(11) See K C Wheare, The Statute of Westminster and Dominion Status (Oxford University Press, 5th ed, 1953) 37; Keith, The Sovereignty of the
British Dominions, above n 9, 279-82, 286-9.
The Cape to Cairo Road or Pan-African Highway was a proposal since 1890s, when Prime Minister of Cape Colony Cecil Rhodes dreamt for a 'red line' on the map, referring to
British dominions. It is similar to the proposal of Cape-to Cairo Railway through British territory at that time.
Not wishing to abandon the Greeks, and not willing to put the onus of a military intervention only upon the war weary British public, the London War Office put the call out to the
British Dominions to join in the fight.
He wrote: "I, Edward the Eighth, of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Emperor of India, do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the throne for myself and for My descendants, and My desire that effect should be given to this Instrument of Abdication immediately."
Various other
British dominions such as the United States, New Zealand, and Canada have signed treaties with the native indigenous people.
The Statute of Westminster gave legal recognition to the independence of the
British Dominions, repealing the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 and recognizing that "the Parliament of a Dominion has full power to make laws having extra-territorial application." As such, it acknowledged Canada's legislative independence and sovereignty save in certain constitutional matters.
That number represented fourteen percent of the total who came to Canada in that ten-year period, the Army's contribution being seven times greater than that of the next most-active agency, the
British Dominions Emigration Society.
Unlike the
British dominions, which were self-governing, the Indian population had no voice in the ruling of its own country.
In the end, one is left to marvel at the foresight of those who, all those years ago, came up with the "fleet unit" idea, as a way for the
British dominions to contribute to the naval defense of the global economic system--something that should still resonate today, in this new era of naval cooperation.
His specialty is wartime histories of Australia and other
British dominions, with a particular interest in aviation and air power.
But direct appeals issued by the Colonial Office in October and December 1915 urging indigenous populations in
British Dominions to enlist caused Canadian officials to formally encourage Indian mobilization, a policy change that stimulated a dramatic increase in Aboriginal recruits.
Indigenous Peoples of the
British Dominions and the First World War by Timothy C.
