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John Morley: “It is perfectly plain that the chief source of the embarrassments of the mother country in dealing with colonies endowed…”

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It is perfectly plain that the chief source of the embarrassments of the mother country in dealing with colonies endowed with responsible government would simply be reproduced if a Federal Council were sitting in Downing Street in the place of the Secretary of State.
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John Morley

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Morley argues that a Federal Council would not resolve the existing issues between the mother country and its colonies.

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