A COLONIAL OFFICE BATTLE.
v " (Received April 19, 8.26 a.m.) ", :"::• ■-.; ■'■- -,■■• -„ LONDON, Thursday. ? •The.re was a long and sharp struggle v : at : the Cdnfpjj^nce over Mr Deikin's proposal for an independent secretariat instead pf the Colonial Office. Mr Deakin declared that- he did not want the Conference to possess execu-tive-power or even advisory power in ".the sense of conveying any authority to interfere with local self-government, but he did want- the Conference to be put on a permanent basis, to' be more regularly organised, and with the constitution; slightly altered so>as to better express its real purpose arfd character. •He suggested that ' besides the Prime their Ministerial colleagues "should- be admitted to lend assistance and ;that .the, status of :i self -governing colonies should be recognised, not only. by. the presidency of ; tho;' British : Premier, But also by cut"ting pfi ths self-governing- dominions :;- altogether from the Colonial Office. ''"Lord Elgih.< is, fighting 'tooth and nail against the proposal to diminish the scope and. authority of his department.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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166A COLONIAL OFFICE BATTLE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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