The Empire on the Anvil: Being Suggestions and Data for the Future Government of the British EmpireSmith, Elder and Company, 1916 - 242 páginas |
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administrative affairs appointed Arthur Balfour Australia British Empire Canada Canadian Cape Cape Colony Central Government Central Parliament Chamber Colonial Conference Colonial Governments Colonial Secretary Commission Committee of Imperial common Constitution contributions Crown Defence Committee delegates Dominion Governments duties effect elected electors electors-delegate European Executive existing Federal Council federal principle federal union foreign franchise free imports Home British House of Representatives Imperial authority Imperial Conference Imperial Council Imperial Defence Imperial Federation League Imperial Government Imperial services Imperial unity India industrial legislation Lord Rosebery Lord Salisbury Majesty's Government manufactures matters meeting ment Mother Country National native Navy necessary organised Ottawa Conference Oversea British permanent political practice of free preferential trade President Prime Minister proposals Province questions repre representation resolution respective responsible revenue sacrifices self-governing Colonies self-governing Dominions Senate South Africa sovereign stitution tariff taxation tion treaties United King United Kingdom vote whole Zealand
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Página 229 - The railways, ports, and harbours of the Union shall be administered on business principles, due regard being had to agricultural and industrial development within the Union and promotion, by means of cheap transport, of the settlement of an agricultural and industrial population in the inland portions of all provinces of the Union.
Página 52 - British dominions beyond the seas. 3. That with a view, however, to promoting the increase of trade within the Empire, it is desirable that those colonies which have not already adopted such a policy should, as far as their circumstances permit, give substantial preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the United Kingdom.
Página 6 - I cannot conceive how our distant colonies can have their affairs administered except by self-government. But self-government, in my opinion, when it was conceded ought to have been conceded as part of a great policy of imperial consolidation.
Página 53 - Government the expediency of granting, in the United Kingdom, preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the colonies, either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Página 74 - ... of foreign policy, the conclusion of treaties, the declaration and maintenance of peace, or the declaration of war and, indeed, all those relations with foreign powers, necessarily of the most delicate character, which are now in the hands of the imperial government, subject to its responsibility to the imperial parliament. That authority cannot be shared, and the coexistence side by side with the cabinet of the United Kingdom of this proposed body — it does not matter by what name you call...
Página 81 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Página 230 - One-half of their number shall be selected on the ground mainly of their thorough acquaintance, by reason of their official experience or otherwise, with the reasonable wants and wishes of the coloured races in South Africa.
Página 28 - Articles the produce or manufacture of Belgium shall not be subject in the British Colonies to other or higher duties than those which are or may be imposed upon similar articles of British origin.
Página 194 - President, from time to time, to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
Página 225 - The real object which we have in view is to give to the central Government those high functions and almost sovereign powers by which general principles and uniformity of legislation may be secured in those questions that are of common import to all the provinces; and at the same time to retain for each province so ample a measure of municipal liberty and selfgovernment as will allow and indeed compel them to exercise those local powers which they can exercise with great advantage to the community...