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THE BRITISH ATTITUDE. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 26. In the House of Lords. Lord Denman asked if the Government propose to appoint an ncci edit id BriiLh Representative to Australia, as had been done in Canada and in South Africa. Lord Novar said lie failed to see bow the High Commissioner coin'd carry out the duties that were until recently performed by the Governor-Gen-era!. Lord Passfiekl replied : —This is a matter o[ some ikdicacy. It is difficult to speak plainly without a liability, at ;\ distance, of being misunderstood. 'l'he present Government has not partieiated in the establishing of file guiding principle which led to the change in the manner of the appointment of Australia’s Governor- Gene ra 1. Any question of proprietry as to the action of the Commonwealth Government in appointing the Governor-Gene:al is a matter for themselves, and not for the British Government. The present and the previous Government’s policy was to go slowly and let constitutional practice work out itself. The Government must proceed with the concurrence and cordiality of the Commonwealth Government,
' lie said he did not know whether a High Commissioner to Australia would fill the bill. This was a matter for consideraion.
He continued .—“The British Constitution is not logical. There are things that ought to he put right, hit by hit. Sometimes it was better not to be overlogical. Certainly this was not the practice in 1923.” New Zealand, he said, bad not sought any change. So long as she was contented with the older system, there was no reason why the Government should insist on an alteration out of a desire for logical unilormitv.
Lord Rassfiekr added that be recognised the importance of not forcing the pace. It must be guided, if not governed, by the conclusion of the Imperial Conference of 1930. Legislation would not be introduced without the express assent of the Dominion Parliaments. The debate then ended.
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