NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 5

NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

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tEeceked 26, 11.30 a.inU) LOl«DON, Mh> 25. As a reBUlic oi to-day 's ihaXigural rtieeting of the Imperial Ooiiference Gonstitutioilal Co'fliniittee, CO'mprisihg the hea'ds of the various delegatioiis and legal advise'rs, it is Virtually cert'ain that,**cdhtrary to earlier expectations, iid Empire constitutional Orisis Will emerge frdfli th§ Gohferehce. It is uhderhtood that the Aus'tralian Federal Sre&slirOf, Mr. f. Gasey, Was ebaphatie tliat AiiBtrAlia had not the elighte&i ihteslidh of agreeifig to any altetiltxon to AuBt'ralians ' iights to be British subjeOts. Mr. A. Ai SoitterviHe, On behhlf of Britaixij tOOh a litie similar to Mr. Baldwin, WhdsS speOch l&st evening Was reatty di'reeted to thoSe DominionB, mainiy Ganide hfad South AfriOa, Which Wete seeking to tinker with the ; donatitutiofi) When he deClared: 41 Do not let Is put Our coiiStitution in. a straxt WaiBteOat. ' * The' techaiOal sub-6oniinittee appoint- ; ed by tO-dAy 'S id%eti!ug will be cdhfronted hy the issue that Geheral Hertzog raisted, dealing With the iiationalis'atioa Of aliens in ihe Dorninions ind whethe? jhey. attalned fuil «tatuB; j iiso the thomy pr&biena of how BHtish subjects afe ai:e6tfed iii DoMhions such ) As Canada And SOuth Africa who have passed thbif OWO hAtionality laWs. Mr Baldwin^ "Who* it ahticipated, 'Will lSy down hia Bfemxership On irriday, tOVnight Ohtertaihed ihe Ejng fand Quee'n At la baWqUO't at No. .10 Downing Street, which was attended hlso by Queen Mary and other members bf the Boyai Fanxily, members of Cabifaet, DdminioSi, ladxan "aftd Col'OWinl statesmen, and other distinguished gueSte. The Boyal Standftrd was hoisted over the house when thfeif Majesties arrived and was flown nntil they departed. The reigning -SoveiOign has not dined ht Downing Street since 1911, when King GeorgC ahd 'QUe%n Mary were the guests Of -Mr Asquith, the then trime Minister.