It was for a ruler alone subject, of course, to acceptance of his access sion by the Crown, to determine the extent. of the field over which the federal authorities were to operate in the State, 'The Government's proposal was that the princes should accept the whole Act and then, in the instruc ments of accession, they should set out subjects in relation to which the act was accepted, making it clear that the Act' did not touch any other subject; and (2) that the Act did not detract from the prince's sovereignty in any other respect.
'The Government was prepared to safeguard the princes' position. He delleved. that. when the princes had studied the clauses of the Bill and there had been further opportunity for the Government to discuss the diMculties with them, it would be possible most effectively to safeguard the prineoy' position in every respect whilst retaining the general federal structure of the Bill.
The Government was just as determined og It had always been to fake it clear, in a most solemn He made this statement to remove any impression created by. fantastic stories published in certain news Papers this morning.
'Turning to points raised by Mr. Winston Churchill in' yesterday's debate, Sir Samuel Hoare said there could be no question of the accession of States 10 the federation on a Umited lability system.
Tt was contemplated that items one to 45 now appearing in the list of '50 subjects reserved to the Federal Legislature by the seventh schedule attached to the Bill would be the normal field over which the States would surrender their powers.
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