IMPERIAL REPRESENTATION.
4" . UNWORKABLE FOR;; US. Tlio sUgges.tian emanating from Canada and tentatively supported by tho lion, j.. Goo]? (I'-rimo Minister of tho '» Commonwealth) t!iat the High Commisisionersjri.p sliottlcl bo made ;i Cabinet, posit-ioii, and Unit its occupant uhould ' v.-/ have a seat oil tho Imperial De.fento CQmliiitt.ee, was mentioned yesterday to t!io Hon. Jas. Allen. (Minister of Finance). Sir. Alio.n expressed to opiiiie.n that tlio proposed innovation would ba unworkable, so far us Now Zealand was concerned, "If tho Jlii.'ii Commissioner is. to bo a (Cabinet ll:ni.si.!r in reality," said • Mr, Alton, "be must'kecp ill totiuh with, bis colleagaos, oUiVii'wisc li.o losas .till the benefit of being a Caliiict Minister. That is our trouble out', h&ro, i.s only it few days' steam away from London a.n.d her representative optflti at* tend a sitting of tho Imperial Dei'eiuty Committee and (lien go back and consult with bis colleagues. Jlo fcotiid bo ill with them fill the. time, lint the position of tho Now Zealand, reproseiita'tiivo is <i-uitc> different Oil account of tho groat- distanco that separates wa from London, IJnje.ss tho High Com.' missioncr is a Oiibiufit M mist! r 1 do , f ; Hot thiiilt I'iQ -ought to sit oil tlio Coinniitteo of Iniporial Defence, .nt all events " unless ho is in ('lose touch with, tiro Cabinet and knows t'Jiejr feeling. That is why Impjjrial (.'anfemneeß- liavo ", ■;' turned down tho idea of tlio, lligli Com- '? missjwaws bp'tng fiiombors .pf Mio. liiir j'eriul Dcfenco Com.niitteo,"
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 5
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244IMPERIAL REPRESENTATION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 5
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