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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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 V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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CHAP. Vv] TREATY RELATIONS 1151 Canadian House of Commons, Mr. Fielding spoke as follows with regard to the attitude of his Government and the historv of the question — Now, we turn to the change of administration in 1896. I have already said that in the Liberal platform of 1893 reciprocity occupied a prominent part, and soon after this Government came into power—indeed, if my memory is correct, even before Parliament assembled—two members of the Government were sent to Washington with the view of ascertaining what might be done in the way of reciprocal treaty arrangements. They did not find the situation favour- able, and they came back to their colleagues and reported that they were not able to accomplish anything. There is one incident in this history that I have forgotten that is of importance, and that is that in the year 1891 the dissolution? of Parliament was ordered by the Conservative Government of the day upon the ground that they regarded the reciprocity question as so important that they required a mandate from the people of the Dominion to enable them to proceed to Washington and deal with that question. The Liberal party of the day also was in favour of reciprocity. Both parties declared for reciprocity at that time, and the only question was as to which one could get the largest degree of reciprocity. So, if we follow it from day to day and from year to year, taking the history of the reciprocity treaty of 1854, the early years of confederation, the period in connexion with the National Policy, and the period since the change in adminis- tration down to the Joint High Commission of 1898-9, we find that throughout all these years, whatever difference there may have been amongst the public men of our country on other subjects, there was no difference of opinion as to the great importance and desirability of re- establishing reciprocal trade relations with the United States of America. . . . We present the arrangement to you to-day, Sir, not as a triumph of one country over the other, but as the result of an effort to do justice to both ; we commend this arrange- ment, Sir, to the judgement of this Parliament as the President of the United States will commend it to the judge- ment of the Congress. The one fear I have is that there may be people who will say that we have made so good a bargain that the Congress should not approve of it. In times 1 Bitterly resented by Goldwin Smith as a breach of duty and as a proof of the impotence of the Governor-General in accepting such advice. mn

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