CRISIS IN CANADA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 5 July 1926, Page 7

CRISIS IN CANADA.

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT EX-PREMIER'S REVIEW OTTAWA. July 3. It was officially announced yesterda . that Parliament Imd been dissolved As there was legislation waitin-. .a Che Order Paper tbe dissolution came as a surprise. It is expected that the t'-emier, Mr. Arthur Ueighen. will proceed with the constitution of a new I abinet. Referring to his Government's defeat in the House of Commons Mr. Meighen said that what was really a question of lav; was admittedly not "a question of policy. This defeat, couple! with consideration of the chaotic condition into which public affairs were drifting, had made the instability of the Government too evident, and necessitated. in his opinion, an early appeal to the electorate.

""It is now my duty to complete the organisation of the present Cabinet."! said the Premier, "after which the date I of the general election will be immedi-I ately announced." The ex-Premier. Mr. W. L. Maekeiui-I King, in reviewing the developments of j the past week, -aid the dissolution of i Parliament bad been obtained by a defeared Ministry— a Ministry which n j resolution of the Hnu-e of Commons had \ tecid°d had never had a right to exi-t ; i>n Monday a dissolution had been; denied to a Ministry which had not met : with a s; n _r! e defeat in Parliament tor; a period of more than tour and a-L.ilf, years. Coder the circumstance-' th° ' ■s-ue v.hieh r.bc-ve all others was now i hefore the people was whether or not' the _ 'vernment of Canada was to he ; carried on in accordance with the expressed wiil of the people by their repre- j -entatives in Parliament under a system' of responsible self-government—fßeti-'