SOUTH AFRICAN DEPORTATIONS
HOUSE OF COMMONS' MILD REBUKE. (Bt Elictbic Telegraph—Coptbight.) (Fib Pfiiss Association.) LONDON, April 2. Mr F. W. Geldstone (Labour), in the House of Commons, moved that the rights of Britishers under the Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act be recognised and that the English common law be common to the whole Empire. The motion wa6 directed at the South African deportations. Right Hon. L. Harcourt (Secretary oi State for the Colonies) said he was unable to accept the motion. He emphasised the difficulty of dictating laws to self-governing colonies. He watered down the resolution to an expression of opinion that the House desires to see the freedom conferred by the Acts mentioned applied throughout the Empire. Lord Hugh Cecil thought Mr Harcourt might have remonstrated witli the Sotith African Government by pointing out that they were transgressing all the principles of liberty. The amended motion was passed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9766, 3 April 1914, Page 6
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SOUTH AFRICAN DEPORTATIONS
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9766, 3 April 1914, Page 6
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