Word: dominione
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...Labor Party demanded that the Dominion withdraw from the Empire and join...
...Mahatma, he simply wanted Indian independence. He might have been satisfied to get "dominion status." His minimum demands were a freely-elected Indian legislature and cabinet at New Delhi. The Viceroy had half a mind to grant the Mahatma an all-Indian cabinet, reserving, however, the portfolios of Defense and Foreign Affairs for the British Raj. The Mahatma sternly declined and the conference broke up. The Viceroy issued a cordial communiqué; the Mahatma, the next morning at dawn, invited newsmen to listen to a "sunrise soliloquy" delivered by himself...
...Empire symbolism all their own. Coupled with his yeoman political and patriotic services, this gave Buchan a place on the list of Britain's public patriots not far down the line from Winston Churchill. As well indicated by their hearty welcome to George VI last summer, the Dominion is nothing if not patriotic. Hence the choice of Patriot Buchan for patriotic Canada was a particularly happy one, especially in view of the times that lay ahead...
Because the Dominion is at war-she proudly emphasized her Statehood by separately declaring war on Germany-the traditional gold-braided jackets and fluttery plumed hats of Canadian officials on State occasions were omitted last week when Parliament convened in Ottawa. In sombre morning clothes the Governor General entered the oak-paneled, scarlet-trimmed Senate: pippin-cheeked Scottish Novelist Baron Tweedsmuir, gravely embodying (according to law) "the Person of the King in Canada...
...self-government-with many safeguards for Britain. He made the British Government's historic statement on Indian home rule: "I am authorized on behalf of His Majesty's Government to state clearly . . . that the natural issue of India's constitutional progress is the attainment of dominion status." When he left India the British press almost unanimously acclaimed him as having saved India from a blood bath...