South Africa
TliE RECENT DEPORTATIONS.
ORITAiX DKCUNES TO INTERFERE.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright
Received i, 10.45 p.m. London, April 2.
-Mr. I". W. Goldstone, Labor member for Sunderland, in the House of Commons, moved thai the rights of Britishers under the Magna Charter and Habeas Corpus Aet, recognised under English common law, should be common to the whole Empire. The motion was 'iirected at the South African deportations.
Mr. L. Tlarconrt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, -aifl he was. unable to accept the motion. He emphasised the difficulty of dictating the laws.of selfgoverning: dominions. He watered down i the resolution to an expression of opinion that the House desires to see the freedom conferred by the Acts mentioned applied throughout the Empire. Lord Hugh Cecil thought Mr. Mrcourt might have remonstrated with the South African Government, pointing out that they were transgressing all the principles of liberty. The amended motion was passed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 262, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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152South Africa Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 262, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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