“CANADA CANNOT BE NEUTRAL”
SENATE COUNSEL’S OPINION KING’S PERSONALITY HELD TO BE INDIVISIBLE (Received March 30, 7.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, March 29. “When the King is at war the whole Empire is at war, consequently Canada cannot declare neutrality in the event of a European war involving Britain,” Mr W. F. O’Connor, Senate Counsel, informed the Upper Chamber in a requested report on the BritishNorth America Act, which established Canada. The King’s personality was indivisible and such acts as were authorized in his name were merely for the purposes of Empire administration and had no legal basis under English common law, said Mr O’Connor. '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19390331.2.54
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 23781, 31 March 1939, Page 7
Word Count
103“CANADA CANNOT BE NEUTRAL” Southland Times, Issue 23781, 31 March 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.