Show lONDON EVOLVES DOMINION SYSTEM GRANTING COMPLETE AUTONOMY AND SEPARATE CONDUCT MAKES HISTORY Responsible Each Colonial Government Only to King Britain Too New Dominion System Is Is Evolved Washington The washington The recent publication of the bases of the agreement reached conference at London In the imperial supplies one of the tho most striking examples examples examples ex ex- ex- ex the amples of the fashion in which evolution evolution Briton achieves revolution re of actually tion tion- What VItal the declaration constitutes is a recognition of what exists exists ex ex- ex therefore one orthe oC or already alread It is the most bits of realistic thought in modern political his history tor And incidentally It is a tremendous personal triumph for HertzOg of South Africa because it follows closely upon the order of ideas outlined by him at atthe atthe atthe the beginning of the conference At that time the South Africa premier premier pre pre- mier rater said that the foundations of the tho British commonwealth which had to tobe tobe tobe be laid should be In principle unrestrained unrestrained un un- restrained freedom of action to each member of the commonwealth In practice I tice lice consultation with a n view to cooperative cooperative coop coop- I action wherever possible Exactly Exactly Ex Ex- Ex- Ex acU this has been arrived at at by the formula which has been hit lilt upon and the fashion In which it has been given form Corm The Time unity of the Imperial edifice Is p preserved esef ed by Ly sovereignty represented by a common king The Independence of the separate entities entitles is achieved ed by bythe bythe bythe the fact that each cabinet although acknowledging nominal l alle allegiance to the same king Is within its own territories territories territories ter ter- absolute master of policies an and actions Thus if it Great Britain is forced to go to war because of its Locarno Locarno Lo La Lo- Lo carno commitments for example Canada Canada Can ada Is not automatically Involved inthe inthe in inthe the conflict It will consult with Great Britain before the conflict breaks it will decide for itself whether the conflict con con- is inescapable and whether its own interests are involved sufficiently |