August 1911 in connexion with German policy towards the Moroccan question (see Imperial House of Commons Debates. November 27, December 12). ® See Montreal Daily Star, October 20, November 3, December 20, 1911. The project had often been raised before the election by the Star and other papers; see Canadian Annual Review, 1911, pp. 176 seq. Another suggestion is a coast defence scheme only; Manitoba Free Press, January 23, 1912; cf. Leacock, Canada University Magazine, X. 535-53. 8 See Morris, Memoir of George Higinbotham, pp. 83-93. But Jamaica, a Crown Colony, was compelled to pay half the cost of the mistake of her Governor in detaining the Florence ; see Parl. Pap., C. 3453, 3523. ' See Parl. Pap., C. 2184, 2717, 27517, 3059, 3762. 12793 M

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