BRITAIN AND COLONIES
j LONDON, September 4. i Lord Charles Bei'esford, speaking at the National Club, Toronto, said that if the , Imperial Government interfered with the dominions in any way in the control and administration of defence it placed the dominions in a subordinate position, in which they ought not to be. "It is thought maybe by some that there is> a danger ot the dominions declaring themselves independent," said he"Well, if they did, who is going to oppose them ? You don't suppose the Old Country will do it!" It would be regrettable if the dominions declared their independence, yet they had perfect right to do so if they wished. But he did not believe that there was any shadow of a chance of thair doing so.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 24
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