NO DOMINIONS OFFICE?
SOUTH AFRICAN REPORT WHITEHALL DENIAL. ! Suggestions Scouted That Office May Be Abolished. Press Association—Copyright. Received noon. London. Feb. 10 i There is reason to believe, £ays the correspondent of the Morning Post at Johannesberg, that several Dominions 1 , including South Africa, Australia and Canada, will urge the abolition of the Dominions Office at the imperial Conference at London this year. It is felt that more efficient and speedier results will be achieved if the Dominions have direct representation in British Ministerial departments. The question of a common foreign policy for the whole Empire is also likely to be raised. A London message received at noon to-day states that Whitehall is not disposed to take the reported South African suggestion thatj the Domim ions Office be abolished too seriously It is understood that no official representations' regarding the matter have been made from the Dominions. It is pointed out in any case that the Dominions Office is an integral part of the structure of the British Government and it would be as' reasonable for the Dominions to demand abolition as for the United Kingdom to demand the abolition of the Dominion Departments of External Affairs. It is considered that the Johannesberg report may not have the slightest official backing NOT YET MOOTED. Australia Knows Nothing Of Proposal. Press Association —Copyright. Receiwed Noon. Canberra, To-day. The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. J. A. Lyons states that so far as is known to the Commonwealth Govvernment the proposal to abolish the Dominions Office hag. l never been hinted at. A London message states that the Associated Press inquiries suggest that while the future of the Dcfrninions’ Office has not yet been made the subject of representations', it may possibly be raised at the Imperial Conference. There is a feeling that some of the Dominions favour the simplification of Imperial machinery High commissioners are at present in direct contact from time to time with separate government departments, though the Dominions Office is kept informed of such. A suggestion which has unofficially been mooted in home quarters is l that the Lorh Privy Seal, whose duties are nominal, plight be the official Dominions' 'reiprepqretativs. ptj is considered necessary to have some clearing house for Dominion affairs to prevent over-lapping and departmental friction.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 357, 11 February 1937, Page 5
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379NO DOMINIONS OFFICE? Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 357, 11 February 1937, Page 5
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