Ottawa, June 10, In the Dominion House of Commons to-day a statement on the Government's attitude on the Lausanne Treaty was made by the Premier, Mr. Mackenzie King. He contended that the British Goyernment's procedure in asking Canada to ratify x treaty imposing obliations on her when Canada was not invited to participate in the negotia~ tions and was not dire: lly among the signatories was a serious departure from the position of equality of status, adopted at Versailles and. elsewhere, He pointed out, however, that the ending of the wat with Turkey by the King signing the peace treaty was binding onthe whole Empire, just as the declara~ tion of war on Turkey was binding. The Premier, in conclusion, said that he believed that an Imperial Parliament was impossible and that an Imperial Council would be di opti He expressed the opinion that any steps to make clearer their full rights to self-government would conduce to the security and pers maneney of their allied nationhood within the Empire.
Me, King said that legally and technically Canada would be bound by the ratification' of the treaty, but her moral obligations under the treaty would be vastly different from those imposed by the Treaty of Versailles in view of the different manner in which the negotiations had been carried on.
My. Meighen, the leader of the Opposition, sharply criticized the Government for tacitly acquiescing in the course of the British Government=—Reuter's American Service.
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