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8. The law of Conspiracy :
That the members of this Conference recommend to their
respective Governments the desirableness of submitting mea-
sures to Parliament for the prevention of acts of conspiracy
to defeat or evade the laws of any other part of the Empire ;
that the Imperial Government make similar representations
wo the Governments of India and the Crown Colonies.
9. Nationalization of the Atlantic cable :
That this Conference strongly recommends the nationaliza-
tion of the Atlantic cable in order to cheapen and render
more effective telegraphic communication between Great
Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand by thus
acquiring complete control of all the telegraphic and cable
lines along the ‘ all red route ’.
10. Coinage and Measures :
That with a view to facilitating trade and commerce
throughout the Empire the question of the advisableness of
recommending a reform of the present units of weights,
measures, and coins ought to engage the earnest attention
of this Conference.
11. Imperial Appeal Court :
That it is desirable that the judicial functions in regard
to the Dominions now exercised by the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council should be vested in an Imperial Appeal
Court, which should also be the final court of appeal for
Great Britain and Ireland.
12. Co-operation and mutual relations between the naval
and military forces of the United Kingdom and those of the
Dominions and the status of Dominion navies.
The resolutions proposed by the Government of the Union
of South Africa! for discussion at the Imperial Conference
were of considerable interest and importance, and they
touched upon certain points which had not been suggested
for discussion by any other Dominion Government.
In the first place, it was desired by the Union Government
definitely to raise the old question as to the division of the
Colonial Office and the placing of the Dominions Department
and the Imperial Secretariat under the control of the Prime
Minister. The origin of this idea must be ascribed to
Mr. Deakin, who, at the Colonial Conference of 1907, pressed
energetically that the status of the Dominions should
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