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CANADA S PROPOSAL DEFENDED DOMINIONS’ POLICY (United P.a.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association) OTTAWA, Tuesday, la reply to criticism in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr. L* Mackenzie King, defended the Proposed establishment of a Legation at Tokio. He said it did not mean independence but self-dependence. Nothing in proposal savoured of an effort p gain independence from the British Empire, in fact the action would help to maintain Canada’s relations with 7? other parts of the Empire. The old idea of centralised control of the frapire had given way to the id 1 1 of Dint control.
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bennett, held that the establanment of separate Legations for r e Dominions led rather to separata than to solidarity. A Canadian egation at Tokio would mean preface without power or authority, a °gus representation of nationality ac< * a false representation of sovereignty.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 379, 13 June 1928, Page 9
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150SEPARATE LEGATIONS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 379, 13 June 1928, Page 9
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