“QUITE UNSOUND”
TALK OF RIGHT TO SECEDE
AN EMPIRE PROBLEAf
(U.P.A. by Klee. Tel. Copyright) (Received Oct. 1. 11.66 P-mA OTTAWA. Oct. 1
.Sir Thomas White, n former Minister in tbc Federal Government, in a. letter appearing in the Toronto Mail, expresses the opinion that the view attributed to the Secretary of State for the Dominion (Air Thomas/ that nobody questions in the least the right of any Dominion to secede from the Empire is quite unsound and Tie says : “I would not like to see it pass without comment or criticism by the public or press of Canada.” He also says:- ‘ Air Thomas made an assertion which is not only inaccurate in itself but purports to speak for those of the overseas Empire whose representatives may, and some of whom undoubtedly do, take a very different, view." Sir T. White asks: — “What is the validity of a declaration of the .Imperial-Confer-ence unless enacted into positive law by the Imperial Parliament? Tlie right to secede can only be given by the legislative authority that created bur constitution-; it cannot be conferred by members of a mere conference without legislative power and whose declaration is not binding upon any Parliament, Imperial, Federal or Provincial. throughout the Empire.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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