EMPIRE' GOVERNMENT.
M.P.'S FOR DOMINIONS. * ■-' ' * i ■' LORD STRATHSPEY'S PLAN. A. : and N.Z. * ',' LONDON, -Aug"- 1. \ - Lord Strathspey, in the House of Lords, asked .whether there was : . any A response to the continued demands: .'of . the Do- " minions for a 'share in shaping the destinies of the '"Empire,; arid" whether the ./ Imperial ■ Conference .would;consider;. de- <■;.■.■■. finite offer to the -Dominions of.seats in the Imperial •' Parliament.' > •1 The Duke'/of ; Devonshire, Secretary.'.'-: of , State for the Colonies,; replying, said that overseas statesmen disavowed and disapproved of the idea of a Federal "Parliament, the main > objection being ;; the in- ■ y- ; fringementof the autonomous rights of-/'-the Dominions. He 'saw ;no ' prospect of progress being made on ; th«j * lines indi- '-~ cated by Lord Strathspey. ! ; r ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 9
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119EMPIRE' GOVERNMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 9
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