PEACE OR WAR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 288, 16 September 1933, Page 5

PEACE OR WAR.

POSITION OF THE DOMINION. CAN ANY BE NEUTRAL? i United Press Association— Copyright). TORONTO, September 14, Can the King be at a war and at peace at the same time? was one of the questions discussed by the British Relations Conference which continued its session to-day. Some delegates took the view that the completely self-governing nations of the Empire had really .resolved themselves into six separaje independent kingdoms with a common sovereign, and that tho King's acts as King of Canada need have no relationship to his acts as King of the United Kingdom, or of Australia. Another group contended that there was ground for holding that no part of the Empire could enter into a 'war without such action being .recommended to the King by the Ministers of all the different Governments. This view, i'' adopted, would make unnecessary the consideration of the possibility of one part of the Empire remaining neutral while, another was at war.

There was general agreement by the delegates that consultation and cooperation were desirable in the Empire's internal relations. It was stressed that consultation should be directed to the preservation of peace to a greater extent than to talk of Avar. The conference referred the matter to a committee of lawyers for a report.