Economic and Social History of the World War. British Series Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... the Treaty of the principles on which the British Empire vote is to be cast. Compulsory unity would clearly be contrary to the status of the Dominions as states for the purpose of the Convention, but apart from its obscurity the terms are strangely derogatory to the status of the Dominions and the United Kingdom alike, and it is difficult to account for them save on the hypothesis that they were determined upon before the full status of the Dominions had been appreciated. It may also have been felt by the other Great Powers that there was less objection to conferring on the Dominions and India the right to vote in the Assembly of the League, where votes would normally be unimportant, than to giving the right in matters where voting would have more immediate purpose. The date of signature and perhaps the place account for the omission of signature for the Dominions in the case of the Treaty between the United Kingdom and Chile of March 28, 1919, for the reference to a Peace Commission for investigation and report of any dispute which is not otherwise adjusted. The Treaty is concluded in the old form for the whole of the British Dominions, but it expressly provides that in the event of the dispute affecting mainly the interests of a Dominion the British member of the Commission may be one representing the Dominion whose interests are specifically affected. The new relations do not, of course, involve the necessity of the Dominions taking responsibility for the whole of the foreign relations of the Empire. Thus the Dominions were not involved in the responsibility for the conclusion of the Treaty of 1919 with Persia which, had it been accepted by the Persian Medjliss, would have involved important responsibilities for the United Kingdom in...