THE IMPERIAL COUNCIL QUESTION.
A STRENUOUS- STRUGGLE. (Received April 19, 8.26 a.m.) LONDON, April 18. There was a long and sharp struggle in the proceedings at the conference over Mr Deakin's proposal in favour of an independent secretariat instead of the Colonial Office. Mr Deakhi declared that he did not want the conference to possess executive powers, or even advisory power, in the sense of allowing any authority to interfere with local self-government, hut he did want the conference to he put on a permanent basis and more regularly organised, and its constitution slightly altered so as to better express its real purpose and character. He suggested that besides the Prime Ministers their Ministerial colleagues should be admitted to lend assistance when required, and that they should have the status of the self-governing colonies recognised not only by the presidency of the British Premier, but by cutting the selfgoverning dominions off altogether from the Colonial Office. Lord Elgin is fighting tooth and nail against the proposal to diminish the scope and authority of his department.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8907, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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