March 21, 1924 (14th Parliament, 3rd Session)

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

I take it that the view of the British govenment is that it is prepared to trust the governments of the self-governing dominions "all in all or not at all" in this as in other matters; and that on a matter in regard to which a dominion government has a right to advise His Majesty direct, such as the question of who should be appointed to sign a particular treaty which comes within the group of bilateral treaties, to which I have referred, which impose obligations on only one part of the Empire, the responsibility shall rest with that particular government and not with the British government.