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 V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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147 CHAP. V] TREATY RELATIONS 1 Mr. Laurier’s attitude was more cautious, but though he was not prepared to accept commercial union he declared that his policy was to abandon the policy of retaliation * to show the American people that we are brothers, and to hold out our hands to them with a due regard for the duties we owe to our Mother Country >. In 1888 a caucus of Liberal Members of Parliament authorized Sir Richard Cartwright to introduce into the House of Commons a resolution in favour of reciprocity with the United States which implied discrimination against the Mother Country. The Resolution which Sir Richard Cartwright introduced on March 14, 1888, read as follows *—0 That it is highly desirable that the largest possible freedom of commercial intercourse should obtain between the Dominion of Canada and the United States, and that it is expedient that all articles manufactured in or the natural products of either of the said countries should be admitted free of duty into the ports of the other, articles subject to duties of excise or of internal revenue alone excepted ; that it is further expedient that the Government of the Dominion should take steps at an early date to ascertain on what terms and condi- tions arrangements can be effected with the United States for the purpose of securing full and unrestricted reciprocity of trade therewith. In 1891 Sir John Macdonald himself reminded Canada that whatever measure of reciprocal trade had been obtained from the United States had been obtained by the Conservatives, and he stated that he believed that there was ‘room for extending our trade on a fair basis, and that there were things on which we could enlarge our views without in any way infringing on the National Policy ’. Simultaneously with the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament, the Government published steps which they had taken to secure reciprocity with the United States, and they offered a renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, with modifications required by the altered circumstances of both countries. The fact that the negotiations had been com- menced was used as a strong argument against the claims of the Opposition to be given office. At any rate, partly by this

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